A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released a statement supporting President Trump’s recently signed executive order (EO) that seeks to expand funding for apprenticeships. House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget request for the Department of Labor (DOL), where DOL Secretary Alexander Acosta testified. […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s summer interns, Erin Sullivan and Zach Schaeffer! Erin is a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Zach is a senior at Washington and Lee University. See our interviews with Erin and Zach below to learn more about them and all that they bring to our office. Welcome, Erin and Zach! […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing entitled “Department of Labor (DOL) – Budget Hearing” on Wednesday, June 7, where DOL Secretary Alexander Acosta will testify The House […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget, where ED Secretary Betsy DeVos testified. The House Education and […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Education and the Workforce Committee marked up H.R. 2353, the “Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act,” which the Committee favorably reported to the House, as amended, by voice vote. Committee Republicans and […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) issued a statement about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) following President Trump’s signing statement on the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill, in […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE President Trump signed the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which the House and Senate passed by a vote of 309-118 and 79-18, respectively. The bill funds the U.S. Department of Education (ED) at $68.24 billion in discretionary […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE Last week, the House and Senate passed a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) (H.J.Res. 99) to continue funding for Federal programs and services until May 5, 2017. Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Omnibus […]
CQ Roll Call named Penn Hill Group Vice President Lindsay Fryer a Rising Star of 2017. CQ said Fryer is an advocate “who will wield power and influence in Washington.” CQ outlined Fryer’s professional background, including her time student teaching in Boston, to her studies at Harvard University, to her research at the American Institutes […]
