WASHINGTON – Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Strengthening WIOA: Improving Outcomes for Jobseekers, Employers, and Taxpayers": "Welcome to today’s hearing on strengthening the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). "WIOA was enacted in 2014 by a spl... Read more »
Today, the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Strengthening WIOA: Improving Outcomes for Jobseekers, Employers, and Taxpayers.” The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was enacted in 2014 to help narrow the skills gap by equipping jobseekers with the skills and abilities required in the modern workforce. That being said, WIOA hasn’t been up... Read more »
Today’s Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education (ECESE) Subcommittee hearing, led by Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL), investigated the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to infiltrate America’s K-12 schools. In postsecondary education, the CCP exerts soft power on the American education system through cultural exchange outposts known as Confucius Institutes. The K-12 arms of this prop... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su raising concerns over the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) and its failure to conduct investigations in a directed and timely manner.... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, September 20, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Strengthening WIOA: Improving Outcomes for Jobseekers, Employers, and Taxpayers.” “It’s been nearly a decade since the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was enacted, and while America’s workforce is stron... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Academic Freedom Under Attack: Loosening the CCP's Grip on America's Classrooms": "Welcome to today’s hearing entitled 'Academic Freedom Under Attack: Loosening the CCP’s Grip on America’s Classrooms.' "Chin... Read more »
Yesterday was Constitution Day, reminding us that after 235 years, the Constitution remains the greatest governing charter devised by mankind and republicanism, the greatest form of government. As history notes, Benjamin Franklin departed from the Constitutional Convention shortly after helping draft the Constitution to a crowd outside Independence Hall. There, a woman asks, “What form of governme... Read more »
Tomorrow, September 19, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled “Academic Freedom Under Attack: Loosening the CCP's Grip on America's Classrooms.” “From pushing propaganda and conducting espionage to undermining American education and indoctrinating students, the Chinese Communist Party (... Read more »
Public education in America is declining, and students deserve better. In the face of a radical Biden administration, powerful teachers unions, and Far Left political opportunists bent on pushing a woke agenda, House Republicans continue fighting for education freedom and parents’ rights. In Case You Missed It,Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Republi... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee advanced nine bills to support students, workers, job creators, retirees, and taxpayers. On the passage of the bills, Chairwoman Foxx said: “We’re nine months into a Republican majority in Congress. My priority remains the same: delivering results on behalf of the American people. I believe the Committee’s work speaks for itself. We are... Read more »
