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Education and Workforce Chair
June 10, 2025

Harvard University is under federal investigation for allegedly discriminating in its hiring process in violation of the Civil Rights Act, the House Committee on Education and Workforce said Tuesday.

Issues:Education

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June 10, 2025
House lawmakers found bipartisan agreement on screentime in schools — namely that unregulated classroom cellphone use can harm students’ achievement and mental health — during a Tuesday House subcommittee hearing.
Issues:Education

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June 9, 2025
CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez and two other college chiefs will be hauled before the House Education Committee next month to get grilled about the antisemitism that has festered at their schools.
Issues:Education

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May 27, 2025
Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Rick Allen (R-GA) have reached out to various stakeholders for input on enhancing the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA).

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Graphic
May 22, 2025
President Donald J. Trump is one step closer to seeing his vision for “One Big, Beautiful Bill” become a reality after the House voted 215-214 to pass their version the budget reconciliation bill.

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Press Conference
May 22, 2025
President Trump's so called "big beautiful bill" is now in the hands of the Senate.

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May 20, 2025
In a letter to Harvard president Alan Garber on Monday, Representatives John Moolenaar, Tim Walberg, and Elise Stefanik said that Harvard hosted members of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps at multiple training conferences — including after the Trump administration sanctioned the group.

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Walberg Antisemitism Hearing May 2025
May 19, 2025
Fighting hate should never be a partisan issue. Yet a recent House committee hearing on antisemitism on college campuses showed how embarrassingly one-sided that fight against bigotry has become.
Issues:Education

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Antisemitism Hearing 5.7.25
May 19, 2025
Republican representatives Elise Stefanik (N.Y.), Tim Walberg (Mich.), and John Moolenaar (Mich.)—who chair House Republican Leadership, the Committee on Education and Workforce, and the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, respectively—sent a letter to Harvard president Alan Garber on Monday demanding comprehensive details about the university's activities with the Chinese Communist Party.

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Chair Walberg Questions Columbia’s Efforts to Protect Jewish Students
May 19, 2025
In a letter sent this week, Reps. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party; Tim Walberg, R-Mich., chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee; and Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., requested internal documents and communications from Harvard officials detailing the university’s partnerships with foreign adversaries.