House Committee on Education and Labor
U.S. House of Representatives
Republicans
Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
Ranking Member
Fiscally responsible reforms for students, workers and retirees.
Press Releases
5/13/2009McKeon Statement on White House Closed-Door Health Care Meeting
5/13/2009Brought to You By Secret Ballot
5/12/2009Vice President Repeats Support for Card Check as Political Payback
IN THE NEWS
House to Vote this Week on Bill to Federalize School Construction
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill that would federalize the maintenance, modernization, and repair of school facilities. The bill represents a major shift in federal education policy, usurping the rights and responsibilities of states and local communities and saddling school facility upkeep with a wide range of new federal mandates ... more
McKeon: Card Check is an Attack on Workers’ Rights & the American Economy
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, denounced the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, legislation introduced by congressional Democrats that would deny workers the right to secret ballots in union organizing elections. The bill is a job killer, putting an estimated 600,000 American jobs at risk in just the first year after its enactment, and would wreak havoc on an already reeling economy, McKeon noted ... more
SPOTLIGHT
Meet the Members
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) and the other 18 Republican Members of the Education and Labor Committee have recorded video messages to help the public get to know our members and our priorities for the committee a little bit better. Click on the image below to meet the members!
