Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, today introduced the first in a series of education reform bills planned by the House Education and the Workforce Committee. Rep. Hunter’s legislation, the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891), would begin the process of weeding out inefficient and unnecessary K-... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), today held a hearing on the recent expansion of federal child nutrition programs. The hearing, “Examining the Costs of Federal Overreach into School Meals,” featured testimony from school leaders and child nutrition experts who described the negative consequences stemming from the 2010 l... Read more »
On Friday, May 13 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing entitled “Examining the Costs of Federal Overreach into School Meals.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In 2010, Congress reauthorized and expanded federal child nutrition programs. New reg... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing on federal workers' compensation. In the Federal Employees' Compensation Act of 1916 (FECA), Congress established a program for federal workers to receive compensation in the event of a work-related injury or illness. The hearing, "Reviewing Workers Compensation for Federal Employees," examined refo... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing to explore ways to streamline and modernize federal job training programs. The hearing, “Removing Inefficiencies in the Nation’s Job Training Programs,” reviewed examples of program overlap and examined the success of state and local efforts to consolidate and improve workforce t... Read more »
On Thursday, May 12 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled “Reviewing Workers’ Compensation for Federal Employees.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building Enacted in 1916, the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) provides workers’ compensation benefits to federal employe... Read more »
On Wednesday, May 11 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled "Removing Inefficiencies in the Nation’s Job Training Programs." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently identified 47 separate employment and tr... Read more »
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released the jobs data for April: “While Republicans fight to foster stability and growth, Democrat leaders continue to play politics with the nation’s economy. Instead of working with us to cut spending and boost American energy production, the president and ... Read more »
Today, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), held a hearing on the policies and priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius served as the hearing witness, offering testimony and answering member questions about HHS programs within the committee’s jurisdiction, as well as the administration’s ... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing to review recent enforcement changes within the Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA). The hearing, entitled “Modernizing Mine Safety,” offered committee members a chance to examine whether MSHA’s latest efforts are serving the needs of miners while discussing additional protections that may be n... Read more »
