The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, led by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Runaway College Spending Meets the Working Families Tax Cuts” tomorrow at 10:15 a.m. The event will take place in Room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Scheduled witnesses include Dr. Beth Akers, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; Mr. Geoffrey Landward, Commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education; Dr. Julie Margetta Morgan, President of The Century Foundation; and Mr. Raymond Rodrigues, Chancellor of the State University System of Florida.
The hearing is open to members of the press and will be available via live stream on the Committee’s YouTube page.
The House Education and Workforce Committee oversees federal programs related to education, labor, health, and workforce development as described on its official website. The committee has jurisdiction over legislative matters concerning education and labor and plays a role in shaping policies such as student loans and worker protections (source). It also manages federal initiatives that support students and workers through various legislative priorities (source).
