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Dear Secretary Sebelius: The recent Special Investigative Counsel report on The Pennsylvania State University scandal has raised serious concerns among members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce about the adequacy of federal child abuse prevention laws. As you know, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, also known as CAPTA, is the foremost federal law governing child ab... Read more »

On Wednesday, July 18 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, “Keeping College Within Reach: Exploring State Efforts to Curb Costs.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In 2001, annual tuition and fees at public universities averaged $4,793. Today, that... Read more »

U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement after a series of reports detailed an increase in black lung disease among miners: After more than 40 years of working to reduce black lung among America's miners, it is deeply troubling the number of those afflicted by this deadly disease is rising. Increased coal demand and technological ... Read more »

U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services issued “guidance” that would effectively allow states to seek a “waiver” from the work requirements critical to the success of the 1996 welfare reform: In 1996, the Republican Congress worked with President Clinton to fix a broken welfare sy... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Representative Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) joined a bipartisan coalition of members in urging the Obama administration to stop further implementation of the controversial “gainful employment” regulation in light of a June 30 fe... Read more »

Dear Secretary Duncan, In light of the recent ruling on measures of gainful employment issued by the US District Court for the District of Columbia, we write to extend an offer of cooperation. In our opinion, we see this judgment as an opportunity for the Department and Congress to work together on ways to best provide information to students, their families and our workforce about postsecondary ... Read more »

Dear Administrator Sunstein: The Committee on Education and the Workforce is focused on supporting the nation's workforce and advancing policies that will help strengthen our economy. As part of this effort, the committee has conducted robust oversight to ensure federal agencies are held accountable for regulations that undermine innovation, job creation, and American competitiveness. The Regulat... Read more »

U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079) with bipartisan support: The House of Representatives today reaffirmed its commitment to advancing the peoples’ will by voting to strike down ObamaCare, a law that is placing unnecessary strain on o... Read more »

The House of Representatives will vote today on legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law. House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans spoke in support of private-sector job growth and lower health care costs by urging a "yes" vote on the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079): “In Michigan, the law has stifled economic growth and hiring and raised health c... Read more »

The House of Representatives will vote today on legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law. House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans spoke in support of private-sector job growth and lower health care costs by urging a “yes” vote on the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079): The Affordable Care Act doesn’t address the major problem, which is cost and it ... Read more »