A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will return from their recess next week. The current continuing resolution that is funding the Federal government expires on Friday, April 28. The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess until the week of April 24. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) issued a statement in opposition to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Ranking Members Bobby Scott (D-VA) of the Education and the Workforce Committee, John Conyers (D-MI) of the Judiciary Committee, Bennie Thompson (D-MS) of the Homeland Security Committee and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman and Ranking Member, Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) respectively, and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman and Ranking Member, Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) respectively, […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) released a statement supporting the Supreme Court’s decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District requiring that a school must offer an individualized education program that […]
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) and House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) issued a statement in support of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) template for […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Republicans released a bill, the American Health Care Act, to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees held markups and passed the bill by a vote of […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE In a meeting with presidents from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) expressed his support for year-round Pell Grants. House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) released a statement encouraging […]
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 on the Administration’s decision to rescind U.S. Department of Education (ED) guidance related to Title IX protections for transgender students. House Education and the Workforce […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Republican Steering Committee selected Representative Diane Black (R-TN) to be the Chairwoman of the House Budget Committee in the 115th Congress. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Budget Committee Chairwoman Black and […]