House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released a white paper outlining key principles that will guide the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. As part of the committee’s continued effort to strengthen America’s higher education system, the white paper includes a n... Read more »
Four years ago, the Obama administration promised the start of “recovery summer.” The American people were told at the time the nation was about to enter a period of strong growth and job creation. We know four years later that simply wasn’t the case. Instead of a robust recovery, the nation continued to struggle with a jobs crisis that is hurting working families to this day. It has taken five ye... Read more »
Tomorrow, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education will hold a joint hearing with the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies to examine the mining and retention of student data and the potential privacy and security risks this poses to students’ personally identifiable information. The hearing, entitled ... Read more »
On Tuesday, June 24 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled, “What Should Workers and Employers Expect Next From the National Labor Relations Board?” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken a number of pro-union... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN) issued the following joint statement in response to the agreement reached between the Department of Education and Corinthian Colleges Inc.: We are glad to see that the agreement reached between Corinthian and the Department of E... Read more »
Backing for the bipartisan, bicameral Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) continues to grow. Key stakeholders in the nation’s job training system praise the proposal, which reforms the outdated policies by eliminating redundant programs, increasing flexibility to local workforce development leaders, and providing job-creators a greater role in ensuring workers learn the skills needed i... Read more »
Today’s hearing is part of our continued oversight of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Last year we convened a hearing to broadly examine the commission’s regulatory and enforcement agenda. Members raised concerns with a number of EEOC policies that many believe are not in the best interest of workers and employers. For example, under President Obama’s watch, EEOC has made it more diff... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the president announced new unilateral action on student loans: The challenge a lot of college graduates face in the Obama economy is finding a good paying job. For many, the dream of launching a successful career after graduation has turned into a nightmare of debt and unemployment. It does... Read more »
On Tuesday, June 10 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “The Regulatory and Enforcement Actions of EEOC: Examining the Concerns of Stakeholders.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws prohibiting em... Read more »
Since a bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators announced a deal to improve the nation’s workforce development system through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), a broad array of labor, business, and workforce development leaders, as well as governors and mayors from around the country, has expressed support for the proposal. Read a summary of the bill here. Excerpts from lette... Read more »
