One of the benefits of living in a free society is that its citizens are free to create. This freedom has given birth to art forms that Americans – and people around the world – have enjoyed for decades. Take music: Blues. Country. Jazz. Rock ‘n’ roll. All of them come from America. Then there’s Broadway and Hollywood. For more than a century, American films, plays, musicals and TV shows have been... Read more »
Today’s hearing is about work and pay. It’s the engine that drives the American Dream. Republicans have long believed in the value and dignity of work, and the rewards that come from it. Take welfare reform. Back in the 1990s, Republicans pushed to change a system that – for decades – gave money to people for not working. Today, welfare recipients earn their benefits by working. Or training for a ... Read more »
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today joined fellow House Republicans in outlining a series of principles aimed at helping American families protect and rebuild their hard-earned savings, from college funds to retirement accounts and everything in between. The proposals unveiled today were developed by the House GOP Savings R... Read more »
We’re here this morning to examine an issue that is enormously complex, but based on a principle that is remarkably simple. Simply put, today, literally billions of dollars of investment savings in participant directed retirement accounts are being managed by individual plan participants. For the laymen in our room, that means that decisions about, say, 401(k) investments that will have consequenc... Read more »
Following today’s bipartisan vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, the House Education Committee’s top Republican, issued the following statement: “The American spirit is one of giving back – to our neighbors, our communities, and our nation. All across this country, citizens are devot... Read more »
Neighbors helping neighbors. This happens countless times every day across America: A college student teaching English to immigrants. A Boy Scout troop collecting canned food for the hungry. Families taking in neighbors who have lost their homes to a tornado, fire or flood. Mr. Chair, the bill before us today, aptly named the GIVE Act, encourages the selfless actions I just described by updating d... Read more »
The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee today approved the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act (H.R. 1388), bipartisan legislation to improve accountability in national service programs including AmeriCorps. “The GIVE Act includes important reforms to national service programs that allow neighbors to come together in service of individuals, communities, and our nati... Read more »
Thank you Mr. Chairman, and good morning. Let me begin by thanking you and your staff, along with Chairwoman McCarthy, for your work with Committee Republicans and our staff on this legislation. And I’d like to thank my Republican colleagues, Congressman Platts and Congressman Hoekstra, for their leadership on this issue. They have been champions of accountable national service for years, and thei... Read more »
Labor Committee Republicans today repeated their calls for a more flexible, family-friendly workplace, particularly by eliminating barriers in federal labor law that prohibit workers and employers from agreeing to more flexible work arrangements. Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), the top Republican on the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, argued that workplace flexibility, particularly voluntary policies a... Read more »
Good morning and thank you, Chairwoman Woolsey. As you have noted, we are here today for the first Subcommittee hearing of the 111th Congress. I look forward to working with you, Madame Chair, as we consider many of the important issues confronting today’s workforce. I would like to begin by thanking our distinguished panel of witnesses for appearing today. We appreciate that they have taken time ... Read more »
