Committee on Education and Workforce

10/16/2026

My heart and my prayers and everything else I got is with the families at Silver Rail Elementary.

10/15/2026

Congratulations to Shawn Fain on your decisive victory as UAW International Union President! Under your leadership, UAW is challenging corporate greed and lifting up American workers.

We look forward to continuing the fight for workers together.

"These results are about taking on corporate America and reversing the worst out-of-control wealth inequality in America’s history."

10/14/2026

You aren’t crazy. The reason you feel like your paycheck isn’t going as far is that it isn’t.

Because of Trump’s chaotic tariffs and the Iran war, inflation has outpaced wage growth for 6 months in a row.

While the price of everything else is going up, your wages can’t keep up.

Both prices and average hourly pay have risen by about 5.4 percent since January 2025, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows.

10/06/2026

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

10/02/2026

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.

10/01/2026

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.

10/01/2026

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

09/30/2026

$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.

The refunds come after millions of people lost premium subsidies for their health insurance and right before the midterm elections.

09/30/2026

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

09/29/2026

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.

Several federal agencies did not answer the congressional auditor’s questions about data security.