News List

On Wednesday, January 21 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold its full committee organizational meeting in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. At the organizational meeting, the committee will consider adoption of the committee rules and oversight plan. To learn more about the meeting, visit www.republicans-edlabor.house.gov/markups. # # # Read more »

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement regarding the president's call for legislation that would mandate employers provide paid sick leave: Working families are being squeezed and the answer isn’t more government. The president has shown time and again his only response to the challenges facing working families is to impose more mandat... Read more »

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following joint statement after a federal district judge ruled against a Department of Labor regulation that redefined companion care under the Fair Labor Standards Act: Congress created a broad exemption to help seniors and individuals with disabilities access affordable in-home... Read more »

The president is pushing a new, multi-billion proposal to provide ‘free’ community college to every American. Like most political gestures that promise something for nothing, this one is too good to be true. As House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) remarked: Encouraging more individuals to pursue training or earn a college degree is a national priority and commu... Read more »

Dear Chair Yang and Commissioners Barker, Feldblum, and Lipnic: On March 6, 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a publication entitled “Religious Garb and Grooming in the Workplace: Rights and Responsibilities” and an accompanying fact sheet. Among other things, this enforcement guidance describes employers’ obligation to accommodate employees’ and potential emplo... Read more »

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement regarding President Obama's higher education proposal: Encouraging more individuals to pursue training or earn a college degree is a national priority and community colleges play a vital role in that effort. But make no mistake, the president is proposing yet another multi-billion dollar federal p... Read more »

The House of Representatives debated earlier today the Save American Workers Act (H.R. 30), bipartisan legislation to repeal the health care law’s 30-hour definition of “full-time” employment and restore the traditional 40-hour work week. House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) highlighted the concerns of teachers, business owners, and union leaders from across the count... Read more »

The House is expected to vote later today on the Save American Workers Act (H.R. 30), legislation to repeal ObamaCare’s 30-hour definition of “full-time employment” and restore the traditional 40-hour workweek. In a statement threatening to veto this bipartisan jobs bill, the White House said there is “no evidence” the law is causing a shift to part-time work. The administration is either in denia... Read more »

It was noted not long ago that the president’s health care law will “destroy the foundation of the 40-hour workweek that is the backbone of the American middle class. Those aren’t my words. Instead, those are the words expressed by leaders from some of the nation’s largest labor unions, including the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Echoing these concerns, members of the AF... Read more »