House Republicans are continuing an effort to roll back some of the most harmful rules and regulations finalized in the last days of the Obama administration. We’ve already taken steps to support small businesses and our Armed Forces and acted to rein in the federal role in education. So what’s next? Protecting the retirement security of workers. For decades, the Employee Retirement Income Securi... Read more »
The Times’ Feb. 10 editorial, “House Republicans side with Wall Street against the little guy,” sadly resorts to worn out rhetoric and attacks about motive rather than engaging in an honest debate about ideas. Read more »
Obamacare has been a disaster across the country, and small businesses have endured more than their share of the pain. For nearly seven years, the law has increased costs, limited choices, and made it more difficult for small businesses to provide health care coverage for their employees. Read more »
For years, the federal government took a Washington-knows-best approach to education, and during the past eight years, things only got worse. Read more »
The chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee is calling on Richard Griffin, the general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, to "abandon his partisan agenda or step down immediately." Read more »
The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), held a hearing today to discuss the power of school choice and explore opportunities to extend more educational opportunities to students across the country. Read more »
All workers deserve strong protections, and for decades, a system has been in place to ensure employers conducting business with the federal government are held to high standards. Read more »
This week, the House will take an important step toward protecting workers, small businesses, and taxpayers from the harmful consequences of the Obama administration’s “blacklisting” rule. Republicans have warned for some time that the rule is fundamentally flawed and unnecessary because a system is already in place to hold federal contractors accountable and enforce worker protections. But you do... Read more »
Every child, regardless of zip code or background, deserves an excellent education. Unfortunately, years of flawed, one-size-fits-all education policies have left many students trapped in failing schools. Read more »