Numerous media outlets have recently reported the White House is looking for ways to isolate and deny government contracts for businesses that do not abide by a yet-to-be-defined new regime of wage and benefit requirements. At a time when millions of Americans are out of work and the nation’s debt continues to explode, this would seem an inopportune time to start adding costly new regulations to o... Read more »
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and congressional Democrats today continued to defend the Obama Administration’s job-killing agenda despite double-digit unemployment and widespread economic uncertainty. Secretary Solis’ testimony, delivered during her first ever appearance before the House Education and Labor Committee, comes on the heels of President Obama’s announcement last week that the White H... Read more »
Let me begin by welcoming Secretary Solis to the committee for her first appearance since being sworn in as the U.S. Secretary of Labor a little less than a year ago. With our nation facing ongoing job losses and widespread workplace uncertainty, your presence is certainly timely, Madam Secretary. Last week, President Obama was quite clear in declaring his Administration’s commitment to American w... Read more »
With the national unemployment rate hovering at 10 percent, President Obama’s Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, is scheduled tomorrow to make her first ever appearance before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee. More than two months ago, the panel’s Republican members called for Secretary Solis to come before the committee to answer questions about rising unemployment and erroneous job creati... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, commented today on President Obama’s FY 2011 budget request, applauding some key education investments and reform proposals while questioning a pervasive culture of favoritism that pits union leadership against rank-and-file workers while emphasizing “gotcha” policies that penalize job creators. Education &... Read more »
The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican, Minnesota Rep. John Kline, issued the following statement this evening on President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address: On education reform… "There is no doubt we need to reform our federal education laws, and Republicans are anxious to enact policies that empower parents, teachers, and communities to provide a quality ... Read more »
As President Obama prepares to deliver his first State of the Union address, the Administration continues to pay lip service to job creation in the face of double-digit unemployment rates and continued job losses. But a close look at the policies proposed by the White House in recent days reveals just more of the same big-government policies that have failed to spur a real economic recovery. A Spe... Read more »
Good morning, and thank you to everyone for joining us for a look at the culture of favoritism in the Obama Administration’s labor agenda. I want to extend a special thank you to our witnesses for their participation today. I look forward to your testimony as well as the opportunity to hear your opinions and assessment of the Obama Administration’s labor agenda and what Congress should be doing to... Read more »
Republicans are committed to a dynamic, results-oriented job training system that can effectively serve job seekers and workers in need of retraining. The Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2009 (H.R. 4271) – introduced by Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), and fellow Education and Labor Committee Republicans – builds on reforms proposed by Republicans in recent years... Read more »
Earlier this week, President Obama unveiled a unique approach to economic recovery – accuse political foes of “scaring” away the jobs and look to the power of positive thinking to bring them back. “Today's meeting with Congressional leadership at the White House was intended to be a demonstration of bipartisanship as officials look to stimulate the economy. To President Obama, bipartisanship came ... Read more »
