House Report 116–711 — Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and Labor (December 31, 2020)
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House Report 116–711, Union Calendar No. 595, is the Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and Labor for the 116th Congress, dated December 31, 2020, with a letter of transmittal from Chairman Scott. The introduction states that the committee had 62 hearings and 14 virtual briefings and passed 41 evidence-based bills. The contents list hearings by the full committee and by subcommittees, legislation, an oversight plan, committee-initiated correspondence, an amicus brief and minority views. The minority views conclude over the name of Virginia Foxx, Ranking Member, and state that Democrats shut down debate on the bill during markup of the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act.
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Union Calendar No. 595
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES !
2d Session 116–711
REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
AND LABOR
FOR THE
116TH CONGRESS
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
DECEMBER 31, 2020.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Virginia, Chair
SUSAN A. DAVIS, California VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina, Minority
RAÚL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona Ranking Member
JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut DAVID P. ROE, Tennessee
MARCIA L. FUDGE, Ohio GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania
GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO SABLAN, TIM WALBERG, Michigan
Northern Mariana Islands BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky
FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida BRADLEY BYRNE, Alabama
SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon GLENN GROTHMAN, Wisconsin
MARK TAKANO, California ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York
ALMA S. ADAMS, North Carolina RICK W. ALLEN, Georgia
MARK DESAULNIER, California LLOYD SMUCKER, Pennsylvania
DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey JIM BANKS, Indiana
PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington MARK WALKER, North Carolina
JOSEPH D. MORELLE, New York JAMES COMER, Kentucky
SUSAN WILD, Pennsylvania BEN CLINE, Virginia
JOSH HARDER, California RUSS FULCHER, Idaho
LUCY MCBATH, Georgia RON WRIGHT, Texas
KIM SCHRIER, Washington DANIEL MEUSER, Pennsylvania
LAUREN UNDERWOOD, Illinois DUSTY JOHNSON, South Dakota
JAHANA HAYES, Connecticut FRED KELLER, Pennsylvania
DONNA E. SHALALA, Florida GREGORY F. MURPHY, North Carolina
ANDY LEVIN, Michigan, Vice Chair JEFFERSON VAN DREW, New Jersey
ILHAN OMAR, Minnesota Vacancy
DAVID J. TRONE, Maryland
HALEY M. STEVENS, Michigan
SUSIE LEE, Nevada
LORI TRAHAN, Massachusetts
JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas
VÉRONIQUE PLUVIOSE, Majority Staff Director
CYRUS ARTZ, Minority Staff Director (appointed February 18, 2020)
BRANDON RENZ, Minority Staff Director (resigned February 17, 2020)
January 15, 2019—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois, was appointed to the Committee.
January 15, 2019—Adriano Espaillat, New York, was appointed to the Committee.
January 23, 2019—Francis Rooney, Florida, was appointed to the Committee.
January 23, 2019—Van Taylor, Texas, was appointed to the Committee.
January 23, 2019—Steve Watkins, Kansas, was appointed to the Committee.
January 23, 2019—William R. Timmons, IV, South Carolina, was appointed to the Com-
mittee.
January 24, 2019—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois, resigned from the Committee.
January 24, 2019—Adriano Espaillat, New York, resigned from the Committee.
January 24, 2019—Lori Trahan, Massachusetts, was appointed to the Committee.
January 24, 2019—Joaquin Castro, Texas, was appointed to the Committee.
July 10, 2019—Francis Rooney, Florida, resigned from the Committee.
July 10, 2019—Fred Keller, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.
September 26, 2019—William R. Timmons, IV, South Carolina, resigned from the Committee.
September 26, 2019—Gregory F. Murphy, North Carolina, was appointed to the Committee.
January 15, 2020—Van Taylor, Texas, resigned from the Committee.
January 16, 2020—Jefferson Van Drew, New Jersey, was appointed to the Committee.
July 20, 2020—Steve Watkins, Kansas, resigned from the Committee.
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMENTARY, AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION
GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO SABLAN, Northern Mariana Islands, Chair
KIM SCHRIER, Washington RICK W. ALLEN, Georgia,
JAHANA HAYES, Connecticut Minority Ranking Member
DONNA E. SHALALA, Florida GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania
SUSAN A. DAVIS, California GLENN GROTHMAN, Wisconsin
FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida FRED KELLER, Pennsylvania
MARK DESAULNIER, California JEFFERSON VAN DREW, New Jersey
JOSEPH D. MORELLE, New York VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina,
ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Virginia, Ex Officio
Ex Officio
September 26, 2019—William R. Timmons, IV, South Carolina, resigned from the Sub-
committee.
October 17, 2019—Fred Keller, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
January 15, 2020—Van Taylor, Texas, resigned from the Subcommittee.
February 11, 2020—Jefferson Van Drew, New Jersey, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT
SUSAN A. DAVIS, California, Chair
JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut LLOYD SMUCKER, Pennsylvania,
MARK TAKANO, California Minority Ranking Member
PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky
JOSH HARDER, California GLENN GROTHMAN, Wisconsin
ANDY LEVIN, Michigan ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York
ILHAN OMAR, Minnesota JIM BANKS, Indiana
DAVID J. TRONE, Maryland MARK WALKER, North Carolina
SUSIE LEE, Nevada JAMES COMER, Kentucky
LORI TRAHAN, Massachusetts BEN CLINE, Virginia
JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas RUSS FULCHER, Idaho
RAÚL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona DANIEL MEUSER, Pennsylvania
GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO SABLAN, GREGORY F. MURPHY, North Carolina
Northern Mariana Islands VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina,
SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon Ex Officio
ALMA S. ADAMS, North Carolina Vacancy
DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey
ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Virginia,
Ex Officio
January 24, 2019—Lori Trahan, Massachusetts, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
January 24, 2019—Joaquin Castro, Texas, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
September 26, 2019—William R. Timmons, IV, South Carolina, resigned from the Sub-
committee.
October 17, 2019—Gregory F. Murphy, North Carolina, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
July 20, 2020—Steve Watkins, Kansas, resigned from the Subcommittee.
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida, Chair
DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey TIM WALBERG, Michigan,
JOSEPH D. MORELLE, New York Minority Ranking Member
SUSAN WILD, Pennsylvania DAVID P. ROE, Tennessee
LUCY MCBATH, Georgia ELSIE STEFANIK, New York
LAUREN UNDERWOOD, Illinois RICK W. ALLEN, Georgia
HALEY M. STEVENS, Michigan JIM BANKS, Indiana
JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut RUSS FULCHER, Idaho
MARCIA L. FUDGE, Ohio RON WRIGHT, Texas
JOSH HARDER, California DANIEL MEUSER, Pennsylvania
DONNA E. SHALALA, Florida DUSTY JOHNSON, South Dakota
ANDY LEVIN, Michigan FRED KELLER, Pennsylvania
LORI TRAHAN, Massachusetts JEFFERSON VAN DREW, New Jersey
ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Virginia VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina,
Ex Officio
January 24, 2019—Lori Trahan, Massachusetts, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
July 10, 2019—Francis Rooney, Florida, resigned from the Subcommittee.
September 18, 2019—Fred Keller, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
January 15, 2020—Van Taylor, Texas, resigned from the Subcommittee.
February 11, 2020—Jefferson Van Drew, New Jersey, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
July 20, 2020—Steve Watkins, Kansas, resigned from the Subcommittee.
September 10, 2020—Elise M. Stefanik, New York, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS
ALMA S. ADAMS, North Carolina, Chair
MARK DESAULNIER, California BRADLEY BYRNE, Alabama,
MARK TAKANO, California Minority Ranking Member
PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington LLOYD K. SMUCKER, Pennsylvania
SUSAN WILD, Pennsylvania MARK WALKER, North Carolina
LUCY MCBATH, Georgia RON WRIGHT, Texas
ILHAN OMAR, Minnesota GREGORY F. MURPHY, North Carolina
HALEY M. STEVENS, Michigan VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina,
ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Virginia, Ex Officio
Ex Officio
July 10, 2019—Francis Rooney, Florida, resigned from the Subcommittee.
September 18, 2019—Fred Keller, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
October 17, 2019—Fred Keller, Pennsylvania, resigned from the Subcommittee.
October 17, 2019—Gregory F. Murphy, North Carolina, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
September 10, 2019—Ben Cline, Virginia, resigned from the Subcommittee.
September 10, 2019—Lloyd K. Smucker, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Subcommittee.
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN SERVICES
SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon, Chair
RAÚL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona BEN CLINE, Virginia,
MARCIA L. FUDGE, Ohio Minority Ranking Member
KIM SCHRIER, Washington GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania
JAHANA HAYES, Connecticut JAMES COMER, Kentucky
DAVID J. TRONE, Maryland DUSTY JOHNSON, South Dakota
SUSIE LEE, Nevada VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina,
ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Virginia, Ex Officio
Ex Officio
September 10, 2020—Elise M. Stefanik, New York, resigned from the Subcommittee.
September 10, 2020—James Comer, Kentucky, resigned from the Minority Ranking Member
position.
September 10, 2020—Ben Cline, Virginia, was appointed to the Subcommittee and to the
Minority Ranking Member position.
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, DC, December 31, 2020.
Hon. CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk of the House,
The Capitol, Washington, DC.
DEAR MS. JOHNSON: Pursuant to Rule XI, clause 1(d) of the
Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I am hereby transmit-
ting the Activities Report of the Committee on Education and
Labor for the 116th Congress. This report summarizes the activi-
ties of the Committee and its Subcommittees with respect to its
legislative and oversight responsibilities.
I circulated this report to all Members of the Committee on De-
cember 18, 2020, and I received the Minority Views included in this
report.
Sincerely,
ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT,
Chairman.
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CONTENTS Page
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1
Hearings Held by the Full Committee ................................................................... 6
Markups and Other Business Meetings Held by the Full Committee ................ 10
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and
Secondary Education ........................................................................................... 13
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce
Investment ............................................................................................................ 15
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and
Pensions ................................................................................................................ 18
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections .......................... 21
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services ....... 24
Legislation Referred to the Committee that Passed the House ........................... 27
Legislation Referred to the Committee that Passed the House in Another
Measure ................................................................................................................ 30
Legislation Within Committee Jurisdiction Not Referred to the Committee
that Passed the House ......................................................................................... 47
Legislation Referred to the Committee Enacted Into Law ................................... 49
Legislation Referred to the Committee Enacted Into Law in Another Measure 49
Legislation Within Committee Jurisdiction Not Referred to the Committee
Enacted Into Law ................................................................................................. 54
Oversight Plan Summary and Activity .................................................................. 54
Committee Initiated Correspondence ..................................................................... 70
Official Committee Proceedings Conducted Entirely Remotely or with Remote
Participation ......................................................................................................... 105
Other Committee Activity (Briefings) Conducted Entirely Remotely or with
Remote Participation ........................................................................................... 109
Conference Reports Filed with Committee Members Appointed as Conferees .. 112
Issue Reports Written by the Committee .............................................................. 112
Amicus Brief Written by the Committee ............................................................... 113
Committee Activity Statistics ................................................................................. 113
Minority Views ......................................................................................................... 116
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Union Calendar No. 595
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES !
2d Session 116–711
REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION AND LABOR DURING THE 116TH CONGRESS
DECEMBER 31, 2020.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SCOTT, from the Committee on Education and the Workforce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
INTRODUCTION
In January 2018, Representative Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA),
the new Chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor
(Committee), promised to work towards an America where every-
one can succeed, not just the wealthy few.
During the 116th Congress, the Committee—with the leadership
of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Sub-
committee Chair Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (Northern Mar-
iana Islands), Higher Education and Workforce Investment Sub-
committee Chair Susan A. Davis (CA), Health, Employment, Labor,
and Pensions Subcommittee Chair Frederica S. Wilson (FL), Work-
force Protections Subcommittee Chair Alma S. Adams (NC), and
Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Chair Suzanne
Bonamici (OR)—delivered on that promise by restoring regular
order and following research and evidence to improve the lives of
children, students, workers, and retirees.
