Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability in Employer-Sponsored Health Care": "Thank you to our witnesses for joining the Subcommittee to discuss today’s topic: A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability ... Read more »
As health care expenses continue to rise, the Committee is looking at solutions to bring down costs for working families. In today’s subcommittee hearing, Committee Members and witnesses discussed the challenges that small business are facing as they seek to offer high-quality and low-cost health care. At the start of the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Rick Allen (R-GA) highlighted threats to empl... Read more »
Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Impact of AI on K-12 Education": "Artificial Intelligence has been advancing at such a rapid pace in recent months, weeks, and days that by the end of this hearing anything we say thi... Read more »
Tuesday, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), will hold a hearing titled “Game Changer: the NLRB, Student-Athletes, and the Future of College Sports.” What: Subcommittee hearing titled “Game Changer: the NLRB, Student-Athletes, and the Future of College Sports" When: 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Where: 2175 Rayburn H... Read more »
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), will hold a hearing titled “A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability in Employer-Sponsored Health Care.” What: Subcommittee hearing titled “A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability in Employer-Sponsored Health Care” When: 10:15 a.m. 2:00 p.m on Wedn... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) re-introduced H.R. 2528, the Association Health Plans Act, legislation that will expand health care choices for small businesses and self-employed individuals through association health plans (AHPs). AHPs are a type of group plan that allows multiple employers to band together to purchase health coverage to access group rates, ac... Read more »
Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a seismic impact on our economy and everyday lives. During today’s hearing on the impacts of AI in the classroom, Committee Members and witnesses highlighted the power – and pitfalls – artificial intelligence will have in modern classrooms. At the start of the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) noted that artificial intelligence is no longer sc... Read more »
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), will hold a hearing titled “From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Impact of AI on K-12 Education.” What: Subcommittee hearing titled “From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Impact of AI on K-12 Education” When: 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Where: 2175 Rayburn House ... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement after Columbia University’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, announced she is stepping down: “Now is not the time for Columbia University to regress as it works to combat the rampant antisemitism plaguing the school. So far Columbia has largely failed to uphold its commitment to Jewish students... Read more »
America’s adversaries exploit lucrative financial ties with colleges and universities to steal critical research, undermine our national security interests, and indoctrinate students with anti-American propaganda. Unfortunately, schools are all-too willing to skirt the rules and obfuscate their financial ties with malign foreign actors to maintain these financial partnerships. Groups across the na... Read more »
