Today the committee will consider H.R. 511, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015. This important legislation will prevent the National Labor Relations Board from exerting jurisdiction over Native American businesses operating on tribal lands. As we all know, policies governing labor-management relations are extremely complex and controversial. More than 80 years after its enactment, the Nation... Read more »
Before I explain the technical changes included in the substitute amendment, I’d like to take a minute to discuss the importance of the broader legislation. As the chairman said, the purpose of this bill is simple: to protect the sovereignty and promote governmental parity, of Native Americans by making it very clear that tribal businesses on tribal lands are free to operate with the same autonomy... Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved H.R. 511, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), will prevent the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from exerting jurisdiction over tribal businesses operated on tribal lands. “This bill is based on a simple premise: Tribal leaders sho... Read more »
THE PROBLEM: For students, parents, and teachers, mobile applications, cloud-based platforms, and other innovative technologies have made education more accessible, reliable, and efficient. It has provided students of all ages and all backgrounds greater access to learning, enhanced communication between teachers and parents, and enabled educators and researchers to better understand student prog... Read more »
On Thursday, July 23 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing titled, “Examining the Costs and Consequences of the Administration’s Overtime Proposal.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the primary federal law governing employee wages, hours w... Read more »
On Wednesday, July 22, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up H.R. 511, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015. The markup will take place at 10:45 a.m. in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, introduced by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), would prevent the National Labor Relations Board from exerti... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Every Child Achieves Act: Thanks to the hard work of Senators Alexander and Murray, we are one step closer to replacing a flawed law and improving K-12 education for our nation’s children and families. There is a lot of work that lies ahead, but I am confident we ... Read more »
Since President Obama unveiled his plan to offer “free” community college, the American people have learned there is nothing free about it. News reports quickly revealed the plan was projected to cost taxpayers $60 billion. That is, until congressional Democrats turned the president’s $60 billion idea into a $90 billion legislative proposal. Citing a lead sponsor in the Senate, one news outlet rep... Read more »
The nation’s one-size-fits-all mandates dictating K-12 education have been letting students down for years. Federal involvement in classrooms is at an all-time high. Yet far too many schools are ill-equipped to make the grade. The Obama administration has only made a broken system worse by imposing a backdoor education agenda on states and school districts through pet projects and temporary, condi... Read more »
Republican leaders of three congressional committees today wrote to the Department of Labor and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to call for the withdrawal of the administration’s proposed blacklisting guidance and regulation. Expressing concern over the anticipated harmful consequences of the proposal, leaders on the Education and the Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform... Read more »