In total, the Committee held 62 hearings and 14 virtual briefings
and passed 41 evidence-based bills—through regular order, on the
suspension calendar, or by unanimous consent—to realize equity in
education, achieve safe and inclusive workplaces where workers
can earn a livable wage and collectively bargain, and expand access
to affordable health care.
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Equity in Education
After eight years of Republican leadership, the Committee re-
dedicated itself to addressing equity in public education. The Com-
mittee held its first hearing on school desegregation in nearly three
decades and passed legislation to confront the racial and economic
resegregation of public schools. The Committee also reported out
legislation to ensure every student has access to a college degree
or certificate.
The Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2020 (H.R. 2)
invests in repairing crumbling school infrastructure at high-poverty
public schools and creates 1.9 million jobs. Today, the average
school building is 44 years old. The legislation addresses dangerous
building systems—such as outdated heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning systems—so that classrooms can safely reopen during
the COVID–19 pandemic. [Reported out of Committee on February
26, 2019, and passed by the House on July 1, 2020, as part of the
Moving Forward Act]
The School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act (H.R. 4301)
creates federal definitions for mass shootings and school shootings
and authorizes the collection of data to better understand and pre-
vent school shootings. [Reported out of Committee on September 18,
2019]
The College Affordability Act (H.R. 4674) reauthorizes the Higher
Education Act and overhauls our higher education system based on
findings from the Committee’s series of five bipartisan hearings on
the state of higher education. The legislation lowers the cost of col-
lege and workforce development programs, holds institutions and
programs accountable for students’ success, and expands opportuni-
ties for students of all backgrounds. [Reported out of Committee on
October 31, 2019]
The FUTURE Act (H.R. 5363) preserves critical funding for His-
torically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Col-
leges or Universities, and Minority Serving Institutions to ensure
that these critical institutions can continue their legacy of expand-
ing access to higher education for underserved students. [Enacted
on December 19, 2019]
The Strength in Diversity Act (H.R. 2639) reestablishes the
Obama Administration’s Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities
grant program by providing funding for communities that volun-
tarily implement strategies to address segregation in their schools.
The bill also helps shape best practices for developing plans to pro-
mote school diversity that can withstand constitutional challenges.
[Passed by the House on September 15, 2020]
The Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act (H.R. 2574) restores
the private right of action for students and parents to bring Title
VI discrimination claims against policies and practices that have a
racially disparate impact. The legislation will help community
members hold school districts and states accountable for discrimi-
natory education policies. [Passed by the House on September 16,
2020]
Safe and Inclusive Workplaces
In the 116th Congress, the Committee made significant progress
towards building an economy that works for our nation’s workers,
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not just wealthy corporations. The Committee passed and reported
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out legislation to increase wages, promote the right to collectively
bargain, protect workers from injury and discrimination, and
strengthen workplace protections.
The Raise the Wage Act (H.R. 582) gradually increases the fed-
eral minimum wage over a five-year period and eliminates sub-
minimum wages for tipped workers, youth, and persons with dis-
abilities. [Passed by the House on July 18, 2019]
The Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7) addresses pay inequity by
holding companies accountable for gender-based wage disparities,
strengthening the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and protecting the rights
of workers to challenge systemic pay discrimination. [Passed by the
House on March 27, 2019]
The Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions (Butch Lewis) Act
(H.R. 397) prevents the imminent collapse of the multiemployer
pension system while protecting retirees’ benefits and saving tax-
payers billions of dollars. The legislation addresses the multiem-
ployer pension crisis now to avoid more than one million retirees
and workers losing their hard-earned pensions. [Passed by the
House on July 24, 2019]
The National Apprenticeship Act of 2020 (H.R. 8294) comprehen-
sively reauthorizes the National Apprenticeship Act for the first
time since 1937 and strengthens our Registered Apprenticeship
system. The legislation draws from the Committee’s multiple bipar-
tisan hearings and roundtable on apprenticeships. [Passed by the
House on November 20, 2020]
The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 2474) cre-
ates civil penalties for companies that violate their workers’ collec-
tive bargaining rights and ensures that workers can decide wheth-
er to form a union without employer interference. The legislation
is the most comprehensive proposal in recent history to strengthen
workers’ right to organize and negotiate for higher pay, better ben-
efits, and safer workplaces. [Passed by the House on February 6,
2020]
The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social
Service Workers Act (H.R. 1309) compels the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) to expedite a standard requir-
ing employers to protect health care and social services workers
from workplace violence. These workers, particularly those in the
public sector, are more likely to face workplace violence compared
to other workers. [Passed by the House on November 21, 2019]
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 2694) guarantees all
pregnant workers the right to reasonable workplace accommoda-
tions such as water breaks and seating. The legislation will help
ensure that pregnant workers can have healthy pregnancies with-
out risking their financial security. [Passed by the House on Sep-
tember 17, 2020]
The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (H.R.
1230) restores workplace protections for older workers by re-estab-
lishing a consistent burden of proof for discrimination claims.
[Passed by the House on January 15, 2020]
Access to Affordable Healthcare
The Committee’s first hearing in the 116th Congress examined
threats to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and workers with pre-ex-
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report out and pass legislation that protects and expands access to
affordable health care.
The Undo the ‘‘Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance’’ Rule
(H.R. 1010) protects consumers from junk health plans by undoing
the Trump Administration’s ‘‘Short-Term, Limited Duration Insur-
ance’’ rule. These junk plans pull healthy consumers out of the risk
pool, raising costs for those without insurance, and then abandon
consumers when they actually need care. [Reported out of Com-
mittee on April 24, 2019]
The Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
(CAPTA) (H.R. 2480) strengthens federal tools to address child
abuse and neglect by investing in prevention strategies, improving
the quality of child protective services, and streamlining commu-
nication between agencies nationwide. The bipartisan legislation
responds to the rising rates of child abuse and neglect across the
country. [Passed by the House on May 20, 2019]
The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) al-
lows Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices for in-
dividual and employer-sponsored health plans. The legislation re-
sponds to skyrocketing drug prices that can be up to ten times
higher than prices for the same drugs in other countries. [Passed
by the House on December 12, 2019]
The Dignity in Aging Act (H.R. 4334) reauthorizes the Older
Americans Act (OAA) to help older Americans live independently
and with dignity. The bipartisan legislation increases funding for
all OAA programs, strengthens services to support caregivers, com-
bats social isolation, and improves data collection. [Enacted on
March 25, 2020]
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act
(H.R. 1425) builds on the ACA by incentivizing states to expand
Medicaid, strengthening protections for patients with pre-existing
conditions, and shielding consumers from short-term health care
plans. The legislation also includes the Elijah E. Cummings Lower
Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
[Passed by the House on June 29, 2020]
Oversight and Accountability
The Committee rigorously exercised its Article I oversight au-
thority over the Trump Administration through dozens of letters,
meetings, public hearings, and even subpoenas.
Education
Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Education
In February 2019, the Committee successfully pressured the U.S.
Department of Education (ED) to reinstate its acting inspector gen-
eral after attempting to replace the independent watchdog with a
senior official from within ED.
Defrauded Student Loan Borrowers
In December 2019, the Committee held Secretary of Education
Betsy DeVos accountable for ED’s failure to properly implement the
Borrower Defense rule and provide debt relief for students who
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Equitable Services Rule
In May 2020, the Committee called on ED to rescind its equitable
services rule, which would improperly distribute COVID–19 relief
funding intended for high-poverty public schools under the CARES
Act toward services for students in private schools. Three federal
courts also found the rule unlawful. Eventually, ED conceded and
withdrew the rule.
Restrictions on COVID–19 Relief for Higher Education
In July 2020, the Committee pushed back on ED’s attempts to
limit eligibility for higher education students to access CARES Act
funding under Title I, which would have excluded some of our most
vulnerable students from accessing the aid they need. A federal
court also found this rule unlawful and issued an injunction.
Misleading Students and Taxpayers
In July 2020, the Committee released a report outlining how an
ED official aided Dream Center Holdings, a for-profit higher edu-
cation company, in misleading thousands of students.
Labor
Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers
In June 2019, the Committee successfully pressured the U.S. De-
partment of Labor (DOL) to abandon its plan to arbitrarily close 25
Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers in rural communities.
Beryllium Standard
In September 2019, the Committee successfully pressured DOL
to reverse its plans to rollback safety standards that protect con-
struction and shipyard workers from exposure to beryllium, a toxic,
carcinogenic element.
Child Labor Protections
In November 2019, the Committee successfully pressured DOL to
rescind a proposal that would have allowed 16- and 17-year-olds to
operate dangerous patient lifts in health care settings.
Joint Employer Rule
In January 2020, the Committee opposed DOL’s interpretative
rule narrowing joint employment liability under the Fair Labor
Standards Act, which holds employers accountable for basic labor
standards. In September 2020, a federal judge invalidated the rule.
Emergency Temporary Standard
Since January 2020, the Committee has repeatedly pressed
OSHA to establish an Emergency Temporary Standard that would
require employers to protect workers from COVID–19 while on the
job.
Protecting Meatpacking Workers
In September 2020, the Committee demanded answers from
White House political appointees who watered down CDC-issued
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workplace safety guidance for a South Dakota meatpacking plant
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that experienced one of the largest COVID–19 outbreaks in the
country.
Health and Human Services
Access to Free School Meals
In October 2019, the Committee persuaded the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) to publicly admit that its proposal to cut
SNAP benefits for low-income families would jeopardize access to
free school meals for nearly 1 million children.
Special Enrollment Period during COVID–19 Pandemic
Since April 2020, the Committee has repeatedly called on the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reverse
its refusal to establish a Special Enrollment Period so that people
affected by the COVID–19 pandemic can sign up for health cov-
erage through HealthCare.gov.
School Meals during COVID–19 Pandemic
In August 2020, the Committee pressured USDA to extend crit-
ical waivers in response to the COVID–19 pandemic to ensure kids
maintain access to school meals during the 2020–2021 school year.
In the 117th Congress, the Committee will continue to deliver on
its promise to the American people. The Committee will work with
the Biden Administration to execute a robust agenda that address-
es longstanding inequities and achievement gaps in education, pro-
motes safe and inclusionary workplaces where workers can earn a
livable wage and engage in collective bargaining, and expands ac-
cess to affordable health care. The Committee will also continue to
use its oversight authority to ensure that the federal government
and its partners are delivering for the people.
HEARINGS HELD BY THE FULL COMMITTEE
February 6, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining Threats to Workers
with Preexisting Conditions.’’
Purpose: To examine executive, judicial, and legislative threats to
Americans with preexisting medical conditions, including the Ad-
ministration’s expansion of short-term limited duration insurance
through the final rule of the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Labor,
and Health and Human Services.
Witnesses: Ms. Sabrina Corlette, Research Professor, Center on
Health Insurance Reforms, Georgetown University, Washington,
DC (testifying on own behalf); Mr. Chad Riedy, patient advocate
living with Cystic Fibrosis, Alexandria, VA (testifying on own be-
half); Dr. Rahul Gupta, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Health Of-
ficer, March of Dimes, Arlington, VA; and Ms. Grace-Marie Turner,
President, Galen Institute, Paeonian Springs, VA.
February 7, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Gradually Raising the Minimum
Wage to $15: Good for Workers, Good for Businesses, and Good
for the Economy.’’
Purpose: To explore the benefits to workers, businesses, and the
economy of gradually raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by
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Witnesses: Panel I—Dr. William E. Spriggs, Professor, Depart-
ment of Economics, Howard University, and Chief Economist,
AFL–CIO, Washington, DC; Mr. Terrence Wise, Shift Manager,
McDonald’s, Independence, MO; Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Presi-
dent, American Action Forum, Washington, DC; and Dr. Ben
Zipperer, Economist, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC.
Panel II—Ms. Vanita Gupta, President and CEO, The Leadership
Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Washington, DC; Ms.
