The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2013 (H.R. 890), legislation that will prevent the Obama administration from waiving the work requirements at the heart of the 1996 welfare reform law. Additionally, the legislation included an extension of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program through December 31, 201... Read more »
Last summer, debate about student loans reached a fever pitch thanks to a scheduled increase in the interest rate for subsidized Stafford Loans made to undergraduate students. The president began touring college campuses, calling on Congress to prevent the increase that his own party set in motion back in 2007. As I said at the time, no one wants to see student loan interest rates increase, partic... Read more »
The U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled, “Keeping College within Reach: Examining Opportunities to Strengthen Federal Student Loan Programs.” During the hearing, members and higher education experts discussed the need for a long-term solution to the problem of Stafford Loan interest rates. “Last summer, debate about stu... Read more »
THE PROBLEM: In January 2012, President Obama installed three so-called recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board while Congress was not in recess. In the wake of the president’s unprecedented action, efforts to overturn board rulings were initiated in various federal courts on the basis that the board itself was no longer legitimate. In a unanimous decision by the U.S. Court of A... Read more »
On Thursday, March 14 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled “Examining the Role of Lower-Skilled Guest Worker Programs in Today’s Economy.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Immigration and Nationality Act includes a number of guest worker visa programs, such as the... Read more »
This week the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act (H.R. 803), commonsense legislation that will reform the nation’s broken job training system and help put Americans back to work. The following infographic, released today by the House Education and the Workforce Committee, underscores the need for reform and o... Read more »
On Wednesday, March 13 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled “Keeping College Within Reach: Examining Opportunities to Strengthen Federal Student Loan Programs.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The federal government provides billions of dollars annually ... Read more »
Organizations representing our nation’s employers are applauding the commonsense reforms included in the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act, which was approved by the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday. As noted in letters to the committee, the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803) will reform the nation’s broken job training system by strengthening the role o... Read more »
The Affordable Care Act is cited five times in the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book. One of those citations notes that the law will likely drive up demand for health care services. The other four describe the health care reform as hurting employment and sales. The notion that Obamacare, as the law is popularly known, would be a jobs killer was widely denied by its supporters. A report from the... Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), approved legislation to reform the nation’s workforce development system and help ensure workers and employers have the resources they need to be successful in today’s economy. Introduced by Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the Supporting Knowledge and Inve... Read more »
