On Thursday, February 14 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled “Sequestration: Examining Employers’ WARN Act Responsibilities.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. President Obama proposed sequestration as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Sequestration is a series ... Read more »
On Wednesday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled “The Future of the NLRB: What Noel Canning vs. NLRB Means for Workers, Employers, and Unions.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In January 2012, President Obama installed three recess appoin... Read more »
The Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce Committees today unveiled the ObamaCare Burden Tracker (#ObamaCareBurden). The Burden Tracker is an online resource to help the public keep track of all of the new government mandates, rules, and red tape as a result of ObamaCare. The burden of ObamaCare is already being felt, even though many provisions of the law, including... Read more »
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act: Signed by President Clinton two decades ago, the Family and Medical Leave Act enables workers to keep their jobs while they care for themselves or a loved one facing a serious medical condition. The law has... Read more »
U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) have launched a comprehensive review of the federal Job Corps program. In response to ongoing reports of financial challenges, the committee seeks information from the Obama administration, operators of Job Corps centers, and the Natio... Read more »
House Republican leaders today sent a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the administration’s failure to properly support and implement the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), w hich helps low-income children in the nation's capital escape underperforming schools. Signed by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), House Oversight and Government Refo... Read more »
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) today sent letters to Attorney General Eric Holder, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathl... Read more »
On Tuesday, February 5 at 10:00 a.m., Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert will testify at a hearing chaired by U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN). The hearing, entitled “Challenges and Opportunities Facing America's Schools and Workplaces,” will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. During the hearing, Governor Herbert will provide a st... Read more »
Bipartisan leaders on the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee responded today to three reports on the nation’s multiemployer pension system. The reports provide a broad examination of the challenges facing the pension system responsible for providing retirement benefits to more than 10 million individuals. Chairman John Kline (R-MN): “Anyone who denies the reality of the growing pensi... Read more »
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) today released the following statements in recognition of National School Choice Week (January 27 through February 2): “Ensuring families can make choices about their children’s education is a key pillar of Republican ef... Read more »