Simone Barron, Seattle, WA; Ms. Kathy Eckhouse, Owner, La
Quercia, Norwalk, IA; Dr. Michael Strain, Resident Scholar and Di-
rector of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute,
Washington, DC; Dr. Michael Reich, Professor, University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley, CA; and Mr. Paul A. Brodeur, State Representa-
tive 32nd Middlesex District, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
House of Representatives, Boston, MA.
February 12, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Underpaid Teachers and Crum-
bling Schools: How Underfunding Public Education Short-
changes America’s Students.’’
Purpose: To discuss the negative impact of persistent under-
investment in public education on students and school staff, with
focus on the need to increase investment in Title I–A of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act, Part B of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act, and federal funds to improve the
condition of public school facilities, and to discuss inequitable dis-
tribution of state and local funding to support public schools.
Witnesses: Dr. Sharon L. Contreras, Superintendent, Guilford
County Schools, Greensboro, NC; Ms. Anna King, Board Member,
National PTA, and Past President, Oklahoma PTA, Alexandria,
VA; Dr. Ben Scafidi, Professor of Economics and Director, Edu-
cation Economics Center, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw,
GA; and Ms. Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of
Teachers, Washington, DC.
March 13, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘The Cost of College: Student Cen-
tered Reforms to Bring Higher Education Within Reach.’’
Purpose: To examine trends in college costs, state investment in
postsecondary education, federal financial aid (including the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid, federal grants, and the Direct
Loan program), and recommendations to reform the higher edu-
cation system to reduce student costs.
Witnesses: Dr. Douglas Webber, Associate Professor and Director
of Graduate Studies, Economics Department, Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA; Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar, Interim Chancellor,
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC; Ms. Jenae Parker,
Student, Franklin University, Columbus, OH; Dr. Elizabeth Akers,
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute, New York, NY; and Mr. James
Kvaal, President, The Institute for College Access and Success,
Washington, DC.
March 14, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Members Day Hearing: Committee
on Education and Labor.’’
Purpose: To hear from Members of Congress about their prior-
ities for addressing our nation’s education system, workforce,
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Witnesses: The Honorable Paul Mitchell (MI), Member of Con-
gress, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC; the Honor-
able Darren Soto (FL), Member of Congress, U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives, Washington, DC; the Honorable Glenn Thompson
(PA), Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Wash-
ington, DC; and the Honorable Maxine Waters (CA), Member of
Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
April 10, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining the Policies and Prior-
ities of the U.S. Department of Education.’’
Purpose: To examine the policies and priorities of the U.S. De-
partment of Education for Fiscal Year 2020.
Witness: The Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary, U.S. Depart-
ment of Education, Washington, DC.
April 30, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Brown v. Board of Education at 65:
A Promise Unfulfilled.’’
Purpose: To examine racial and socioeconomic isolation in public
schools, desegregation, and the federal government’s enforcement of
federal civil rights statutes affecting public schools and public
school students.
Witnesses: Mr. John Brittain, Professor of Law, University of the
District of Columbia Law School, Washington, DC; Ms. Linda Dar-
ling-Hammond, President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute. Palo
Alto, CA; Ms. Maritza White, Washington, DC; Mr. Daniel Losen,
Director, Center For Civil Rights Remedies, The Civil Rights
Project at UCLA, Lexington, MA; Mr. Dion Pierre, Research Asso-
ciate, National Association of Scholars, Ridgewood, NY; and Mr.
Richard Carranza, New York City Schools Chancellor, New York
City Department of Education, New York, NY.
May 1, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining the Policies and Priorities
of the U.S. Department of Labor.’’
Purpose: To discuss the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s)
budget request for Fiscal Year 2020 as well as the many important
issues under DOL’s jurisdiction.
Witness: The Honorable Alexander Acosta, Secretary, U.S. De-
partment of Labor, Washington, DC.
May 21, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Eliminating Barriers to Employ-
ment: Opening Doors to Opportunity.’’
Purpose: To explore how federal policy can reduce barriers to em-
ployment for older workers, workers with disabilities, opportunity
youth, and workers impacted by the criminal justice system.
Witnesses: Ms. Laurie McCann, Senior Attorney, AARP Founda-
tion, Washington, DC; Mr. Shayne Roos, Senior Vice President,
ACHIEVA Support, Pittsburgh, PA; Mr. Daniel Pianko, Managing
Director, University Ventures, New York, NY; and Ms. Kisha Bird,
Director, Youth Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP),
Washington, DC.
June 19, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Innovation to Improve Equity: Ex-
ploring High-Quality Pathways to a College Degree.’’
Purpose: To discuss postsecondary education programs that em-
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ing dual enrollment programs, high-quality short-term programs,
distance education, competency-based education, and transfer path-
ways.
Witnesses: Ms. Judith Marwick, Provost, William Rainey Harper
College, Palatine, IL; Ms. Tomikia LeGrande, Vice Provost for Stra-
tegic Enrollment Management, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA; Ms. Charla Long, Executive Director, Competency-
Based Education Network, Franklin, TN; and Mr. Sameer
Gadkaree, Senior Program Officer, Joyce Foundation, Chicago, IL.
June 25, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Do No Harm: Examining the
Misapplication of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
(RFRA).’’
Purpose: To examine how the Trump Administration has in-
creased attacks on various populations by expanding the
misapplication of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act regarding
enforcement of civil rights, specifically in the areas of health care,
employment, and foster care, and to examine possible legislative so-
lutions such as the Do No Harm Act (H.R. 1450).
Witnesses: The Honorable Joseph Kennedy, III (MA), Member of
Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC; the
Honorable Mike Johnson (LA), Member of Congress, U.S. House of
Representatives, Washington, DC; Ms. Rachel Laser, President and
CEO, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Wash-
ington, DC; Reverend Jimmie Hawkins, Director, Presbyterian Of-
fice of Public Witness, Presbyterian Mission U.S.A., Washington,
DC; Ms. Shirley Wilcher, Executive Director, American Association
for Access, Equity and Diversity, Washington, DC; and Mr. Matt
Sharp, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville,
GA.
December 4, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Growing Up in Fear: How the
Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies Are Harming
Children.’’
Purpose: To examine the impact of the Trump Administration’s
immigration policies on immigrant and citizen children’s academic
development, physical and mental health, and well-being.
Witnesses: Dr. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez, Assistant Professor,
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY (testifying
on own behalf); Mr. Pedro Martinez, Superintendent of Schools,
San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio, TX; Mr.
Mark H. Metcalf, Garrard County Attorney, Lancaster, KY (testi-
fying on own behalf); and Dr. Olanrewaju Falusi, Pediatrician and
Executive Committee Member, American Academy of Pediatrics,
Washington, DC.
December 12, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining the Education De-
partment’s Implementation of Borrower Defense.’’
Purpose: To examine the U.S. Department of Education’s (De-
partment) borrower defense policies. And the Department’s failure
to adjudicate any of the nearly 60,000 outstanding borrower de-
fense claims from defrauded Corinthian College students and near-
ly 200,000 other outstanding borrower defense claims in the pre-
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Witness: The Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary, U.S. Depart-
ment of Education, Washington, DC.
June 15, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Budget Cuts and Lost Learning: As-
sessing the Impact of COVID–19 on Public Education.’’
Purpose: To examine the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on
public K–12 education financing and student learning and discuss
actions Congress must take to mitigate the negative impact of
forthcoming state and local budget shortfalls.
Witnesses: Dr. Michael Leachman, Vice President for State Fis-
cal Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC;
Ms. Rebecca Pringle, Vice President, National Education Associa-
tion, Washington, DC; Mr. Mark Johnson, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Ra-
leigh, NC; and Mr. Eric Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland
Metropolitan Schools, Cleveland, OH.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
June 22, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Inequities Exposed: How COVID–19
Widened Racial Inequities in Education, Health, and the Work-
force.’’
Purpose: To examine persistent racial inequities across edu-
cation, health, and workforce systems, the impact of the COVID–
19 pandemic in deepening such inequities, and actions Congress
must take to lessen such inequities as the nation recovers.
Witnesses: Dr. Camara Jones, Senior Fellow and Adjunct Asso-
ciate Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Dr.
Valerie Rawlston Wilson, Director, Program on Race, Ethnicity,
and the Economy, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC; Mr.
Avik Roy, Co-Founder and President, The Foundation for Research
on Equal Opportunity, Austin, TX; and Mr. John B. King, Jr.,
President and CEO, The Education Trust, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
MARKUPS AND OTHER BUSINESS MEETINGS HELD BY THE FULL
COMMITTEE
January 29, 2019—Full Committee Organizational Meeting to in-
troduce new Members of the Committee; adopt the Rules of the
Committee on Education and Labor for the 116th Congress; ap-
prove the Subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Members as well
as approve the assignment of Members to Subcommittees; and
share the Committee Oversight Plan for the 116th Congress.
February 26, 2019—Markup of H.R. 865, the Rebuild America’s
Schools Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA)
Disposition: H.R. 865 was ordered to be favorably reported to the
House, as amended, by a vote of 26 Yeas and 20 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–684 (Part I) was filed on
December 21, 2020.
February 26, 2019—Markup of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT)
Disposition: H.R. 7 was ordered to be favorably reported to the
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Committee Report: House Report 116–18 was filed on March 18,
2019.
March 6, 2019—Markup of H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA)
Disposition: H.R. 582 was ordered to be favorably reported to the
House, as amended, by a vote of 28 Yeas and 20 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–150 was filed on July 11,
2019.
April 9, 2019—Markup of H.R. 1010, To provide that the rule enti-
tled ‘‘Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance’’ shall have no
force or effect.
Sponsor: Rep. Kathy Castor (FL)
Disposition: H.R. 1010 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House by a vote of 26 Yeas and 19 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–43 (Part I) was filed on
March 29, 2019.
May 8, 2019—Markup of H.R. 2480, the Stronger Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Kim Schrier (WA)
Disposition: H.R. 2480 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by voice vote.
Committee Report: House Report 116–74 was filed on May 20,
2019.
May 16, 2019—Markup of H.R. 2574, the Equity and Inclusion En-
forcement Act of 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA)
Disposition: H.R. 2574 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 26 Yeas and 20 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–495 (Part I), was filed on
September 8, 2020.
May 16, 2019—Markup of H.R. 2639, the Strength in Diversity Act
of 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH)
Disposition: H.R. 2639 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 26 Yeas and 20 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–496 was filed on Sep-
tember 8, 2020.
June 11, 2019—Markup of H.R. 1230, the Protecting Older Workers
Against Discrimination Act (POWADA).
Sponsor: Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA)
Disposition: H.R. 1230 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 27 Yeas and 18 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–372 was filed on January
9, 2020.
June 11, 2019—Markup of H.R. 1309, the Workplace Violence Pre-
vention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.
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Disposition: H.R. 1309 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 26 Yeas and 18 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–296 was filed on November
18, 2019.
June 11, 2019—Markup of H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multi-
employer Pensions (Butch Lewis) Act of 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA)
Disposition: H.R. 397 was ordered to be favorably reported to the
House, as amended, by a vote of 26 Yeas and 18 Nays
Committee Report: House Report 116–159 (Part II) was filed on
July 19, 2019.
September 18, 2019—Markup of H.R. 4334, the Dignity in Aging
Act of 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR)
Disposition: H.R. 4334 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by voice vote.
Committee Report: House Report 116–258 was filed on October
28, 2019.
September 18, 2019—Markup of H.R. 4301, the School Shooting
Safety and Preparedness Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI)
Disposition: H.R. 4301 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 27 Yeas and 22 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–701 was filed on December
28, 2020.
September 25, 2019—Markup of H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right
to Organize Act of 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA)
Disposition: H.R. 2474 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 26 Yeas and 21 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–347 was filed on December
16, 2020.
October 17, 2019—Markup of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now
Act of 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ)
Disposition: H.R. 3 was order favorably reported to the House, as
amended, by a vote of 27 Yeas and 21 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–324 (Part III) was filed on
December 9, 2019.
October 29, 2019—Markup of H.R. 4674, the College Affordability
Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA)
Disposition: H.R. 4674 was order favorably reported to the
House, as amended, by a vote of 28 Yeas and 22 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–700 was filed on December
28, 2020.
