U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) today released the following statement after President Obama announced three nominations for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): While we welcome the president's long-overdue effort to resolve the crisis he created, today’s annou... Read more »
On Wednesday, April 10 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), will hold a hearing entitled “Raising the Bar: Reviewing STEM Education in America.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. By 2018 the United States will have more than 1.2 million job openings in science, techn... Read more »
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement on the third anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster: A reckless mine operator and a failure of safety enforcement contributed to the worst mining disaster in forty years. As a nation, we were stunned by the magnitude of the tragedy and inspired by the heroism of rescue... Read more »
On Tuesday, April 9th at 9:00 a.m., Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will join Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District for a field hearing entitled, “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development.” The field hearing will take place at Monroe County Community College, Administration Bu... Read more »
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement on the third anniversary of the president’s health care law: Three years later, it is clear the health care law still being implemented is failing America’s families and businesses. Despite promises that the health care law would lower costs, premiums are rising for families nation... Read more »
U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) issued the following joint statement after requesting the Department of Labor provide an analysis that describes how the president’s health care law will affect the wages of America’s workers: By this time next year, employers will have to ch... Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act (H.R. 803), legislation that will reform the nation’s broken job training system and help put Americans back to work. During debate on H.R. 803, House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans highlighted the need for reform and explained ways the SKILLS Act will empow... Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved legislation requiring the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to cease all activity requiring a three member quorum until the legal crisis surrounding the board is appropriately resolved. Introduced by Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN), the Preventi... Read more »
On Wednesday, March 20 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act (H.R. 1120). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In 2012, President Obama made three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NL... Read more »
U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement after President Obama nominated Thomas E. Perez to serve as the next secretary for the Department of Labor: Our country needs a labor secretary who will put America’s jobs before his own. To do so, the next secretary must encourage economic growth and competitiveness by rejecting puni... Read more »
