This week marks the sixth annual National Apprenticeship Week—a week dedicated to showcasing the opportunity and success apprenticeship programs have provided for workers and businesses across the country. The apprenticeship model arms students and workers with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in today’s global economy. Apprenticeships are needed now more than ever because millions of ... Read more »
The Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to improve our nation’s health care have centered around one overarching goal – empowering patients. Last week, President Trump announced a rule that includes pro-patient, pro-consumer provisions that will provide increased price transparency in our health care system. Last week’s rule, issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human... Read more »
We all agree that the safety of our children must be prioritized when discussing reopening plans. Encouragingly, recent studies have found a minimal link between opening schools and COVID-19 cases. In fact, health professionals are pointing to mounting health consequences—due to school closures—for students who miss out on vital services provided by in-person instruction. NPR recently published an... Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented families with unique challenges, from dealing with pandemic-related school closures, navigating virtual learning, accessing affordable child care, or all of the above. Unfortunately, the reality is that women in the workforce have faced the brunt of these obstacles, but the good news is: there’s a way to fix it. The answer? Safely reopening more schools and allo... Read more »
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), reports of online child exploitation have increased as much as 126 percent during COVID-19. Fox News, recently reported that “according to a recent NGO study, more than 50 percent of domestic minor sex trafficking survivors interviewed met their traffickers via a website, app, or text.” In response to these startling stat... Read more »
Modernizing the apprenticeship system in this country is more important than ever as our nation recovers from COVID-19 and millions are seeking to reenter the workforce. This is why we should be doing all we can to expand employers’ opportunities to address the needs of their current and prospective workers. Unfortunately, Democrats chose a partisan approach and marked up a bill, H.R. 8924, that c... Read more »
Today, as our nation works to overcome unprecedented COVID-19 challenges, we pause to recognize and celebrate America’s bold and intelligent businesswomen who will serve as trailblazers for future generations. Fearless women nationwide have experienced historic levels of economic empowerment thanks to Republican-led, pro-growth policies. On this American Business Women’s Day, we’re reminded that t... Read more »
More than 55 million students were affected by COVID-19-related school closures this past spring, and there is no question that this has harmed students’ ability to learn successfully. Recently, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a hearing on reopening America’s schools safely, and despite Democrats’ false claims that the Trump administration is “politici... Read more »
Much of the debate on reopening schools has focused on teachers, media pundits, administrators, and unions, but this important discussion should be centered on our nation’s students and what’s best for them to achieve lifelong success. Republican Committee Members used yesterday’s hearing to put students first by learning more about how to safely reopen America’s classrooms this fall. Republican L... Read more »
In recent weeks, conversations on how to reopen our nation’s schools safely in the fall have turned increasingly partisan. Noticeably, the news cycle and left-wing politicians have eclipsed the judgement of health experts at the expense of America’s students. It’s time to end the political finger pointing, take a word from the experts, and listen to what the research and science is telling us… Ame... Read more »
