As we enter a new era of college sports in which athletes can receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness (NIL), the Committee is looking at ways to protect the tradition of allowing student-athletes to pursue an education while playing a sport they love. The hearing started off with Subcommittee Chairman Rick Allen (R-GA) discussing how the Biden administration’s efforts to classify ... Read more »
In case you missed it last week, the Department of Education revoked waivers to colleges and universities in Oregon and California after it was discovered these institutions misspent your taxpayer dollars to benefit illegal aliens. The TRIO programs are taxpayer-funded college preparatory programs designed to expand opportunities and resources for low-income students, first generation college stud... Read more »
As health care expenses continue to rise, the Committee is looking at solutions to bring down costs for working families. In today’s subcommittee hearing, Committee Members and witnesses discussed the challenges that small business are facing as they seek to offer high-quality and low-cost health care. At the start of the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Rick Allen (R-GA) highlighted threats to empl... Read more »
Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a seismic impact on our economy and everyday lives. During today’s hearing on the impacts of AI in the classroom, Committee Members and witnesses highlighted the power – and pitfalls – artificial intelligence will have in modern classrooms. At the start of the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) noted that artificial intelligence is no longer sc... Read more »
America’s adversaries exploit lucrative financial ties with colleges and universities to steal critical research, undermine our national security interests, and indoctrinate students with anti-American propaganda. Unfortunately, schools are all-too willing to skirt the rules and obfuscate their financial ties with malign foreign actors to maintain these financial partnerships. Groups across the na... Read more »
Here’s What You Need to Know About the DETERRENT Act: While it’s not uncommon for American institutions to have research and financial partnerships with foreign institutions, we know that our adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party often hijack these legitimate partnerships to steal research, indoctrinate students, and undermine our nation’s interests. H.R. 1048, the DETERRENT Act, is a bipar... Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing that explored the benefits and failures of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Subcommittee Chairman Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) started the hearing by emphasizing the need to update the law. "To this day, the Fair Labor Standards Act is the foundation of U.S. wage-and-hour laws. It was enacted during the New Deal Era to set the baseline f... Read more »
Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a hearing that examined the benefits of school choice policy. A high-quality education is a pathway to a successful future for our nation’s children. Unfortunately, some students are trapped in failing school systems and do not have the means or ability to leave. Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) kicked... Read more »
Union membership is at a record low and union membership has declined over the past 60 years. Despite the growing disillusionment among the American workforce, Committee Democrats re-introduced the PRO Act this week – a radical bill that caters to union leaders and ignores the free-will of workers. If enacted, the PRO Act would force workers into union contracts regardless of what a worker wants. ... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held its first hearing of the 119th Congress to examine the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) – key legislation that helps jobseekers find employment and businesses find skilled workers. After years of record-breaking inflation and a limping job market, Americans are hungry for opportunities to find good jobs. Many are re... Read more »