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January 14, 2020—Markup of H.R. 5191, the Runaway and Home-
less Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019.
Sponsor: Rep. John Yarmuth (KY)
Disposition: H.R. 5191 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 28 Yeas and 19 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–699 was filed on December
28, 2020.
January 14, 2020—Markup of H.R. 2694, the Pregnant Workers
Fairness Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY)
Disposition: H.R. 2694 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 29 Yeas and 17 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–494 was filed on Sep-
tember 8, 2020.
February 11, 2020—Markup of H.R. 5800, the Ban Surprise Billing
Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA)
Disposition: H.R. 5800 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 32 Yeas and 13 Nays.
Committee Report: H. Rept. 116–615 (Part I) was filed on Decem-
ber 2, 2020.
September 10, 2020—Full Committee Business Meeting.
Purpose: To approve new subcommittee assignments and a sub-
committee Ranking Member.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
September 24, 2020—Markup of H.R. 8294, the National Appren-
ticeship Act of 2020.
Sponsor: Rep. Susan Davis (CA)
Disposition: H.R. 8294 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 26 Yeas and 16 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–567 was filed on November
9, 2020.
Platform: Conducted in person in 2175 Rayburn House Office
Building with remote participation via Cisco Webex Meetings.
HEARINGS HELD BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD,
ELEMENTARY, AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
February 27, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Classrooms in Crisis: Exam-
ining the Inappropriate Use of Seclusion and Restraint Prac-
tices.’’
Purpose: To examine the inappropriate use of restraint and se-
clusion as discipline practices in schools, the negative effects of
such use on students and school staff, and recommendations for
federal action to reduce such use.
Witnesses: Dr. George Sugai, Professor and Carole J. Neag En-
dowed Chair, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT; Ms. Renee Smith, Parent, Coventry, RI; Ms. Jacqueline
Nowicki, Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security,
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son Sutton, Special Education Teacher, Wichita Public Schools
(USD 259), Wichita, KS.
June 5, 2019—Hearing on ‘‘This is Not a Drill: Education-Related
Response and Recovery in the Wake of Natural Disasters.’’
Purpose: To examine the disaster response of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education and the recovery needs of impacted state, terri-
torial, and local educational agencies in an era of increasingly ex-
treme weather patterns due to manmade climate change.
Witnesses: Panel I—The Honorable Frank Brogan, Assistant Sec-
retary for Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department
of Education, Washington, DC. Panel II—Mr. Glenn Muña, Com-
missioner, CNMI Public School System, Saipan, MP; Ms. Rosa
Soto-Thomas, President, St. Croix Federation of Teachers AFT
Local 1826, Kingshill, St. Croix, VI; Mr. John L. Winn, Former
Florida Commissioner of Education, Tallahassee, FL; and Dr. Steve
Herrington, Superintendent of Schools, Sonoma County Schools,
Santa Rosa, CA.
July 17, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Educating our Educators: How Fed-
eral Policy Can Better Support Teachers and School Leaders’’
(held jointly with the Subcommittee on Higher Education and
Workforce Investment).
Purpose: To examine recommendations for improving administra-
tion and effectiveness of programs authorized under Title II of the
Higher Education Act as well as federal grant and loan products
that benefit teachers.
Witnesses: Mr. Michael Brosnan, Teacher and Early Leadership
Institute Coach, Bridgeport Public Schools, Milford, CT; Ms. Tricia
McManus, Assistant Superintendent for Leadership, Professional
Development and School Transformation, Hillsborough County
Public Schools, Tampa, FL; Mr. John White, State Superintendent
of Instruction, State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA; and Dr. An-
drew Daire, Dean, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, VA.
September 11, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘The Importance of Trauma-In-
formed Practices in Education to Assist Students Impacted by
Gun Violence and Other Adversities.’’
Purpose: To examine the effects of trauma on child brain devel-
opment and student learning and to hear from practitioners and re-
searchers about what the federal government can do to better sup-
port trauma-informed practices in schools.
Witnesses: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, California Surgeon Gen-
eral, San Francisco, CA; Dr. Ingrida Barker, Associate Super-
intendent, McDowell County Schools, Welch, WV; Ms. Joy
Hofmeister, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Oklahoma, OK; and Dr. Janice K. Jackson, Chief Executive Officer,
Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL.
February 6, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Solving America’s Child Care
Crisis: Supporting Parents, Children, and the Economy.’’
Purpose: To examine the current landscape of child care, includ-
ing issues of access, affordability, and quality, as well as issues of
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Witnesses: Dr. Taryn Morrissey, Dean’s Scholar Associate Pro-
fessor, School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington,
DC; Ms. Nancy Harvey, Child Care Provider, Lil Nancy’s Primary
Schoolhouse, Oakland, CA; Ms. Angélica Marı́a González, Parent,
Member, MomsRising, Law Clerk, Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA
(testifying on own behalf); and Ms. Linda Smith, Director, Early
Childhood Initiative, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC.
July 23, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Underfunded and Unprepared: Ex-
amining How to Overcome Obstacles to Safely Reopen Public
Schools.’’
Purpose: To examine the need for additional federal funding to
support the safe return to teaching and learning for the 2020–2021
academic year, in line with public health guidelines amid the
COVID–19 pandemic.
Witnesses: Dr. Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas Inde-
pendent School District, Dallas, TX; Ms. Leslie Boggs, President,
National PTA, Alexandria, VA; Dr. Penny Schwinn, Commissioner
of Education, Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, TN;
and Dr. Sean O’Leary, Vice Chair, Committee on Infectious Dis-
eases, American Academy of Pediatrics, Aurora, CO.
Platform: Conducted in person in 2175 Rayburn with remote par-
ticipation via Cisco Webex Meetings.
HEARINGS HELD BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
AND WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
March 27, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Innovations in Expanding Reg-
istered Apprenticeship Programs.’’
Purpose: To explore expanding Registered Apprenticeships, on-
the-job training, and work-based learning opportunities, and to
gather information for a comprehensive apprenticeship bill.
Witnesses: Ms. Jennifer Carlson, Executive Director, Apprenti,
Seattle, WA; Mr. James G. Pavesic, Director of Education and
Training, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the
Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United
States and Canada, Annapolis, MD; Mr. Mark Hays, Vice Chan-
cellor, Workforce and Economic Development, Dallas County Com-
munity College District, Dallas, TX; and Ms. Bridget Gainer, Vice
President, Global Public Affairs, Aon, Chicago, IL.
April 3, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Strengthening Accountability in
Higher Education to Better Serve Students and Taxpayers.’’
Purpose: To examine the federal postsecondary education ac-
countability triad comprised of the federal government, state au-
thorizers, and accrediting agencies, and to discuss needed legisla-
tive improvements to ensure program quality.
Witnesses: Dr. Nicholas Hillman, Associate Professor, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Ms. Melissa Emrey-Arras, Di-
rector, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, U.S.
Government Accountability Office, Boston, MA; Mr. Noe Ortega,
Deputy Secretary, Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education,
Pennsylvania Department of Education, Harrisburg, PA; and Dr.
Barbara E. Brittingham, President, New England Commission of
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April 24, 2019—Field Hearing titled ‘‘Protecting Those Who Protect
Us: Ensuring the Success of our Student Veterans’’ (held jointly
with the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs’ Subcommittee
on Economic Opportunity in El Cajon, California).
Purpose: To examine weaknesses in federal statute and program
implementation that leave students who are veterans vulnerable to
predatory and deceptive practices in postsecondary education.
Witnesses: Mr. Robert F. Muth, Professor-In-Residence; Man-
aging Attorney, Veterans Legal Clinic, University of San Diego
School of Law, San Diego, CA; Mr. Elot Ortiz Oakley, Chancellor,
California Community Colleges, Sacramento, CA; and Ms. Kristyl
Rodriguez, Oceanside, CA.
May 9, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘The Cost of Non-Completion: Improv-
ing Student Outcomes in Higher Education.’’
Purpose: To examine the short- and long-term costs borne by
both students and taxpayers of postsecondary program non-comple-
tion, including discussion of reforms to federal policy to support in-
stitutions in improving completion and workforce participation out-
comes for students.
Witnesses: Dr. Susan Dynarski, Professor, University of Michi-
gan, Ann Arbor, MI; Dr. M. David Rudd, President and Distin-
guished University Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis,
Memphis, TN; Dr. Pam Y. Eddinger, President, Bunker Hill Com-
munity College, Boston, MA; and Mr. Kyle Ethelbah, Director of
Federal TRIO Programs, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
May 22, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Engines of Economic Mobility: The
Critical Role of Community Colleges, Historically Black Col-
leges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions in
Preparing Students for Success.’’
Purpose: To examine how the federal government can better sup-
port under-resourced public and nonprofit institutions that serve
the large share of low-income students and students of color en-
rolled at such institutions.
Witnesses: Dr. Reynold Verret, President, Xavier University of
Louisiana, New Orleans, LA; Dr. Patricia Alvarez McHatton, Exec-
utive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Success, and P–
16 Integration, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg,
TX; Dr. Glenn DuBois, Chancellor, Virginia Community College
System, Richmond, VA; and Dr. Sandra L. Boham, President, Sa-
lish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT.
July 16, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Scaling Up Apprenticeships: Build-
ing on the Success of International Apprenticeship Models.’’
Purpose: To explore what makes these international apprentice-
ship models effective and provide insights on best practices that
can be successfully applied in the United States.
Witnesses: Mr. Tim Bradley, Counsellor for Industry, Science
and Education, Department of Education, Embassy of Australia,
Washington, DC; Dr. Silvia Annen, Senior Researcher, BIBB Fed-
eral Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Bonn, Ger-
many; and Dr. Simon Marti, Head of Office, SwissCore, Brussels,
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July 17, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Educating our Educators: How Fed-
eral Policy Can Better Support Teachers and School Leaders’’’
(held jointly with the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Ele-
mentary, and Secondary Education).
Purpose: To examine recommendations for improving administra-
tion and effectiveness of programs authorized under Title II of the
Higher Education Act as well as federal grant and loan products
that benefit teachers.
Witnesses: Mr. Michael Brosnan, Teacher and Early Leadership
Institute Coach, Bridgeport Public Schools, Milford, CT; Ms. Tricia
McManus, Assistant Superintendent for Leadership, Professional
Development and School Transformation, Hillsborough County
Public Schools, Tampa, FL; Mr. John White, State Superintendent
of Instruction, State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA; and Dr. An-
drew Daire, Dean, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, VA.
September 19, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Broken Promises: Examining
the Failed Implementation of the Public Service Loan Forgive-
ness Program.’’
Purpose: To examine the U.S. Department of Education’s imple-
mentation of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and de-
termine how the Administration and Congress can better support
the thousands of public servants relying on this program.
Witnesses: Ms. Kelly Finlaw, Teacher, New York City Public
Schools, New York, NY; Ms. Yael Shavit, Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Boston, MA;
Dr. Matthew M. Chingos, Vice President for Education Data and
Policy, Urban Institute, Washington, DC; Ms. Melissa Emrey-
Arras, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Gov-
ernment Accountability Office, Washington, DC; and Mr. Jeff
Appel, Office of Federal Student Aid, Director of Policy Liaison and
Implementation, U.S. Department of Education, Washington DC.
November 20, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining the Policies and
Priorities of the Labor Department’s Apprenticeship Program.’’
Purpose: To review the U.S. Department of Labor’s activities and
expenditures related to Registered Apprenticeships (RA) and
probed its actions to misdirect RA funds into the proposed Industry
Recognized Apprenticeship Program (IRAP).
Witness: The Honorable John Pallasch, Assistant Secretary of
the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor, Washington, DC.
December 18, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘The Future of Work: Ensuring
Workers are Competitive in a Rapidly Changing Economy.’’
Purpose: To examine the nature of worker displacement in to-
day’s economy and explore policies to ensure all workers—regard-
less of how they are displaced—have access to the benefits and
services they need to become reemployed and engage in lifelong
learning.
