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Committee Approves Legislation to Block Controversial Welfare Waiver Scheme
Sep 13, 2012
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The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved legislation to prevent President Obama from implementing his plan to waive the work requirements at the heart of the 1996 welfare reform law. "Today the committee has taken an important step toward ...
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Governors Slam Obama Administration’s Welfare Waiver Scheme
Sep 13, 2012
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Despite claims to the contrary, governors from Pennsylvania to Alaska have expressed significant concerns about the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) July memorandum announcing states could waive the work requirements at the heart of the 1996 welfare reform law. As the House Committee o...
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Committee Renews Demand for Documents Involving Secret Delphi Pension Deal
Sep 12, 2012
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Members of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Director Joshua Gotbaum requesting documents and communications regarding the Obama administration’s involvement in closed door deals tha...
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NLRB’s Higher Education Actions Could Reduce Academic Freedom, Raise Costs
Sep 12, 2012
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The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a joint hearing entitled, “Expanding the Power of Big Labor: The NLRB’s Growing Intrusion in...
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***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Joint Subcommittee Hearing to Examine Recent NLRB Efforts to Influence Higher Education
Sep 10, 2012
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On Wednesday, September 12th at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a joint hearing entitled “Expanding the Power of ...
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