Committee on Education and Workforce

Since Trump returned to office, Black unemployment has risen nearly a full percentage point.

This Administration’s choices are having real world consequences on families’ ability to make ends meet and workers’ ability to receive equal pay for equal work.

Black unemployment rises sharply to 7% as economists point to Trump policies Black unemployment rose to 7% in September as economists point to federal job cuts and other Trump policies affecting Black workers.

As the new Secretary of Labor, Sonderling must finally comply with all our oversight requests.

Answering to the American people is part of the job, and Ranking Member Scott will continue to demand cooperation with our investigations.

Public dollars should fund public education.

If just 20 percent of eligible donors participate in the voucher scheme, the cost to taxpayers would exceed all federal spending on Title I and IDEA combined.

Imagine what we could do if we used this money to improve all of America’s public schools instead.

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Saving for retirement is hard enough. But bad financial advisors exploit regulatory loopholes to give conflicted advice that costs workers billions every year.

The Workers' Retirement Savings Protection Act would stop workers from getting ripped off when saving for retirement.

https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-releases/scott-champions-bills-to-protect-and-strengthen-workers-retirement-security

$500 right before the election won't help the 15 million people losing their insurance because of Medicaid cuts and expiring tax credits. And it won't come close to offsetting higher gas and other prices caused by an unnecessary war and chaotic tariffs.

Trump administration starts sending $500 Obamacare refund checks — who stands to benefit The refunds come after millions of people lost premium subsidies for their health insurance and right before the midterm elections.

Direct care workers show up for our families every day.

Ranking Member Bobby Scott, Rep. Adelita Grijalva, and Rep. Susie Lee are reintroducing the Direct CARE Opportunity Act to invest in training and create more opportunities for the workers who care for our nation.

https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-releases/scott-grijalva-lee-introduce-bill-to-invest-in-direct-care-workers

We know DOGE had access to sensitive data.

Yet, after more than a year of investigation and numerous accommodations, the Trump Administration still refuses to tell the public whether Musk did anything with Americans' data.

The Administration should be accountable to the taxpayers, not Musk.

Congress’ Watchdog Arm Is Not Assured That DOGE Protected Americans’ Data Several federal agencies did not answer the congressional auditor’s questions about data security.

Protecting students should be a shared goal. Instead, the Trump Administration targets LGBTQIA+ students again and again, putting their safety and well-being at risk.

Our students deserve better.

Education Department officially scraps Biden-era Title IX rules The new regulations mark a return to rules from the first Trump administration.

Why is the Republican answer to every problem the same? Kick people off their health insurance.

Need to pay for billionaire tax cuts? Kick people off health insurance.

Need to pretend to care about fraud while still attending Don Jr.'s wedding? Kick people off health insurance.

Trump officials cut 760,000 enrollees from ACA, claiming fraud Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force concluded that the people were wrongly signed up for the government health care program.