Witnesses: Mr. Seth Harris, Former Acting U.S. Secretary and
Deputy U.S. Secretary of Labor, Washington, DC; Ms. Nova
Gattman, Deputy Director for External Affairs, Washington State
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WA; Mr. Brad Markell, Executive Director, AFL–CIO Working for
America Institute, and Executive Director, Industrial Union Coun-
cil at AFL–CIO, Washington, DC; and Mr. James A. Paretti, Jr.,
Shareholder, Littler Mendelson P.C., Treasurer, Emma Coalition,
Washington, DC.
March 4, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Reauthorizing the National Appren-
ticeship Act: Strengthening and Growing Apprenticeships for
the 21st Century.’’
Purpose: To consider legislation to reauthorize the National Ap-
prenticeship Act to expand Registered Apprenticeships, pre-appren-
ticeships, and youth apprenticeships, and to authorize grants to
state apprenticeship agencies, intermediaries, and other providers.
Witnesses: Ms. Tiffany P. Robinson, Secretary, Maryland Depart-
ment of Labor, Baltimore, MD; Dr. Morna K. Foy, President, Wis-
consin Technical College System, Madison, WI; Ms. Jace Noteboom,
Talent Director, IBM Systems, Armonk, NY; and Mr. Daniel
Bustillo, Executive Director, Healthcare Career Advancement Pro-
gram, New York, NY.
July 7, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘A Major Test: Examining the Impact
of COVID–19 on the Future of Higher Education.’’
Purpose: To examine how institutions of higher education are ad-
justing practice and services to support students during the
COVID–19 pandemic.
Witnesses: Dr. Sharon J. Pierce, President, Minneapolis College,
Minneapolis, MN; Dr. Timothy P. White, Chancellor, California
State University, Long Beach, CA; Ms. Scott Pulsipher, President,
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT; and Dr. Shaun
Harper, President, American Educational Research Association,
Los Angeles, CA.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
HEARINGS HELD BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT,
LABOR, AND PENSIONS
March 7, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘The Cost of Inaction: Why Congress
Must Address the Multiemployer Pension Crisis.’’
Purpose: To explore the costs and consequences to retirees, active
workers, participating employers, and the federal government if
Congress does not resolve the multiemployer pension crisis and to
discuss legislative solutions to the crisis.
Witnesses: Mr. Joshua Shapiro, Vice President, Pensions, Amer-
ican Academy of Actuaries, Washington, DC; Ms. Mary Moorkamp,
Chief Legal Officer, Schnuck Markets, Inc., St. Louis, MO; Mr.
James Morgan, Blue Island, IL; Dr. James Naughton, Assistant
Professor of Accounting Information & Management, Kellogg
School of Management at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL;
Mr. Glenn Spencer, Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Com-
merce, Washington, DC; Dr. Charles Blahous, J. Fish And Lillian
F. Smith Chair And Senior Research Strategist, Mercatus Center
at George Mason University, Arlington, VA; and Ms. Mariah Beck-
er, Director of Research and Education, National Coordinating
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March 26, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Protecting Workers’’ Right to Or-
ganize: The Need for Labor Law Reform.’’
Purpose: To identify the problems caused by the decline in union
membership and discuss legislative solutions to strengthen the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act.
Witnesses: Dr. Jake Rosenfeld, Associate Professor of Sociology,
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; Ms. Cynthia
Harper, Englewood, OH; Mr. Glenn M. Taubman, Staff Attorney,
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Springfield, VA;
and Ms. Devki K. Virk, Member, Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Wash-
ington, DC.
April 2, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining Surprise Billing: Pro-
tecting Patients from Financial Pain.’’
Purpose: To explore the issues surrounding surprise medical
bills, including their devastating financial impact on consumers, re-
form efforts at the state level, and the need for a comprehensive
federal solution that protects all individuals, including those in em-
ployer-sponsored health coverage.
Witnesses: Ms. Christen Linke Young, Fellow, USC-Brookings
Schaeffer Initiative on Health Policy, Brookings Institution, Wash-
ington , DC (testifying on own behalf); Ms. Ilyse Schuman, Senior
Vice President, Health Policy, American Benefits Council, Wash-
ington, DC; Mr. Frederick Isasi, Executive Director, Families USA,
Washington, DC; and Dr. Jack Hoadley, Research Professor Emer-
itus, Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute, McCourt
School of Public Policy, McLean, VA (testifying on own behalf).
May 8, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘The Protecting the Right to Organize
Act: Deterring Unfair Labor Practices.’’
Purpose: To explore issues of enforcement against and remedies
for unfair labor practices under the National Labor Relations Act,
including the flaws in current enforcement and remedial tools
available to the NLRB and the economic impacts to unions and
workers.
Witnesses: Mr. Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL–CIO, Wash-
ington, DC; Mr. Jim Staus, Pittsburgh, PA; Mr. Philip A.
Miscimarra, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington,
DC; and Mr. Mark Gaston Pearce, Executive Director and Distin-
guished Lecturer, Georgetown University Law Center’s Workers’
Rights Institute, Washington, DC.
June 26, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Standing with Public Servants: Pro-
tecting the Right to Organize.’’
Purpose: To examine the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act
(H.R. 3463) and the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation
Act (H.R. 1154), bills which establish a minimum federal standard
for the right of state and local government employees to organize
unions and collectively bargain.
Witnesses: Dr. Joseph Slater, Distinguished University Professor
and Eugene N. Balk Professor of Law and Values, University of To-
ledo, Toledo, OH; Ms. Tina Whitaker, Social Studies Teacher,
Miami, FL; Mr. Tom Brewer, President of the Professional Fire
Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; the
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District, St. Charles, MO; Mr. William Messenger, Staff Attorney,
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Springfield, VA;
and Mr. Teague Paterson, Deputy General Counsel of AFSCME,
Washington, DC.
July 25, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Protecting the Right to Organize Act:
Modernizing America’s Labor Laws.’’
Purpose: To examine the need for Congress to modernize labor
laws to protect workers’ rights in a changing economy, including
workers’ First Amendment rights to protest the companies that
contract with their employers.
Witnesses: Ms. Charlotte Garden, Associate Professor and Co-As-
sociate Dean for Research & Faculty Development, Seattle Univer-
sity School of Law, Seattle, WA; Mr. Josue Alvarez, Truck Driver,
XPO Logistics, Bell Gardens, CA; Mr. G. Roger King, Senior Labor
and Employment Counsel, HR Policy Association, Washington, DC;
and Mr. Richard Griffin, Of Counsel, Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC,
Washington, DC.
September 26, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Making Health Care More Af-
fordable: Lowering Drug Prices and Increasing Transparency.’’
Purpose: To explore the rising cost of prescription drugs in the
United States and the impact of high prices on workers and busi-
nesses.
Witnesses: Mr. Frederick Isasi, Executive Director, Families
USA, Washington, DC; Dr. Mariana P. Socal, Assistant Scientist,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of
Health Policy and Management, Baltimore, MD; Mr. Craig
Garthwaite, Associate Professor of Strategy, Northwestern Univer-
sity Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, IL; Ms. Bari
Talente, Executive Vice President, Advocacy, National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, Washington, DC; Mr. Christopher Holt, Director
of Health Care Policy, American Action Forum, Washington, DC;
and Mr. David Mitchell, Founder, Patients for Affordable Drugs
Now, Bethesda, MD.
October 23, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘The Future of Work: Pre-
serving Worker Protections in the Modern Economy’’ (held jointly
with the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections).
Purpose: To examine the fissuring of the workplace and the rise
of the on-demand economy and explore how Congress should pro-
tect workers’ access to critical benefits and protections amid chang-
ing work arrangements.
Witnesses: Dr. David Weil, Dean and Professor, The Heller
School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University,
and Former Administrator of the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage
and Hour Division (2014 to 2017), Waltham, MA; Mr. Brishen Rog-
ers, Associate Professor, Temple University Law School, Visiting
Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (Fall
2019), Fellow, Roosevelt Institute, Washington, DC; Ms. Jessica
Beck, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Hello Alfred, New
York, NY; and Ms. Rachel Greszler, Research Fellow in Economics,
Budget, and Entitlements, The Heritage Foundation, Washington
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January 28, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Expecting More: Addressing
America’s Maternal and Infant Health Crisis’’ (held jointly with the
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections).
Purpose: To examine the maternal and infant health crisis facing
the United States as well as potential policy solutions within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and Labor.
Witnesses: Ms. Stacey D. Stewart, President and CEO, March of
Dimes, Arlington, VA; Ms. Nikia Sankofa, Executive Director,
United States Breastfeeding Committee, Chicago, IL; and Dr. Joia
Crear Perry, President, National Birth Equity Collaborative and
Board Member, Black Mamas Matter, Washington, DC.
HEARINGS HELD BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE
PROTECTIONS
February 13, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7):
Equal Pay for Equal Work’’ (held jointly with the Subcommittee
on Civil Rights and Human Services).
Purpose: To examine federal law relating to gender-based dis-
crimination in employment and how the Paycheck Fairness Act
(H.R. 7) can help close the wage gap by updating and strength-
ening the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
Witnesses: Panel I—the Honorable Rosa L. DeLauro (CT), Mem-
ber of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC;
the Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Member of Congress,
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC; and The Honor-
able Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA), Member of Congress, U.S. House
of Representatives, Washington, DC. Panel II—Ms. Fatima Goss
Graves, President and CEO, National Women’s Law Center, Wash-
ington, DC; Ms. Camille Olson, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chi-
cago, IL; Ms. Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO/Executive Director,
Moms Rising, Kirkland, WA; and Ms. Jenny Yang, Partner, Work-
ing Ideal, Washington, DC.
February 27, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Caring for Our Caregivers: Pro-
tecting Health Care and Social Service Workers from Workplace
Violence.’’
Purpose: To assess the severity of workplace violence and the
steps currently taken by the Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration (OSHA) to address it, and to discuss legislation re-
quiring OSHA to issue a strong violence prevention standard.
Witnesses: Dr. Jane Lipscomb, University of Maryland, School of
Nursing (Retired), Annapolis, MD; Mr. Manesh Rath, Partner, Kel-
ler and Heckman, LLP, Washington, DC; Dr. Angelo McClain,
Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Social Workers,
Washington, DC; and Ms. Patricia Moon-Updike, Cudahy, WI.
June 12, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Restoring the Value of Work: Evalu-
ating DOL’s Efforts to Undermine Strong Overtime Protec-
tions.’’
Purpose: To examine the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed
regulation to amend overtime standards under the Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Witnesses: Dr. Heidi Shierholz, Senior Economist and Director of
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cock-Stiner, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, PathStone
Corporation, Rochester, NY; Ms. Tammy McCutcheon, Principal,
Littler Mendelson P.C., Washington, DC; and Mr. Pete Winebrake,
Managing Partner, Winebrake & Santillo, LLC, Dresher, PA.
June 20, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Breathless and Betrayed: What is
MSHA Doing to Protect Miners from the Resurgence of Black
Lung Disease?’’
Purpose: To explore the resurgence of black lung disease, sci-
entific recommendations for strengthening standards, the adequacy
of the Trump Administration’s approach, and an assessment of the
solvency of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund.
Witnesses: Panel I—Dr. Robert Cohen, Clinical Professor, Envi-
ronmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois
School of Public Health, Chicago, IL; Mr. Gary Hairston, Vice
President, Fayette County Black Lung Association, Beckley, WV;
Mr. Bruce Watzman, retired from the National Mining Association,
Washington, DC; and Mr. Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine
Workers of America, Triangle, VA. Panel II—Dr. John Howard, Di-
rector, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Washington, DC; the Honorable David Zatezalo, Assistant Sec-
retary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Arlington, VA; and Ms.
Cindy Brown Barnes, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income
Security, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Washington,
DC.
July 11, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘From the Fields to the Factories:
Preventing Workplace Injury and Death from Excessive Heat.’’
Purpose: To focus on the serious and often deadly hazards of ex-
cessive heat exposure in the workplace and the need for the Occu-
pational Safety and Health Administration to address the issue
through an enforceable standard.
