Good morning and welcome to our witnesses. Some of you have traveled a great distance to participate in today’s hearing, and we appreciate the opportunity to hear your thoughts about ways we can improve assistance for our nation’s workers. This is the committee’s fourth opportunity to examine the challenges and successes of the federal job training system. For several months, we have been working ... Read more »
On Tuesday, October 4 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, “Modernizing the Workforce Investment Act: Developing an Effective Job Training System for Workers and Employers.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WI... Read more »
By George Will Obama Gives States a Voice In ‘No Child’ — New York Times, Sept. 24 Many Americans, having grown accustomed to Caesarism, probably see magnanimity in that front-page headline. Others, however, read it as redundant evidence of how distorted American governance has become. A president "gives" states a "voice" in education policy concerning kindergarten through 12th grade? How did thi... Read more »
Dear Secretary Solis: On December 7, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its Fall 2009 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda in the Federal Register. This agenda noted DOL's intention to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in August 2010, entitled Records to Be Kept By Employers Under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("the anticipated rulemaking"). At the time, DOL characterized the pr... Read more »
President Obama last week announced his intent to bypass Congress and coerce American schools into enacting his preferred education agenda. In a speech on Friday, the president stated, “Given that Congress cannot act, I am acting.” The president has indicated the failure to reauthorize current elementary and secondary education law rests squarely on the 112th Congress, which convened just nine sho... Read more »
It wasn’t long ago the American people were promised that health care reform would lower costs. In fact, President Obama repeatedly pledged his health care plan would lower premiums by up to $2,500. Unfortunately, as a recent study by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation helps make clear, Democrats got their government takeover of health care and the American people are stuck with higher costs. A... Read more »
On Friday, President Obama announced the administration will bypass Congress and impose a new plan to waive federal elementary and secondary education law, currently known as No Child Left Behind, in exchange for states adopting the Secretary of Education’s preferred education agenda. Many have expressed concerns this conditional waivers plan could slow Congressional efforts to rewrite the law and... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN) A new school year has reinvigorated Washington’s debate on the best way to improve education in America. There is widespread agreement that the status quo is not working, and lasting reforms are vital to the future prosperity of our children. House Republicans, as promised, are advancing a package of legislation to revamp current elementary and secondary education law. This... Read more »
The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled, “Culture of Union Favoritism: Recent Actions of the National Labor Relations Board.” The hearing centered on a series of controversial decisions issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in late August, as well as the board’s decision to force employers to promote unionizati... Read more »
In late August, the National Labor Relations Board introduced a series of sweeping changes to federal labor policy. Through three decisions handed down in one afternoon, the board restricted workers’ right to a secret ballot election, undermined employers’ ability to maintain unity in the workplace, and created new barriers for those who wish to challenge union representation. For anyone following... Read more »
