By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “Modernizing Mine Safety." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement after Lafe Solomon, Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued a complaint alleging the Boeing Company violated federal labor law by transferring a second production line to a non-union facility in South Carolina...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2011
News Release: Today, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), held its third field hearing to examine the important role of higher education and workforce training in the nation’s economy. The hearing was held at Columbia State Community College in Tennessee’s Fourth ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 18, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, April 21st at 10:00 a.m. CST, Chairman John Kline (R-MN) will join Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) in Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District to host the third field hearing of the 112th Congress. The field hearing, titled “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development," will take place in the Waymon L. Hickman Building at Columbia State Community College, located at 1665 Hampshire Pike in Columbia, Tennessee.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) has released the following statement after the House approved the Republican budget proposal for fiscal year 2012...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing to examine the Department of Labor’s implementation of the Davis-Bacon Act. According to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, a number of challenges affecting the department’s execution of the Act could potentially reduce earnings for workers or increase project costs to taxpayers.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) has released the following statement after President Obama’s speech on the national debt crisis...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - This morning, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) gave the keynote address at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Corporate Disability Employment Summit. A longtime champion for people with disabilities, Harkin sponsored the Americans with Disabilities Act, and as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, April 14 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, "Examining the Department of Labor’s Implementation of the Davis-Bacon Act." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce today held the first in a series of hearings to examine specific education reform proposals. The hearing, entitled “Education Reforms: Promoting Innovation and Flexibility," brought school superintendents and administrators to Washington, D.C. to discuss solutions needed to fix the problems in the nation’s education system.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to examine wasteful government spending detailed in a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement today on the anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement in response to yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold a state law providing a tax credit on donations to organizations offering private school scholarships. Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn was decided yesterday by a vote of 5 to 4...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, April 7 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, “Education Reforms: Promoting Flexibility and Innovation." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, April 6 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, "Streamlining Federal Education and Workforce Programs: A Look at the GAO Report on Government Waste." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statements responding to the proposed rules for calorie labeling on menus in chain restaurants and vending machines announced...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor reported the unemployment rate in March was 8.8 percent...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), today held a hearing entitled “The Future of Union Transparency and Accountability."
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement today after the Mine Safety and Health Administration failed to provide requested documents regarding the administration's enforcement of mine safety...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) joined senior committee member Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA) in voting to reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (D.C. OSP). The Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act (H.R. 471) passed the House with bipartisan support in a vote of 225 to 195.
