Results tagged “legislation” from EdLabor Journal

In December 2006, Rep. George Miller, the new Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, announced that the Committee would be dedicated to the mission of strengthening America’s middle class. And over the past two years, the Committee has delivered on its promise. America's students, workers, and families need help more than ever during the current financial crisis, and the Committee will continue its work to strengthen the middle class. Below is an overview of the Committee’s legislative milestones in the 110th Congress.

Welcome to the new Education & Labor Committee blog, the EdLabor Journal!  The Committee has had a busy year and a half, getting measures ranging from the College Cost Reduction & Access Act to the Fair Minimum Wage Act signed into law, and working to pass many others through Committee and the House. (To catch up on what we've been doing, take a look at our Education & Labor Legislative Victories pamphlet.)