Witnesses: Panel I—The Honorable Judy Chu (CA), Member of
Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Panel
II—Dr. Thomas Bernard, Professor, College of Public Health, Uni-
versity of South Florida, Tampa, FL; Mr. Javier Rodriguez, Ware-
house Worker, Worker Resource Center, Ontario, CA; Mr. Kevin
Cannon, Senior Director of Safety and Health Services, Associated
General Contractors of America, Arlington, VA; Dr. Ronda McCar-
thy, Concentra, Waco, TX; Mr. Bryan Little, Director of Labor Af-
fairs, California Farm Bureau Federation, Sacramento, CA; and
Mr. Arturo Rodriguez, Former President, United Farm Workers,
San Antonio, TX.
September 26, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Misclassification of Employees:
Examining the Costs to Workers, Businesses, and the Economy.’’
Purpose: To explore the problem of employee misclassification
under the Fair Labor Standards Act and consider a discussion
draft of the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act.
Witnesses: Ms. Sally Dworak-Fisher, Attorney, Public Justice
Center, Baltimore, MD; Mr. Matt Townsend, CEO, OCP Contrac-
tors, Inc., President, Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alli-
ance (SWACCA), Holland, OH; Ms. Maria Crawford, Gig Worker,
Altadena, CA; Mr. Alexander Passantino, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw,
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, and Steward, P.S., Los Angeles,
CA; and the Honorable Karl A. Racine, Attorney General for the
District of Columbia, Washington, DC.
October 23, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘The Future of Work: Preserving
Worker Protections in the Modern Economy’’ (held jointly with
the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pen-
sions).
Purpose: To examine the fissuring of the workplace and the rise
of the on-demand economy and explore how Congress should pro-
tect workers’ access to critical benefits and protections amid chang-
ing work arrangements.
Witnesses: Dr. David Weil, Dean and Professor, The Heller
School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University,
and Former Administrator of the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage
and Hour Division (2014 to 2017), Waltham, MA; Mr. Brishen Rog-
ers, J.D., Associate Professor, Temple University Law School, Vis-
iting Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (Fall
2019), Fellow, Roosevelt Institute, Washington, DC; Ms. Jessica
Beck, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Hello Alfred, New
York, NY; and Ms. Rachel Greszler, Research Fellow in Economics,
Budget, and Entitlements, The Heritage Foundation, Washington
DC.
January 28, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Expecting More: Addressing
America’s Maternal and Infant Health Crisis’’ (held jointly with
the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pen-
sions).
Purpose: To examine the maternal and infant health crisis facing
the United States as well as potential policy solutions within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and Labor.
Witnesses: Ms. Stacey D. Stewart, President and CEO, March of
Dimes, Arlington, VA; Ms. Nikia Sankofa, Executive Director,
United States Breastfeeding Committee, Chicago, IL; and Dr. Joia
Crear Perry, President, National Birth Equity Collaborative and
Board Member, Black Mamas Matter, Washington, DC.
February 11, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Balancing Work, Health, and
Family: The Case for Expanding the Family and Medical Leave
Act.’’
Purpose: To examine legislative proposals to amend the Family
and Medical Leave Act to expand which workers are eligible for job
protected leave and the reasons for taking such leave.
Witnesses: The Honorable Sydney Batch, Representative, North
Carolina House of Representatives, Raleigh, NC; Mr. Anthony
Sandkamp, Owner, Sandkamp Woodworks LLC, Jersey City, NJ;
Ms. Rachel Greszler, Research Fellow in Economics, Budget and
Entitlements, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC; and Ms.
Elisabeth Jacobs, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute, Washington, DC.
February 26, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Asleep at the Switch: How the
Department of Labor Failed to Oversee the Black Lung Dis-
ability Trust Fund.’’
Purpose: To assess the U.S. Department of Labor’s mismanage-
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Black Lung Benefit Act and explore DOL’s recent reforms intended
to ensure sufficient collateral is posted by coal operators to cover
the full amount of their black lung benefit liabilities in the event
of a bankruptcy.
Witnesses: Ms. Cindy Brown Barnes, Director, Education, Work-
force and Income Security, Government Accountability Office,
Washington, DC; and Ms. Julia Hearthway, Director, Office of
Workers’ Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor,
Washington, DC.
March 11, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘The Healthy Families Act (H.R.
1784): Examining a Plan to Secure Paid Sick Leave for U.S.
Workers.’’
Purpose: To consider H.R. 1784, the Healthy Families Act, a bill
to require certain private sector and government employers to pro-
vide up to seven days of earned sick leave per year.
Witnesses: Ms. Sarah Jane Glynn, Senior Fellow, Center for
American Progress Washington, D.C.; Ms. Renée J. Johnson, Sen-
ior Government Affairs Manager Main Street Alliance, Wash-
ington, DC; Ms. Elizabeth Milito, Senior Executive Counsel NFIB
Small Business Legal Center, Washington, DC; and Ms. Tanya
Goldman, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy
(CLASP), Washington, DC.
May 28, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining the Federal Govern-
ment’s Actions to Protect Workers from COVID–19.’’
Purpose: To evaluate the adequacy of worker protections and en-
forcement actions by the Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration regarding the COVID–19 pandemic, and to assess the data
gathered on the extent of the COVID–19 pandemic and the actions
taken to improve protections by the National Institute for Occupa-
tional Safety and Health.
Witnesses: The Honorable Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy As-
sistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Washington, DC; and Dr. John Howard, Director, National Insti-
tute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted in person in 2175 Rayburn with remote par-
ticipation via Cisco Webex Meetings.
HEARINGS HELD BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND
HUMAN SERVICES
February 13, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7):
Equal Pay for Equal Work’’ (held jointly with the Subcommittee
on Workforce Protections).
Purpose: To examine federal law relating to gender-based dis-
crimination in employment and how the Paycheck Fairness Act
(H.R. 7) can help close the wage gap by updating and strength-
ening the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
Witnesses: Panel I—The Honorable Rosa L. DeLauro (CT), Mem-
ber of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC;
the Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Member of Congress,
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC; and the Honor-
able Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA), Member of Congress, U.S. House
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Graves, President and CEO, National Women’s Law Center, Wash-
ington, DC; Ms. Camille Olson, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chi-
cago, IL; Ms. Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO/Executive Director,
Moms Rising, Kirkland, WA; and Ms. Jenny Yang, Partner, Work-
ing Ideal, Washington, DC.
March 12, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Growing a Healthy Next Genera-
tion: Examining Federal Child Nutrition Programs.’’
Purpose: To examine the landscape of the federal child nutrition
programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction.
Witnesses: Dr. Eddie Ochoa, Community Pediatrics Medical Di-
rector, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pe-
diatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock,
AR; Ms. Donna Martin, Director of School Nutrition Programs,
Burke County Georgia Public Schools, Waynesboro, GA; Ms. Nikki
Berlew O’Meara, mother of a six-year-old child and a nine-year-old
child who participate in the school lunch program, Wilkes-Barre,
PA; and Ms. Cheryl Johnson, Child Nutrition & Wellness Team Di-
rector, Kansas State Department of Education, Topeka, KS.
March 26, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Strengthening Prevention and
Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect.’’
Purpose: To discuss ways to improve and update federal child
abuse and prevention programs authorized by the Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act.
Witnesses: Dr. Yo Jackson, ABPP, Professor, Psychology Depart-
ment & Associate Director, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network/
Research Professor, Pennsylvania State University/University of
Kansas, State College, PA; Ms. Judy King, Director, Family Sup-
port Programs, Washington State Department of Children, Youth,
and Families, Olympia, WA; Mr. Bradley Thomas, CEO, Triple P—
Positive Parenting Program, Columbia, SC; and Mrs. LaCrisha
Rose, Facilitator of the WV Circle of Parents Network, TEAM for
WV Children, Miami, WV.
April 9, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘The Equality Act (H.R. 5): Ensuring
the Right to Learn and Work Free from Discrimination.’’
Purpose: To examine H.R. 5 as a tool to ensure Americans are
not discriminated against because of their sex, including sexual ori-
entation and gender identity.
Witnesses: Ms. Kimberly Shappley, mother of an 8-year-old
transgender girl, school nurse, and evangelical minister, Austin,
TX; Mr. Patrick Hedren, Vice President, Labor, Legal & Regulatory
Policy, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC;
Ms. Sarah Warbelow, Legal Director, Human Rights Campaign,
Washington, DC; and Mr. Lawrence Z. Lorber, Senior Counsel,
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Washington, DC.
May 15, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining the Older Americans Act:
Promoting Independence and Dignity for Older Americans.’’
Purpose: To examine the breadth of programs and supports au-
thorized and funded through the Older Americans Act that promote
the independence and dignity of older Americans.
Witnesses: Ms. Lee Girard, Director, Multnomah County Aging,
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cher-Smith, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels of Central Mary-
land, Inc., Baltimore, MD; Ms. Grace Whiting, President and CEO,
National Alliance for Caregiving, Bethesda, MD; and Ms. Patricia
Ducayet, LMSW, Texas State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Texas
Health and Human Services, Austin, TX.
June 4, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining the Policies and Priorities
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition
Service.’’
Purpose: To examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food
and Nutrition Service’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposals and re-
cent regulatory and policy actions as they relate to federal child nu-
trition programs.
Witness: Mr. Brandon Lipps, Acting Deputy Under Secretary,
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services and Administrator of the
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wash-
ington, DC.
July 16, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Strengthening Federal Support to
End Youth Homelessness.’’
Purpose: To discuss improvements to programs authorized by the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.
Witnesses: Dr. Matthew Morton, Research Fellow, Chapin Hall
at the University of Chicago, New York, NY; Dr. Melinda Giovengo,
CEO, YouthCare, Seattle, WA; Mr. Robert Lowery, Jr., Vice Presi-
dent, Missing Children Division, National Center for Missing & Ex-
ploited Children, Alexandria, VA; and Mr. David Baker, Support
Specialist, YMCA Youth & Family Services, San Diego, CA.
September 19, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining the Policies and
Priorities of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Pro-
grams (OFCCP).’’
Purpose: To examine recent actions by the EEOC and the
OFCCP—the two federal agencies tasked with enforcing federal
employment non-discrimination laws—that comport with the
Trump Administration’s efforts to undermine and roll back civil
rights protections.
Witnesses: The Honorable Craig Leen, Director, Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, Wash-
ington, DC; the Honorable Janet Dhillon, Chair, U.S. Equal Em-
ployment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC; and Ms.
Cindy Brown Barnes, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income
Security, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC.
October 16, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Examining the USDA’s Proposed
Cuts to Free School Meals.’’
Purpose: To examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food
and Nutrition Service’s proposed rule on SNAP categorical eligi-
bility, which will result in nearly 1 million children losing their
automatic access to free school meals.
Witness: Mr. Brandon Lipps, Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nu-
trition and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
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October 22, 2019—Hearing titled ‘‘Long Over Due: Exploring the
Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (H.R. 2694).’’
Purpose: To examine H.R. 2694 as a tool to ensure that pregnant
workers have access to reasonable accommodations and protections
from discrimination or retaliation.
Witnesses: Panel I—The Honorable Jerrold Nadler (NY), Member
of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Panel
II—Ms. Kimberlie Michelle Durham, Arab, AL; Ms. Iris Wilbur,
Vice President of Government Affairs & Public Policy, Greater Lou-
isville Inc., Louisville, KY; Ms. Ellen McLaughlin, Partner,
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, IL; and Ms. Dina Bakst, Co-Founder
& Co-President, A Better Balance: The Work & Family Legal Cen-
ter, New York, NY.
February 5, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘The Future of Work: Protecting
Workers’’ Civil Rights in the Digital Age.’’
Purpose: To examine how the use of new technologies, such as
hiring algorithms and productivity and health tracking devices, are
increasingly deployed by employers and labor-market inter-
mediaries to control access to employment opportunities and may—
intentionally or not—facilitate discrimination and threaten work-
ers’ civil rights.
