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- A joint subcommittee hearing today explored the potential consequences of the National Labor Relations Board's efforts to expand its jurisdiction over religious institutions, university faculty, and graduate assistants. As witnesses shared, the NRLB's actions could reduce academic freedom and raise costs. Read more here: http://1.usa.gov/QjKBEi
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- At 10 am ET, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Dr. Phil Roe, and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx, will hold a joint hearing to discuss the how the National Labor Relations Board's efforts to expand its influence over higher education could affect tuition and academic freedom. Learn more and watch LIVE here:
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- It's only Tuesday, but it's already shaping up to be a tough week for the Obama administration. Curious why? Read more here: http://1.usa.gov/PgmtBm
- Leave it to a kid to succinctly get to the heart of a complicated issue. Check out what charter school student Andy Anderson told CBS News about the Chicago teacher strike:
- House Republican leaders today introduced a resolution disapproving of President Obama’s plan to roll back the work requirements critical to the success of the bipartisan welfare reform law enacted in 1996. As Education and the Workforce Co...mmittee Chairman John Kline said, “We did not ask for this fight, but we will not stand by while the president runs roughshod over the law and promotes policies that will hurt families and taxpayers.” LIKE or SHARE if you agree we should protect welfare reform that has helped lift millions of Americans from poverty and into jobs.See More
- On Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training will hold a joint hearing on "Expanding the Power of Big Labor: The NLRB's Growing Intrusion Into Higher Education." More details about the hearing and the NLRB's recent actions available here:
- Chairman John Kline calls President Obama’s failure to comply with the Sequestration Transparency Act, "deeply disappointing" and "devastating to nation's workers and job creators." Read more:
- Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking the department to provide required information on the Head Start re-competitio...n process. In addition to delaying implementation of the process for nearly three years, HHS continues to ignore important transparency requirements. Learn more and read the letter here: http://1.usa.gov/U0DMbnSee More
- "Our economy cannot move forward until we abandon the failed policies of the past." - Chairman John Kline on the August Jobs Report. Read more here:
- In a recent letter, committee leaders requested the Department of Labor turn over documents relating to a $500,000 ad campaign promoting the Obama administration's "green jobs" initiative. Read more from the Washington Times: http://bit.ly/R2RMiq. Read the letter, here: http://1.usa.gov/R2SpIM.
- An editorial in today's Washington Examiner highlights the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (D.C.OSP) and the long-term benefits of school choice, citing a recent study that reported African American students in NYC were "twice as likel...y to attend a selective college as their peers in public school." House Republicans are staunch supporters of school choice and programs like D.C. OSP that help students escape underperforming schools. To read the editorial, click below:See More
- In 2009, the Labor Department reportedly awarded nearly half a million dollars from the taxpayer-funded stimulus package to McNeely, Pigott, & Fox Public Relations to promote the Obama administration’s “green jobs” initiative. The firm used...the money to pay for television advertisements aired on MSNBC during Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Rachel Maddow Show. Committee leaders recently sent a letter to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis requesting documents, communications, and information on the department’s contract with McNeely, Pigott, & Fox Public Relations. Click here to read the letter: http://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=307063See More
- In an attempt to hide the consequences of sequestration from workers, the Labor Department has issued misleading and incomplete "guidance" on the WARN Act – a federal law that requires employers provide 60-day notices of mass layoffs or pla...nt closings. Despite a committee request seeking more information by August 16, the department has ignored the deadline and given no response. Unfortunately, this isn't the first time the administration has failed to provide timely and adequate answers to oversight requests. Click below to read more about the department's disturbing pattern of delay and obstruction on other important oversight requests: http://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=307087See More
- A Brookings Institute study released this week shows that "an African-American student who was able to use a voucher to attend a private school was 24% more likely to enroll in college than an African-American student who didn't win a voucher lottery." Read more about the study from this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal:
http://1.usa.gov/PCWHKK - "It was sixteen years ago today that President Clinton signed into law historic welfare reform legislation. The bipartisan achievement ended welfare policies that fostered dependency and ushered in a new era of personal responsibility for families in need of assistance. As a result, poverty was reduced as millions of Americans moved off welfare and into a job."
- A study released today by the National Federation of Independent Businesses reveals that the cost of health insurance and economic uncertainty are the most significant problems facing small business owners. Though Democrats in Washington ha...ve continued to make the problem of rising health care costs and economic uncertainty worse, the Republican-led House has taken action to help tackle the challenges facing America's job creators. Click below to read more about the study and the steps the House has taken:See More
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