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News Release: WASHINGTON - 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

News Release: WASHINGTON - 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...

Biden is Placing Student Loan Debt on Taxpayers With No Loans

News Release: WASHINGTON - 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.

A Win for Students and Taxpayers

News Release: WASHINGTON - 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.

Lubbock Mayor Payne recognizes ‘Digging Deep in Lubbock Workshop 2023'

News Release: Lubbock Mayor Payne recognizes ‘Digging Deep in Lubbock Workshop 2023'

US Department of Labor announces more than $12M in grant funding available for worker safety, health training grants

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of more than $12.7 million in funding to make more good jobs available to the U.S. workforce by supporting training initiatives designed to promote safe and healthy in the nation's workplaces.

Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Certification by School Official on May 23

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Chairman Owens to Hold Part Two of Hearing on Biden’s Free College Agenda – Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.

News Release: Tomorrow at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Breaking the System Part II: Examining the Implications of Biden’s Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers."

DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting May 24

Additional Grant Opportunities for Promoting Equitable Access to Unemployment Compensation (UC) Programs grant opened on May 24.

Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, FY 2023; Availability of Funds and Funding Opportunity Announcements discussed on May 23 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Neal Statement On Internal Revenue Service’s Direct File Report

Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Treasury Department released a report examining how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could implement a direct filing program to ease taxpayers’ burden and deliver more comprehensive services:

Neal, Ways And Means Democrats Statement On Irs Addressing Racial Disparities In Audit Rates

Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Ranking Member Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Racial Equity Initiative Co-Chair Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) released the following statement on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) work on addressing racial bias in audit rates after reporting that Black Americans are three to five times more likely to be audited by the IRS:

Neal Statement On Republicans’ Surprise Billing Our Workers Act

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted Republicans’ Surprise Billing Our Workers Act:

Davis Leads Debate On Republicans' Surprise Billing Our Workers

Democrats strongly agree that those who took advantage of the COVID crisis to commit fraud must be held accountable. Indeed, Democrats put two billion dollars in the American Rescue Plan Act to fight fraud, and every House Republican voted against these investments to prevent fraud and hold criminals accountable.

Doggett Opening Statement At Health Subcommittee Hearing

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for today’s hearing on consolidation and anticompetitive health markets—a subject that offers great bipartisan opportunity. I look forward to working with you to address some of the recommendations offered today.

Ranking Member Cassidy Sounds Alarm Over the Potential Use of Taxpayer Dollars to Promote Abortion Services in Schools

Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised concerns over the potential use of taxpayer dollars to create partnerships between schools and abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. This comes after Cassidy rebuked the Biden administration for promoting the website AbortionFinder.org, a third-party website that promotes abortion providers and provides minors as young as “15 and younger” with information about how to obtain an abortion without parental knowledge.

Ranking Member Cassidy Demands Answers Following Deaths of Migrant Children in HHS Custody

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is attempting to uncover answers following the deaths of two migrant children in Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) custody and why the Department did not directly notify Republicans on the HELP Committee.

Ranking Member Cassidy Rebukes Biden’s Title IX Rule Undermining Women’s Sports

Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, rebuked President Biden’s new Title IX proposed rule that forces schools to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports or risk losing federal funds. Cassidy raised concerns that the proposed rule ignores physiological differences between men and women and will undo generations of progress for women’s and girls’ participation in school sports.

Ranking Member Cassidy, Budd Call Out Shocking DOL Comments, Bias Against American Farmers

Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Ted Budd (R-NC) expressed concerns to Acting Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Julie Su regarding the Department’s bias against American farmers while under her leadership. This comes after a senior DOL official made shocking public comments deriding the H-2A visa program, which allows farmers to hire non-immigrant temporary or seasonal agricultural workers when American labor is unavailable. Currently, Su’s nomination for the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) is being considered by the U.S. Senate.

Ranking Member Cassidy Blasts Biden’s Decision to End Title 42