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Neal Statement On House Passage Of Budget Agreement To Avert Default
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Tonight, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed a budget agreement to prevent default:
Blumenauer Opening Statement At Trade Subcommittee Hearing
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
This hearing follows a similar hearing we had just a few weeks ago in Staten Island on the topic of Securing Supply Chains and Protecting the American Worker.
Larson Opener At Social Security Subcommittee Hearing
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Good afternoon and thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this hearing.
NEWS: Ahead of HELP Hearing, Sanders and Murray Release Report on Worsening Child Care Crisis, Imminent Funding Cliff
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Chairman Sanders and Former Chair Murray’s Report Finds the End of Critical Relief Funds Will Force Many Child Care Providers to Raise Tuition for Working Families, Reduce Wages for Workers, Serve Fewer Children, or Close their Programs for Good
MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Worsening Child Care Crisis
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing Wednesday, May 31 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, “Solving the Child Care Crisis: Meeting the Needs of Working Families and Child Care Workers.”
Ranking Member Cassidy on CRA to Overturn President Biden’s Student Loan Schemes
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
oday, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke on the U.S. Senate floor ahead of the passage of a procedural vote on his Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn President Biden’s student debt transfer scheme and the loan repayment pause. Biden’s student loan schemes are estimated to cost taxpayers nearly $600 billion.
ICYMI: Cassidy, Grassley Blast Biden’s Unfair Student Loan Schemes in Fox News Op-ed
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, penned an op-ed on Fox News blasting President Biden’s student loan schemes, which are estimated to cost taxpayers nearly $600 billion.
Ranking Member Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on Child Care in America
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on child care in America.
Foxx: Fiscal Responsibility Act Means Greater Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, specifically addressing the student loan component of the bill:
Su to Testify at Hearing as Foxx Conducts Oversight of the Department of Labor
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
On Wednesday, June 7th, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full committee hearing titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor.” Acting Secretary Julie Su will testify at the hearing.
Foxx, Walberg, Chavez-DeRemer Demand Answers from Su on Trafficking of Migrant Children
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), and Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su demanding information about recent reports that migrant children – many of whom were under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services – are being trafficked and working illegally in the United States.
Foxx, Kiley to Su: Don't Shame America's Farmers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su regarding serious delays in the processing of H-2A applications. The letter comes following disturbing quotes from DOL likening America’s agriculture workers to slave laborers.
A Win for Students and Taxpayers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Today, the House passed H.J. Res. 45, a Congressional Review Act resolution to bar President Biden and the Department of Education from moving forward with their student loan cancellation scheme and prevent any further extension of the student loan repayment pause.
Biden is Placing Student Loan Debt on Taxpayers With No Loans
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
– Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor today in support of H.J. Res. 45, a Congressional Review Act resolution that will bar President Biden and the Department of Education from moving forward with their student loan cancellation scheme and prevent any further extension of the student loan repayment pause.
Owens Blasts Biden’s Free College Agenda: “Radical, Costly, and Unlawful”
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled “Breaking the System Part II: Examining the Implications of Biden’s Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers”:
Foxx & Comer: Biden Administration Hijacking the Court System to Enact a Radical Student Loan Cancellation Agenda
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) today are raising concerns about the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to hijack the court system to enact a radical student loan cancellation agenda.
Good Leads Hearing on Protecting Employees’ Rights
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chair Bob Good (R-VA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled “Protecting Employees’ Rights: Ensuring Fair Elections at the NLRB”:
Step Aside, Washington Bureaucrats: Leave School Meals to Local Professionals
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
The Department of Agriculture’s recently proposed revisions to school meal patterns that will impose unrealistic and costly regulatory requirements on school districts—only adding to the hurdles schools currently face. Ensuring students have nutritious and fulfilling meals starts at the local level, not with out-of-touch federal regulation.
@EdWorkforceCmte To Hold Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five bills: H. Res. 461, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress disapproves of the use of public elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens not admitted...
@EdWorkforceCmte Announces Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
On Tuesday, June 6, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five bills: H. Res. 461, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress disapproves of the use of public elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens not admitted to the United States, H.R. 1147, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act, H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act, and H.R. 824, Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023.