PENN HILL GROUP’S WRAP UP – MARCH 11, 2024

CONGRESS The House passed a package of six appropriations bills on a 339-85 vote. The bills in the package include the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills for: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Military Construction, […]

PENN HILL GROUP’S WRAP UP – FEBRUARY 26, 2024

CONGRESS U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA) released a report on child literacy and requested feedback on a series of questions pertaining to child literacy by April 5. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider H.R. 6585, the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act, under suspension […]

PENN HILL GROUP’S WRAP UP – FEBRUARY 19, 2024

CONGRESS House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx announced that she will not seek another term in Education and Workforce Committee leadership. Relatedly, POLITICO reported that Representatives Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Burgess Owens (R-UT) will seek to succeed Foxx as the top Republican Member of the Committee next Congress. The House Committee on […]

PENN HILL GROUP’S WRAP UP – FEBRUARY 12, 2024

CONGRESS House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx sent a letter to Harvard University stating that the Committee will issue a subpoena if Harvard does not comply with previous Committee requests for information. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education sent its final rule on sexual misconduct and gender identity provisions in Title […]

PENN HILL GROUP’S WRAP UP – JANUARY 29, 2024

CONGRESS U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and other lawmakers sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office asking for an investigation of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) launch of the 2024-2025 […]