Yesterday’s Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee hearing exposed the growing threat of malign foreign influence within our nation’s colleges and universities. Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) said in his opening statement, “China and other foreign adversaries are determined to undermine America’s national interests and infect our political discourse. The modern battleg... Read more »
Today's Education and the Workforce Committee hearing covered the emerging shift among employers to hire employees based on competencies—not degrees. This was the first full Committee hearing focusing solely on skills-based education and hiring. Previously, in May, the Higher Education and Workforce Development (HEWD) Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Examining America’s Workforce Challenges: ... Read more »
Today’s Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee hearing addressed issues of health care competition and transparency, key areas in which legislation can bring costs down for American working families and small businesses. Health care costs are on the rise, but neither the hospitals, the insurers, the drug manufacturers, nor the Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers (PBMs) want to ta... Read more »
For more than 30 years, small businesses have cited health care costs as their number one issue. Republicans have solutions that would provide immediate relief to job creators and working Americans. First, the Self-Insurance Protection Act (SIPA) protects small businesses’ access to stop-loss insurance, a financial tool that helps employers self-insure and protects them from catastrophic costs. Se... Read more »
Today, the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.” Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) kicked off the hearing with an opening statement outlining the many ways in which the modern college landscape is changing to meet evolving student needs. To compliment postsecondar... Read more »
Today, the Committee on Education and the Workforce conducted an oversight hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Secretary Xavier Becerra was the lone witness, charged with defending the indefensible—HHS policies and President Biden’s FY 2024 budget request. Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led the hearing with a reminder for Secretary Becerra. Per the White House’s Office o... Read more »
Sparks flew during today’s Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing to discuss Biden’s FY 2024 budget request for the Department of Labor (DOL). The Committee hearing was graced by the presence of Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, perhaps the most controversial name in Washington. “Graced” is the operative term here because the Committee was unsure if Su would even appear until the eleve... Read more »
It’s no secret that college costs are too high, completion rates are too low, and the student loan program is in shambles. Reform is badly needed. Unfortunately, real reforms have fallen to the wayside as President Biden plays king, working to write off millions in federal student loan debt, all at the expense of students and taxpayers. Biden may think he can govern by executive fiat, but Congress... Read more »
Under President Biden’s student loan scam doctors, lawyers, and borrowers who stand to make six figures will have their loans canceled. Who’s footing the bill? Taxpayers who had the grit to pay off their loans or never went to college. Further, the Biden administration has refused to resume student loan repayments. Despite every data point suggesting the repayment pause is unneeded, the Secretary ... Read more »
Today’s Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee hearing covered the partisan drift of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under the Biden administration and specific actions it has proposed which would erode agency norms, restrict employer speech, and essentially eliminate free choice for employees. The hearing was led by Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), who outlined the origina... Read more »
