The Obama National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has a long history of benefiting Big Labor at the expense of working families and small business owners. They also have a bad habit of dismissing legitimate concerns while advancing their activist agenda. History repeated itself yet again in a partisan decision redefining what it means to be an employer. Here is how the board’s Democratic majority re... Read more »
For months, employees, job creators, and policymakers have warned about the consequences of the Department of Labor’s overtime proposal. So far, these concerns are falling on deaf ears. Now, an independent office within the president’s own Small Business Administration is expressing concerns as well. In a letter to the department, the Office of Advocacy writes: While small businesses support a mod... Read more »
President Obama has unveiled a new “College Scorecard,” an online tool the administration promises will provide prospective students “reliable data on every institution of higher education.” The basic concept behind the scorecard – strengthening transparency in higher education – has long been a bipartisan priority. In fact, Republicans and Democrats are championing a legislative proposal to help ... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following joint statement regarding the administration’s change to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA: Streamlining the federal student aid process has long been a bipartisan priority. This change will help st... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing to discuss an issue of growing national concern: campus sexual assault. Members learned about efforts to address sexual assault, as well as how existing federal and state policies affect the ability of colleges and universities to prevent and respond to these crimes. “Every colle... Read more »
Republican leaders in Congress have started an effort to roll back a recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that radically changes what it means to be an employer and will have far-reaching consequences for working families, small business owners, and entrepreneurs. In response to the board’s latest Big Labor ploy, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-M... Read more »
Earlier this week, as millions of students stepped foot on a college or university campus, members of Congress returned from their districts to continue their work strengthening America’s higher education system. As we all know, that effort often requires difficult but necessary conversations about tough issues, which is why we are here today. Every college student should be able to learn in an en... Read more »
Senior Republican lawmakers today introduced legislation to roll back the National Labor Relations Board’s “joint employer” decision, which the chairmen of the House and Senate labor committees say “threatens to steal the American dream from owners of the nation’s 780,000 franchise businesses and millions of contractors.” “The NLRB’s new joint employer standard would make big businesses bigger and... Read more »
On Thursday, September 10 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, “Preventing and Responding to Sexual Assault on College Campuses.” The hearing will take place in room 2261 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Through the Clery Act and Title IX, the federal government works with colleges and u... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) today issued the following joint statement in response to the president’s paid sick leave executive order announcement: For more than a decade, Republicans have championed legislation that would give working moms and dads greater flexibility to meet the needs of... Read more »
