Dear Secretary Solis: On April 26, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its Spring 2010 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda in the Federal Register. This agenda noted DOL’s intention to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service (the “anticipated rulemaking”). It is our understanding that the anticipated rulemaking ... Read more »
Ignoring the millions of individuals searching for work, Democrats in Washington continue to call for more spending and higher taxes. The American people know our nation needs a better approach. That is why House Republicans are advancing responsible solutions that will help end economic uncertainty and remove regulatory roadblocks to job creation. Yesterday, House Committee on Education and the W... Read more »
Dear Secretary Solis: On December 7, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its Fall 2009 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda in the Federal Register. This agenda noted DOL's intention to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in August 2010, entitled Records to Be Kept By Employers Under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("the anticipated rulemaking"). At the time, DOL characterized the pr... Read more »
President Obama last week announced his intent to bypass Congress and coerce American schools into enacting his preferred education agenda. In a speech on Friday, the president stated, “Given that Congress cannot act, I am acting.” The president has indicated the failure to reauthorize current elementary and secondary education law rests squarely on the 112th Congress, which convened just nine sho... Read more »
It wasn’t long ago the American people were promised that health care reform would lower costs. In fact, President Obama repeatedly pledged his health care plan would lower premiums by up to $2,500. Unfortunately, as a recent study by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation helps make clear, Democrats got their government takeover of health care and the American people are stuck with higher costs. A... Read more »
On Friday, President Obama announced the administration will bypass Congress and impose a new plan to waive federal elementary and secondary education law, currently known as No Child Left Behind, in exchange for states adopting the Secretary of Education’s preferred education agenda. Many have expressed concerns this conditional waivers plan could slow Congressional efforts to rewrite the law and... Read more »
Dear Secretary Solis: I write in opposition to the Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards' (OLMS) proposed change to the interpretation of the "advice" exception. Fundamentally, this proposed rule is part of the administration's ongoing effort to increase the regulatory burden on employers, while tilting the balance of power toward union interests. It moves our nation's workfo... Read more »
Right now, the House of Representatives is considering legislation to protect American jobs from an activist National Labor Relations Board. The Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587) will stop the NLRB from dictating where an employer can and cannot create jobs. It is the first jobs bill of the fall legislative agenda. While opponents of the legislation continue their campai... Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives will consider legislation that protects job creators by reining in an activist National Labor Relations Board. The Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587) will stop the NLRB from dictating where an employer can and cannot create jobs. It is the first jobs bill of the fall legislative agenda. While opponents of the legislation spread misinfor... Read more »
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will consider legislation that prohibits the National Labor Relations (NLRB) from dictating where a private employer can and cannot create jobs. Critics of the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587) have touted bogus rhetoric in an attempt to discredit this sensible reform. The Education and the Workforce Committee is committed to suppor... Read more »
