Committee on Education and Workforce

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 143,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate slightly ticked down to 4.0 percent from 4.1 percent. Under President Biden, the economy added 16.2 million jobs.  That is more jobs in four years than any President on record.  And more jobs than any Republican President, whether they served four or eight years.  He has also made history as the first President of the United States on record to not have a single month of seasonally adjusted job loss during his entire term.

WASHINGTON – Reps. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee alongside Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, sent a letter warning against the Trump administration’s reported plans to unilaterally dismantle the Department of Education.

WASHINGTON – House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the National Center for Education Statistics released the results of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics and Reading Assessments. “COVID-19 was a once in a century pandemic that highlighted existing inequities in our nation’s education system.  Regrettably, today’s report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that we have not been able to close achievement gaps, which existed even before the pandemic.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after President Trump fired Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioners Charlotte A. Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels.  Project 2025, Chapter 18 details the Trump Administrations plans to weaken the EEOC. “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is an independent, bipartisan federal agency that protects millions of workers from illegal workplace discrimination and retaliation.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce released the following statement after President Trump fired National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on the Board. “The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent federal agency designed to function without direct political interference.  The President of the United States cannot fire a sitting Board Member without cause, such as malfeasance, neglect of duty, or misconduct.

WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce joined Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and other House Committee Ranking Members in a letter to President Donald Trump condemning his attempted late-night purge of at least 12 independent inspectors general, which appears to have violated federal law designed to protect their work from political interference and intimidation.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after President Trump rescinded Executive Order  (EO) 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity). “The Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) ensures that taxpayer dollars do not fund companies that discriminate against workers and helps provide redress to those who do experience unlawful discrimination.