By DOL Newswire | May 24, 2011
News Release: Today, Republican leaders on the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce responded to the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) failure to provide requested documents related to its complaint filed against The Boeing Company. On May 5th, Chairman Kline and Representative Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) requested information from the NLRB to address questions surrounding the timing of the Boeing complaint, as well as concerns about public statements made by NLRB officials.
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, May 25 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a markup of the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after an independent investigative panel released a preliminary report on the 2010 Upper Big Branch mining disaster...
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke on the Senate floor today to reveal strategies that for-profit education companies use to enroll veterans and active-duty service members in order to profit off their Post 9/11 G.I. Bill...
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2011
News Release: "I am pleased to convene this hearing today on a very important issue-defending our Nation against public health threats.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), today held a hearing on the recent expansion of federal child nutrition programs. The hearing, “Examining the Costs of Federal Overreach into School Meals," featured testimony from school leaders and child nutrition experts who described the negative consequences stemming from the 2010 law.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Today, Republican Members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee demanded the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) end its job-destroying activist agenda. In a letter to NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon, members describe a number of actions by the Obama labor board that call into ...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a hearing this morning to examine the shrinking American middle class, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) challenged a Boeing Company executive to justify why his own compensation increased by 34% in one year while the average Boeing employee’s...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: On Friday, May 13 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing entitled “Examining the Costs of Federal Overreach into School Meals." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: “As I have traveled through Iowa and across the country, I have heard from more and more hardworking middle class families who feel that the American Dream is slipping away. I recently received a letter from one of my constituents, who wrote...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing on federal workers' compensation. In the Federal Employees' Compensation Act of 1916 (FECA), Congress established a program for federal workers to receive compensation in the event of a work-related injury ...
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to address recent attacks on the National Labor Relations Board regarding its handling of a complaint against Boeing.
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing to explore ways to streamline and modernize federal job training programs. The hearing, “Removing Inefficiencies in the Nation’s Job Training Programs," reviewed examples of program overlap and examined the success of state and local efforts to consolidate and improve workforce training initiatives.
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, May 12 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled “Reviewing Workers’ Compensation for Federal Employees." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thursday at 9:15 A.M., Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will convene the first in a series of events to examine why the middle class is increasingly slipping out of reach for Americans. As corporate profits reach record levels, ...
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, May 11 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled "Removing Inefficiencies in the Nation’s Job Training Programs." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released the jobs data for April...
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing to review recent enforcement changes within the Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA). The hearing, entitled “Modernizing Mine Safety," offered committee members a chance to examine whether MSHA’s latest efforts are serving the needs of miners while discussing additional protections that may be necessary.
By DOL Newswire | May 3, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement in recognition of National Charter Schools Week (May 1st - May 7th).
By DOL Newswire | May 3, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, May 5 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, "Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
