On Wednesday, June 1 at 12:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing entitled “Education Reforms: Exploring the Vital Role of Charter Schools.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Charter schools are independent public schools that embody two key principles ... Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep.Phil Roe, M.D.(R-TN) held a hearing on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and corporate campaigns. During the hearing, members discussed recent NLRB actions to expand the use of corporate campaigns, as well as the potential impact of the NLRB's recent complaint against The Boeing Company on the nation's workf... Read more »
Click here to watch a live webcast of the Subcommittee hearing. Opening Statement of Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (Remarks as Prepared): Today we will examine the role of the National Labor Relations Board in corporate campaigns. I realize this is a general definition of the term, but a corporate campaign is a union effort to disrupt an employer’s... Read more »
On Thursday, May 26 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 “Corporate Campaigns and the NLRB: The Impact of Union Pressure on Job Creation.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In recent years, unions have increasingly utilized corporate campaigns to disrupt ... Read more »
Click here to watch the LIVE webcast of the markup beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. Opening Statement of House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (remarks as prepared): The bill before us today, the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act, introduced by my colleague Mr. Hunter, is the first in a series of reform bills geared toward streamlining and simplifying the federal role in ... Read more »
The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce today approved the first in a series of education reform bills designed to revamp current Education and Secondary Education law. The Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891), sponsored by Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), passed by a vote of 23 to 16. “This ... Read more »
Today, Republican leaders on the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce responded to the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) failure to provide requested documents related to its complaint filed against The Boeing Company. On May 5th, Chairman Kline and Representative Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) requested information from the NLRB to address questions surrounding the timing of the Boein... Read more »
On Wednesday, May 25 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a markup of the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The federal government operates more than 80 separate programs under current Elementary and Secondary Educ... Read more »
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after an independent investigative panel released a preliminary report on the 2010 Upper Big Branch mining disaster: “Federal officials, state leaders, and mine operators each play a critical role in ensuring the safety of our mines. The strongest laws cannot protect miners if the federal ... Read more »
Today, Republican Members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee demanded the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) end its job-destroying activist agenda. In a letter to NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon, members describe a number of actions by the Obama labor board that call into question the objectivity and credibility of the office, including the NLRB’s most recent effort to... Read more »
