Committee on Education and Workforce

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12), Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, reintroduced the bicameral Restoring Justice for Workers Act. The legislation will end forced arbitration clauses, protect workers’ ability to pursue work-related claims in court, and allow workers to band together to vindicate their rights. Scott, Nadler, and Murray first introduced the bill in 2018.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) proposed an overhaul of the Black Lung Self-Insurance Rule. “Congress established the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide compensation and medical coverage for coal miners who develop black lung disease.

WASHINGTON –Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) sent a letter to U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought urging OMB to withdraw the Trump Administration’s proposed rule, entitled Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, that would politicize how federal grant dollars are managed and administered. Ranking Member Scott warned that the sweeping changes in the Proposed Rule would upend the continuity of federal programs, harming individuals’ and communities’ access to essential services, as well as federally supported research that informs virtually every sector of our lives and policymaking at all levels of government.

WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) rescinded the 1979 rule that establishes affirmative action guidelines for employers. “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) decision to rescind its long-standing guidelines on affirmative action in the workplace is another step in the Trump Administration’s campaign to dismantle civil rights and equal opportunity for workers.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy gained 57,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2 percent. At this point in his term, the economy under President Biden had created 9.5 million jobs, compared to just 716,000 under President Trump's second term.

WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, joined his colleagues in a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that the Trump-Vance Administration conduct a study to help improve post-secondary outcomes for American students with disabilities. The letter comes shortly after the Administration announced it will further gut the Department of Education by shifting the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

WASHINGTON— Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), reintroduced their Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act, comprehensive legislation that puts hard-earned wages back in workers’ pockets and cracks down on employers who unfairly withhold wages from their employees. The proposed legislation would give workers the right to receive full compensation for the work they perform and to receive regular pay stubs and final paychecks in a timely manner.

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) announced that introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal a final rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that would make child care more expensive and less accessible. The Trump Administration’s “Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)” final rule repeals a 2024 rule that protected families from excessive costs, provided greater financial stability for child care programs, and increased child care options for families.