On Wednesday, May 25 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a markup of the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The federal government operates more than 80 separate programs under current Elementary and Secondary Educ... Read more »
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after an independent investigative panel released a preliminary report on the 2010 Upper Big Branch mining disaster: “Federal officials, state leaders, and mine operators each play a critical role in ensuring the safety of our mines. The strongest laws cannot protect miners if the federal ... Read more »
Today, Republican Members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee demanded the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) end its job-destroying activist agenda. In a letter to NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon, members describe a number of actions by the Obama labor board that call into question the objectivity and credibility of the office, including the NLRB’s most recent effort to... Read more »
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, today introduced the first in a series of education reform bills planned by the House Education and the Workforce Committee. Rep. Hunter’s legislation, the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891), would begin the process of weeding out inefficient and unnecessary K-... Read more »
Rep. Duncan Hunter, chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, has introduced the first in a series of education reform bills planned by the House Education and the Workforce Committee. Rep. Hunter's legislation, the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891), would begin the process of weeding out inefficient and unnecessary K-12 educati... Read more »
Today, we will examine the costs associated with the recent reauthorization of federal child nutrition programs. We typically think of costs in terms of dollars and cents. However, as is often the case with federal laws and regulations, there is an additional cost that can’t be measured by any agency, bureaucrat, or budget office. When it comes to the nation’s schools, that additional cost comes i... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), today held a hearing on the recent expansion of federal child nutrition programs. The hearing, “Examining the Costs of Federal Overreach into School Meals,” featured testimony from school leaders and child nutrition experts who described the negative consequences stemming from the 2010 l... Read more »
Today I will introduce the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act, the first in a series of proposals to reform education in America. There’s an urgent need to fix what’s broken in our nation’s education system. Roughly two-thirds of eighth graders lack basic reading and math skills. Only 70 percent of students graduate high school. Meanwhile, federal education spending is at an all-time... Read more »
On Friday, May 13 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing entitled “Examining the Costs of Federal Overreach into School Meals.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In 2010, Congress reauthorized and expanded federal child nutrition programs. New reg... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing on federal workers' compensation. In the Federal Employees' Compensation Act of 1916 (FECA), Congress established a program for federal workers to receive compensation in the event of a work-related injury or illness. The hearing, "Reviewing Workers Compensation for Federal Employees," examined refo... Read more »
