Good morning everyone. I want to thank our witnesses for being with us today and for sharing their thoughts and experience on this important subject. The steady rise in cost is a critical challenge facing our nation’s health care system. For many patients, the price of health care is the determining factor when deciding whether to receive the care he or she needs. It also imposes a tremendous burd... Read more »
The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a full committee hearing to review the administration’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for the Department of Education. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan served as the hearing witness, offering testimony and answering member questions about the budget proposal. In an unusual maneuver, the admin... Read more »
Good afternoon to our guests and welcome back, Secretary Duncan, to the Education and the Workforce Committee. We realize your time is valuable and we appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today regarding the president’s budget proposal and the current state of education in the nation. Our country is facing a historic fiscal crisis. After years of neglect and mismanagement, our national deb... Read more »
On Friday, March 11 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, ”Education Regulations: Federal Overreach into Academic Affairs.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Last fall, the U.S. Department of Education published 14 new program integrity regulations ... Read more »
On Thursday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled, "The Pressures of Rising Costs on Employer Provided Health Care.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In 2009, 59 percent of workers under age 65 received health care through an employer-pro... Read more »
On December 22, 2010, you, along with Members Becker and Pearce, and Hayes dissenting, published a notice and invitation to file briefs on Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile and United Steelworkers, District 9, Case 15-RC-8773. In Specialty, the United Steelworkers petitioned for an election of certified nursing assistants (CNA) at a nursing home, the employer objected arguin... Read more »
Dear Assistant Secretary Main: Thank you for your recent testimony before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Our members recognize the importance of improving mine safety; accordingly, we made this topic the focus of one of the earliest oversight hearings undertaken by the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the 112th Congress. As this Congress proceeds, I look forward to continuin... Read more »
On Wednesday, March 9 at 2:00 p.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, "The Budget and Policy Proposals of the U.S. Department of Education."The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The administration has proposed a $94.3 billion budget for the Department of Education for Fi... Read more »
Dear Chairman Liebman: The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects employees’ “right[s] to self-organize, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection” and “right[s] to refrain from any or all of such act... Read more »
U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement upon the release of the Department of Labor’s employment report for February 2011: “While the creation of 192,000 new jobs in February is encouraging, we still must do more to promote economic growth and stability. “For too long, leaders in Washington have allowed government spending to spira... Read more »
