The Department of Labor reported this morning that the U.S. economy shed 598,000 jobs in the month of January, the largest single-month total since 1974, bringing the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. In response to these staggering figures, the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s top Republican, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), issued the following statement: “There is no doubt about t... Read more »
For the third time in less than two years, congressional Democrats today advanced the most fundamental shift in civil rights law in decades while preventing Republicans from offering a single amendment. With final passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the bill now goes to the President without a single Republican amendment ever having received the consideration of the full U.S. Hous... Read more »
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today harshly criticized Democrats’ $825 billion stimulus package, arguing that it fails to create jobs and provide necessary tax relief to working families and small businesses. Instead, McKeon noted, the bill is little more than a bloated government spending package cobbled together in the... Read more »
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today announced the Republican leadership for the panel’s five subcommittees. Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) has been named Senior Republican on the Workforce Protections Subcommittee. Rep. Price has served on the Education and Labor Committee since coming to Congress in 2005 and has been a leading v... Read more »
Later today, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a pair of bills that will dramatically increase the number and cost of pay discrimination lawsuits filed against American businesses, including small businesses. These bills—H.R. 11, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and H.R. 12, the Paycheck Fairness Act—together will make it easier for trial lawyers to bring costly lawsuits by... Read more »
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today announced the lineup of Republican members selected to serve on the committee for the 111th Congress. Newly-elected members joining the committee are: Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA), and Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN)... Read more »
On the eve of the 111th Congress being gaveled into session, the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee has unveiled key legislative priorities to help students, workers, and families in the struggling economy. Led by Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), Committee Republicans will once again pursue an agenda of economic growth and educational innovation – goals they will ho... Read more »