Witnesses: Ms. Jenny Yang, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute, and
Former Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC), Washington, DC; Dr. Ifeoma Ajunwa, Assistant Professor
of Labor Relations and Employment Law, Cornell School of Indus-
trial and Labor Relations and Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY; Mr.
Peter Romer-Friedman, Principal, Gupta Wessler PLLC, Wash-
ington, DC; and Ms. Esther Lander, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss
Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC.
September 10, 2020—Hearing titled ‘‘On the Basis of Sex: Exam-
ining the Administration’s Attacks on Gender-Based Protec-
tions.’’
Purpose: To examine the Trump Administration’s many discrimi-
natory actions taken on the basis of sex, their negative impacts,
and the future of gender-based protections considering the Su-
preme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County.
Witnesses: Ms. Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow, Center for American
Progress, Washington, DC; Ms. Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney,
Lambda Legal, Washington, DC; Ms. Fatima Goss Graves, Presi-
dent and CEO, National Women’s Law Center, Washington, DC;
and Ms. Samantha Harris, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Indi-
vidual Rights in Education, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
LEGISLATION REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT PASSED THE
HOUSE
H.J. Res. 76, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter
8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the De-
partment of Education relating to ‘‘Borrower Defense Institu-
tional Accountability’’, sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee (NV),
passed the house by a vote of 231 Yeas and 180 Nays on Janu-
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H. Res. 230, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
that the United States condemns all forms of violence against
children globally and recognizes the harmful impacts of vio-
lence against children, sponsored by Rep. James McGovern
(MA), passed the House by voice vote under suspension of the
rules on March 3, 2020.
H. Res. 1250, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
with respect to the principles that should guide the national ar-
tificial intelligence strategy of the United States, sponsored by
Rep. Will Hurd (TX), passed the House by unanimous consent
on December 8, 2020.
H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep. John Sar-
banes (MD), passed the House by a vote of 234 Yeas and 193
Nays on March 8, 2019.
H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ), passed the House by a
vote of 230 Yeas and 192 Nays on December 12, 2019.
H.R. 5, the Equality Act, sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline, passed
the House by a vote of 236 Yeas and 173 Nays on May 17,
2019.
H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, sponsored
by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA), passed the House by a vote
of 237 Yeas and 187 Nays on June 4, 2019.
H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, sponsored by Rep. Rosa
DeLauro (CT), passed the House by a vote of 242 Yeas and 187
Nays on March 27, 2019.
H.R. 276, the Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Em-
ployees Act, sponsored by Rep. Dina Titus (NV), passed the
House by a vote of 387 Yeas and 19 Nays on February 25,
2019.
H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions (Butch
Lewis) Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep. Richard Neal (MA),
passed the House by a vote of 264 Yeas and 169 Nays on July
24, 2019.
H.R. 507, the Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2019, sponsored
by Rep. Karen Bass (CA), passed the House by a vote of 414
Yeas and 1 Nay under suspension of the rules on February 7,
2019.
H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act, sponsored by Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’
Scott (VA), passed the House by a vote of 231 Yeas and 199
Nays on July 18, 2019.
H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, sponsored by Rep. Caro-
lyn Maloney (NY), passed the House by a vote of 393 Yeas and
5 Nays on January 27, 2020.
H.R. 1230, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination
Act, sponsored by Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), passed
the House by a vote of 261 Yeas and 155 Nays on January 15,
2020.
H.R. 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and
Social Service Workers Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney
(CT), passed the House by a vote of 251 Yeas and 158 Nays
on November 21, 2019.
H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, sponsored by Rep. Maxine
Waters (CA), passed the House by a vote of 231 Yeas and 191
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H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of
2019, sponsored by Rep. Karen Bass (CA), passed the House by
a vote of 263 Yeas, 158 Nays, and 1 Present on April 4, 2019.
H.R. 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement En-
hancement Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep. Richard Neal (MA),
passed the House by a vote of 417 Yeas and 3 Nays on May
23, 2019.
H.R. 2134, the Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of
2019, sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan (WI), passed the House
by voice vote under suspension of the rules on September 17,
2019.
H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019, spon-
sored by Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), passed the House
by a vote of 224 Yeas and 194 Nays on February 6, 2020.
H.R. 2480, the Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,
sponsored by Rep. Kim Schrier (WA), passed the House by
voice vote under suspension of the rules on May 20, 2019.
H.R. 2486, the FUTURE Act, sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams (NC),
passed the House by voice vote under suspension of the rules
on September 17, 2019.
H.R. 2574, the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act, sponsored by
Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), passed the House by a vote
of 232 Yeas and 188 Nays on September 16, 2020.
H.R. 2639, the Strength in Diversity Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep.
Marcia Fudge (OH), passed the House by a vote of 248 Yeas
and 167 Nays on September 15, 2020.
H.R. 2694, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, sponsored by Rep.
Jerrold Nadler (NY), passed the House by a vote of 329 Yeas
and 73 Nays on September 17, 2020.
H.R. 3598, the FREED Vets Act, sponsored by Rep. Connor Lamb
(PA), passed the house by voice vote under suspension of the
rules on March 10, 2020.
H.R. 3659, Danny’s Law, sponsored by Rep. Max Rose (NY), passed
the House by voice vote under suspension of the rules on Sep-
tember 16, 2020.
H.R. 3884, the MORE Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nad-
ler (NY), passed the House by a vote of 228 Yeas and 164 Nays
on December 4, 2020.
H.R. 4334, the Dignity in Aging Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep. Su-
zanne Bonamici (OR), passed the House by voice vote under
suspension of the rules on October 28, 2019.
H.R. 4334, the Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020, sponsored
by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR), on a motion to agree to the
Senate amendment, passed the House by unanimous consent
on March 11, 2020.
H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019, spon-
sored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA), passed the House by a vote of
260 Yeas, 165 Nays, and 1 Present on December 11, 2019.
H.R. 5309, the CROWN Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Cedric Rich-
mond (LA), passed the House by voice vote under suspension
of the rules on September 21, 2020.
H.R. 5363, the FUTURE Act, sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams (NC),
passed the House by a vote of 319 Yeas and 96 Nays under
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H.R. 5430, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implemen-
tation Act, sponsored by Rep. Steny Hoyer (MD), passed the
House by a vote of 385 Yeas and 41 Nays on December 19,
2019.
H.R. 7909, the Ensuring Children and Child Care Workers Are Safe
Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Abby Finkenauer (IA), passed
the House by a vote of 387 Yeas and 33 Nays under suspension
of the rules on September 16, 2020.
H.R. 8162, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan Wild
(PA), passed the House by voice vote under suspension of the
rules on September 16, 2020.
H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by
Rep. Susan Davis (CA), passed the House by a vote of 246 Yeas
and 140 Nays on November 20, 2020.
H.R. 8472, the Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act, sponsored by
Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), passed the House by unanimous con-
sent on October 2, 2020.
S. 212, the Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2020,
sponsored by Sen. John Hoeven (ND), passed the House by
voice vote under suspension of the rules on December 3, 2020.
S. 256, the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs
Reauthorization Act, sponsored by Sen. Tom Udall (NM),
passed the House by voice vote under suspension of the rules
on December 9, 2019.
S. 461, the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a New
Era of Results for Students Act, sponsored by Sen. Tim Scott
(SC), passed the House by a vote of 388 Yeas and 6 Nays
under suspension of the rules on December 7, 2020.
S. 2683, the Child Care Protection Improvement Act of 2020, spon-
sored by Sen. Richard Burr (NC), passed the House, by voice
vote under suspension of the rules on September 16, 2020.
LEGISLATION REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT PASSED THE
HOUSE IN ANOTHER MEASURE
H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ), passed the House as
part of H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Enhancement Act, sponsored by Rep. Angie Craig (MN), by a
vote of 234 Yeas and 179 Nays on June 29, 2020 (provisions
were included).
H.R. 398, the 21st Century Energy Workforce Act, sponsored by
Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ), passed the House as part of H.R.
8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by
Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays
on November 20, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 399, the PATH Act, sponsored by Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ),
passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the National Appren-
ticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by
a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (provi-
sions were included).
H.R. 653, the Expanding Access to the Workforce Through Dual En-
rollment Act, sponsored by Rep. Anthony Brown (MD), passed
the House as part of H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship
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246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (provisions were
included).
H.R. 865, the Rebuild America’s Schools Act, sponsored by Rep.
Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), passed the House as part of H.R.
2, the Moving Forward Act, sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio
(OR), by a vote of 233 Yeas and 188 Nays on July 1, 2020 (sub-
stantially similar text was included).
H.R. 989, the PARTNERS Act, sponsored by Rep. Suzanne
Bonamici (OR), passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the Na-
tional Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan
Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November
20, 2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 1010, To provide that the rule entitled ‘‘Short-Term, Limited
Duration Insurance’’ shall have no force or effect, sponsored by
Rep. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL), passed the House as part of H.R.
987, the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription
Drug Costs Act, sponsored by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE),
by a vote of 234 Yeas and 183 Nays on May 16, 2019 (substan-
tially similar text was included).
H.R. 1010, To provide that the rule entitled ‘‘Short-Term, Limited
Duration Insurance’’ shall have no force or effect, sponsored by
Rep. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL), passed the House as part of H.R.
1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement
Act, sponsored by Rep. Angie Craig (MN), by a vote of 234 Yeas
and 179 Nays on June 29, 2020 (substantially similar text was
included).
H.R. 1075, the FAFSA Fairness Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep.
David Trone (MD), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX),
on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the
text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as nego-
tiated, with respect to the portion of the amendment com-
prising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of
327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment ex-
cept divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359
Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substantially similar
text was included).
H.R. 1168, the Worker Act, sponsored by Rep. Tim Ryan (OH),
passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the National Appren-
ticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by
a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (sub-
stantially similar text was included).
H.R. 1197, the Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2019, spon-
sored by Rep. Rick Larsen (WA), passed the House as part of
H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored
by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays
on November 20, 2020 (substantially similar text was in-
cluded).
H.R. 1315, the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act
of 2019, sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush (IL), passed the House
as part of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, sponsored by Rep.
Peter DeFazio (OR), by a vote of 233 Yeas and 188 Nays on
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H.R. 1315, the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act
of 2019, sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush (IL), passed the House
as part of H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation
Act, sponsored by Rep. Tom O’Halleran (AZ), by a vote of 220
Yeas and 185 Nays on September 24, 2020 (substantially simi-
lar text was included).
H.R. 1634, the Youth Corps Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep. Fred-
erica Wilson (FL), passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the
National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan
Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November
20, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 1724, the Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless
and Foster Youth Act, sponsored by Rep. Katherine Clark
(MA), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to
agree to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to
H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the text of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with re-
spect to the portion of the amendment comprising divisions B,
C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85
Nays and with respect to the amendment except divisions B,
C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53
Nays on December 21, 2020 (substantially similar text was in-
cluded).
H.R. 1728, the American Apprenticeship Act, sponsored by Rep.
Rosa DeLauro (CT), passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the
National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan
Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November
20, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 1733, the CHANCE in TECH Act, sponsored by Rep. Seth
Moulton (MA), passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the Na-
tional Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan
Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November
20, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 1955, the Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act of 2019,
sponsored by Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ), passed the House as
part of H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and
140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 2168, the Restoring Education and Learning Act, sponsored by
Rep. Danny Davis (IL), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar
(TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the
Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment con-
sisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
ment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by
a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (the text
was included).
H.R. 2480, the Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,
sponsored by Rep. Kim Schrier (WA), as part of a motion to
agree to the House Amendment to the Senate amendment to
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(CA), with the amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 8406,
The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed
the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1,
2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 2721, the Cyber Ready Workforce Act, sponsored by Rep. Susie
Lee (NV), passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the National
Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis
(CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November 20,
2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 2831, the Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging De-
mands for Skills (BUILDS) Act, sponsored by Rep. Paul Mitch-
ell (MI), passed the House as part of H.R. 2, the Moving For-
ward Act, sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR), by a vote of
233 Yeas and 188 Nays on July 1, 2020 (substantially similar
text was included).
