On Wednesday, March 13 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 hearing entitled “Keeping College Within Reach: Examining Opportunities to Strengthen Federal Student Loan Programs.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The federal government provides billions of dollars annually ... Read more »
Organizations representing our nation’s employers are applauding the commonsense reforms included in the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act, which was approved by the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday. As noted in letters to the committee, the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803) will reform the nation’s broken job training system by strengthening the role o... Read more »
The Affordable Care Act is cited five times in the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book. One of those citations notes that the law will likely drive up demand for health care services. The other four describe the health care reform as hurting employment and sales. The notion that Obamacare, as the law is popularly known, would be a jobs killer was widely denied by its supporters. A report from the... Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), approved legislation to reform the nation’s workforce development system and help ensure workers and employers have the resources they need to be successful in today’s economy. Introduced by Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the Supporting Knowledge and Inve... Read more »
Right now the House Education and the Workforce Committee is considering the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803), a commonsense proposal to reform the nation’s broken job training system and help put Americans back to work. Opponents of the SKILLS Act claim the proposal will divert resources and support away from workers with unique barriers to employment, such as individuals with disabilities. However, a quick... Read more »
Today the committee will consider H.R. 803, the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act. This important legislation will strengthen the workforce investment system, help put Americans back to work, and make our nation more competitive in the 21st century. Through the committee’s oversight, we’ve become very familiar with the challenges plaguing the current job training system. A ... Read more »
Reforming the nation’s workforce development system is critical, and in these difficult economic times, where roughly 20 million Americans are struggling to find adequate work, we cannot afford to delay action any longer. Time is costly for those seeking to find work. Today many un-and-underemployed Americans have turned to federal workforce education programs to try and develop the skills they ne... Read more »
Right now the House Education and the Workforce Committee is considering the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803), a commonsense proposal to reform the nation’s broken job training system and help put Americans back to work. Opponents of the SKILLS Act claim the proposal will prevent key stakeholders from participating in the workforce development system. However, a quick look at the facts helps set the record s... Read more »
Right now the committee is considering the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803), a commonsense proposal to reform the nation’s broken job training system and help put Americans back to work. Opponents argue the SKILLS Act makes arbitrary cuts to the nation’s workforce development system. However, a quick look at the facts helps set the record straight: FACT: There are currently more than 50 employment and traini... Read more »
This is the latest in a series of hearings examining the multiemployer pension system, and each time we have assembled a distinguished panel of witnesses to offer their unique experience and expertise on this very important topic. I am pleased today is no different. I would also note that throughout our oversight of multiemployer pensions, the committee has maintained a spirit of bipartisan cooper... Read more »
