Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) led a hearing which championed H.R. 1200, Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-SC) National Right-to-Work Act¸ a bill to end compulsory union dues payments. Chairman Good kicked off the hearing by distilling the awful decision many Americans face every day in forced-unionism states: “Employees have two options: pay union dues or ... Read more »
Ask any emergency dispatch team to describe five-alarm fires, and they will likely say they’re rare and catastrophic no matter where they occur. AmeriCorps is a five-alarm fire of its own making. If you don’t believe us, feel free to peruse the latest Management Challenges report issued on November 15th by the AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General. What you’ll find is 26 pages chock full of rot a... Read more »
Today, the Workforce Protections Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Bad for Business: DOL’s Proposed Overtime Rule.” Like many Biden administration regulations, the proposed overtime rule revives—and broadens—an Obama-era precedent. Whereas Obama’s poorly conceived and ultimately unlawful rule would have increased the overtime threshold to $47,676, President Biden’s rule increases it to a whopp... Read more »
American families have lost confidence in the public education system. According to the Washington Post, the number of homeschooled children in America has almost doubled from 1.5 million children in 2019 to up to 2.7 million in 2023. “What’s behind the increase in homeschooling,” Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), heedlessly posted on X. Weingarten needs to ... Read more »
Today, the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee convened to discuss the modern manifestation of one of history’s greatest evils: the scourge of antisemitism on college campuses. The American founding is defined by its commitment to the values of political liberty, equality, and toleration. Recent pro-Hamas university demonstrations have shown that not even the great American exp... Read more »
We fact-checked the White House’s recent retirement announcement so you don’t have to. The administration’s proposed fiduciary rule will hurt American savers and retirees. Here’s a more accurate version of the White House's so-called fact sheet: Read more »
DISCLAIMER: The following hearing recap contains direct quotations from children’s books. If the need for a disclaimer confuses, confounds, or concerns you, we suggest you proceed. Today, the Committee on Education and the Workforce covered one of the most contentious issues in American politics: children’s books. Republican members fought back against the narrative that concerned parents are “boo... Read more »
We fact checked the White House's recent announcement and bogus claims on student loans so you don't have to. Here is a more accurate version of the announcement: Read more »
The Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee convened yesterday to discuss the aftermath of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC. In its decision, the Supreme Court held that race-based admissions are unconstitutional, signifying a major shakeup in postsecondary education. Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) led the hearing by condemning the old ... Read more »
Today, the Workforce Protections Subcommittee held a hearing with OSHA agency head Doug Parker conducting oversight of OSHA’s underwhelming record and burdensome policies. In his opening statement, Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) teed off on OSHA’s failure to fulfill its mission “to ensure the nation’s workers have safe and healthy workplaces.” He described, in detail, the declining state of worker we... Read more »