H.R. 2844, the Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Robin Kelly (NV), passed the House as part of
H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored
by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays
on November 20, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 3068, the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, sponsored
by Rep. William Keating (MA), passed the House as part of
H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, sponsored by Rep. Peter
DeFazio (OR), by a vote of 233 Yeas and 188 Nays on July 1,
2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 3068, the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, sponsored
by Rep. William Keating (MA), passed the House as part of
H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Tom O’Halleran (AZ), by a vote of 220 Yeas and
185 Nays on September 24, 2020 (substantially similar text
was included).
H.R. 3068, the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, sponsored
by Rep. William Keating (MA), passed the House as part of
H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored
by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays
on November 20, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 3101, the AID Act, sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR), as
part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,
sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to
the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133,
with the amendment consisting of the text of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the
portion of the amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F
passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with
respect to the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F
passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on De-
cember 21, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 3165, the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act, sponsored by
Rep. Katie Porter (CA), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar
(TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the
Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment con-
sisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
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a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included).
H.R. 3502, the Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act,
sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz (CA), as part of H.R. 133, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amend-
ment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amend-
ment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the
amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to
the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 3630, the No Surprises Act, sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone,
Jr. (NJ), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion
to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to
H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the text of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with re-
spect to the portion of the amendment comprising divisions B,
C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85
Nays and with respect to the amendment except divisions B,
C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53
Nays on December 21, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 3743, the STOP Campus Hunger Act, sponsored by Rep.
Marcia Fudge (OH), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX),
on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the
text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as nego-
tiated, with respect to the portion of the amendment com-
prising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of
327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment ex-
cept divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359
Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substantially similar
text was included).
H.R. 3901, the Student Data Counts Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep.
Judy Chu (CA), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on
a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the
text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as nego-
tiated, with respect to the portion of the amendment com-
prising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of
327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment ex-
cept divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359
Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (provisions were in-
cluded).
H.R. 4073, the Expanding Education Opportunities for Justice-Im-
pacted Communities Act, sponsored by Rep. David Trone (MD),
as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,
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the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133,
with the amendment consisting of the text of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the
portion of the amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F
passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with
respect to the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F
passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on De-
cember 21, 2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 4216, the Strengthening Financial Aid for Students Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Antonio Delgado (NY), as part of H.R. 133, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amend-
ment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amend-
ment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the
amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to
the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 4245, the HOPE for FAFSA Act, sponsored by Rep. Lucy
McBath (GA), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a
motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amend-
ment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the text
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as negotiated,
with respect to the portion of the amendment comprising divi-
sions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas
and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment except divi-
sions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas
and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 4298, the Pell Grant Restoration Act, sponsored by Rep.
Jahana Hayes (CT), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX),
on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the
text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as nego-
tiated, with respect to the portion of the amendment com-
prising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of
327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment ex-
cept divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359
Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substantially similar
text was included).
H.R. 4478, the Simple FAFSA Act, sponsored by Rep. Gregorio
Kilili Camacho Sablan (MP), as part of H.R. 133, the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment
consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
ment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by
a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (provi-
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H.R. 4502, the Giving Relief And Dollars to Undergraduates for
Adequate Time for Education Act, sponsored by Rep. Sean
Casten (IL), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a
motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amend-
ment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the text
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as negotiated,
with respect to the portion of the amendment comprising divi-
sions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas
and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment except divi-
sions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas
and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 4567, the FAFSA Translation Act, sponsored by Rep. Grace
Meng (NY), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a
motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amend-
ment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the text
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as negotiated,
with respect to the portion of the amendment comprising divi-
sions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas
and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment except divi-
sions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas
and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substantially similar text
was included).
H.R. 4575, the Improving Provider Directories Act, sponsored by
Rep. Kim Schrier (WA), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar
(TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the
Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment con-
sisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
ment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by
a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (provi-
sions were included).
H.R. 4584, the Financial Aid Fairness For Students Act, sponsored
by Rep. Karen Bass (CA), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar
(TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the
Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment con-
sisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
ment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by
a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included).
H.R. 4648, the Transparency in Off-Campus Housing Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Steven Horsford (NV), as part of H.R. 133, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amend-
ment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amend-
ment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations
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amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to
the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 4680, the Equitable Student Aid Access Act, sponsored by Rep.
Lloyd Doggett (TX), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX),
on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the
text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as nego-
tiated, with respect to the portion of the amendment com-
prising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of
327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment ex-
cept divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359
Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (provisions were in-
cluded).
H.R. 4965, the LEARNS Act, sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan (WI),
passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the National Appren-
ticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by
a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (sub-
stantially similar text was included).
H.R. 5144, the Insurance Accountability and Transparency Act,
sponsored by Rep. Sharice Davids (KS), as part of H.R. 133,
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amend-
ment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amend-
ment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the
amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to
the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 5800, the Ban Surprise Billing Act, sponsored by Rep. Robert
C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar
(TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the
Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment con-
sisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
ment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by
a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (provi-
sions were included).
H.R. 5807, the Know Your Provider Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep.
John Larson (CT), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on
a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the
text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as nego-
tiated, with respect to the portion of the amendment com-
prising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of
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cept divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359
Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substantially similar
text was included).
H.R. 5809, the Better Information Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep.
Donald Beyer (VA), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX),
on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the
text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as nego-
tiated, with respect to the portion of the amendment com-
prising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of
327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment ex-
cept divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359
Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (provisions were in-
cluded).
H.R. 5816, the Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020, sponsored
by Rep. Gwen Moore (WI), as part of H.R. 133, the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment
consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
ment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by
a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included).
H.R. 5817, the Fair and Honest Advance Cost Estimate for Patients
Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Devin Nunes (CA), as part of
H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored
by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House
amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the
amendment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion
of the amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed
the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect
to the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 5826, the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical
Bills Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Richard Neal (MA), as
part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,
sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to
the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133,
with the amendment consisting of the text of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the
portion of the amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F
passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with
respect to the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F
passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on De-
cember 21, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 6130, the Improving Awareness of Health Coverage Options
Act, sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder (CA), passed the House as
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Lowey (NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May 15,
2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 6130, the Improving Awareness of Health Coverage Options
Act, sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder (CA), passed the House as
part of H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Enhancement Act, sponsored by Rep. Angie Craig (MN), by a
vote of 234 Yeas and 179 Nays on June 29, 2020 (the text was
included).
H.R. 6130, the Improving Awareness of Health Coverage Options
Act, sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder (CA), as part of a motion
to agree to the House Amendment to the Senate amendment
to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thomp-
son (CA), with the amendment consisting of the text of H.R.
8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY),
passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on Octo-
ber 1, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 6187, the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students
(MEALS) Act, sponsored by Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN), passed the
House as part of H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Re-
sponse Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of
363 Yeas, 40 Nays, and 1 Present on March 14, 2020 (the text
was included).
H.R. 6200, the Pandemic EBT Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep.
Marcia Fudge (OH), passed the House as part of H.R. 6201, the
Families First Coronavirus Response Act, sponsored by Rep.
Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 363 Yeas, 40 Nays, and 1
Present on March 14, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 6203, the COVID–19 Child Nutrition Response Act, sponsored
by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR), passed the House as part of
H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 363 Yeas, 40 Nays,
and 1 Present on March 14, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 6213, the No Cost for COVID–19 Testing Act, sponsored by
Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL), passed the House as part of H.R.
6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, sponsored
by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 363 Yeas, 40 Nays, and
1 Present on March 14, 2020 (substantially similar text was in-
cluded).
H.R. 6220, the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion
Act, sponsored by Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), passed
the House as part of H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus
Response Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote
of 363 Yeas, 40 Nays, and 1 Present on March 14, 2020 (sub-
stantially similar text was included).
H.R. 6275, the Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus
Act, sponsored by Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), passed
the House as part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Court-
ney (CT), by voice vote on March 27, 2020 (substantially simi-
lar text was included).
H.R. 6299, the Rapid Coverage of COVID–19 Vaccine Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), passed the House as
part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
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by voice vote on March 27, 2020 (substantially similar text was
included).
H.R. 6300, the Advocating for Older Americans During Coronavirus
Crisis Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR),
passed the House as part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Re-
lief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep.
Joe Courtney (CT), by voice vote on March 27, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included).
H.R. 6313, the Combatting Hunger for Older Americans During
Coronavirus Crisis Act, sponsored by Rep. Susan Wild (PA),
passed the House as part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Re-
lief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep.
Joe Courtney (CT), by voice vote on March 27, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included).
H.R. 6315, the COVID–19 National Service Response Act, sponsored
by Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX), passed the House as part of H.R.
748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
(CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), by voice
vote on March 27, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 6357, To authorize the Secretary of Labor to take certain ac-
tions to effectively respond during the COVID–19 public health
emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health
Service Act to the needs of individuals participating in commu-
nity service activities under title V of the Older Americans Act
of 1965, sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee (NV), passed the House
as part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT),
by voice vote on March 27, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 6402, the COVID–19 Workforce Emergency Response Act,
sponsored by Rep. Andy Levin (MI), passed the House as part
of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-
rity (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), by
voice vote on March 27, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 6411, the Emergency Advance Refill Notification Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath (GA), passed the House as
part of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita
Lowey (NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May 15,
2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 6411, the Emergency Advance Refill Notification Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath (GA), as part of a motion to
agree to the House Amendment to the Senate amendment to
H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson
(CA), with the amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 8406,
The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed
the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1,
2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 6486, the Care for COVID–19 Act 2.0, sponsored by Rep. Raul
Ruiz (CA), passed the House as part of H.R. 6800, The Heroes
Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas
and 199 Nays on May 15, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 6486, the Care for COVID–19 Act 2.0, sponsored by Rep. Raul
Ruiz (CA), as part of a motion to agree to the House Amend-
ment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act,
sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA), with the amendment
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by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the House by a vote of 214
Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1, 2020 (provisions were in-
cluded).
H.R. 6514, the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act, sponsored
by Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), passed the House as
part of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita
Lowey (NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May 15,
2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 6559, the COVID–19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), passed the
House as part of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep.
Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May
15, 2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 6559, the COVID–19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), as part of a
motion to agree to the House Amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep.
Mike Thompson (CA), with the amendment consisting of the
text of H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita
Lowey (NY), passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207
Nays on October 1, 2020 (substantially similar text was in-
cluded).
H.R. 6564, the Fresh Produce for Kids in Need Act, sponsored by
Rep. Josh Harder (CA), passed the House as part of H.R. 6800,
The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote
of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May 15, 2020 (the text was in-
cluded).
H.R. 6564, the Fresh Produce for Kids in Need Act, sponsored by
Rep. Josh Harder (CA), as part of a motion to agree to the
House Amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 925, The
Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA), with the
amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act,
sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the House by a
vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1, 2020 (the text
was included).
H.R. 6568, the Coverage for COVID–19 Treatment Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), passed the
House as part of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep.
Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May
15, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 6568, the Coverage for COVID–19 Treatment Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), as part of a mo-
tion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amend-
ment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike
Thompson (CA), with the amendment consisting of the text of
H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey
(NY), passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays
on October 1, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 6646, the Relaunching America’s Workforce Act, sponsored by
Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), passed the House as part
of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey
(NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May 15, 2020
(substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 6646, the Relaunching America’s Workforce Act, sponsored by
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to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.
925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA),
with the amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 8406, The
Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the
House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1, 2020
(substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 6685, the Protect Our Women and Waive Emergency Require-
ments (POWER) Act, sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath (GA),
passed the House as part of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199
Nays on May 15, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 6685, the Protect Our Women and Waive Emergency Require-
ments (POWER) Act, sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath (GA), as
part of a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Sen-
ate amendment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep.
Mike Thompson (CA), with the amendment consisting of the
text of H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita
Lowey (NY), passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207
Nays on October 1, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 6726, the WIC Benefit Flexibility During COVID–19 Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Kim Schrier (WA), passed the House as part of
H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey
(NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May 15, 2020 (the
text was included).
H.R. 6726, the WIC Benefit Flexibility During COVID–19 Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Kim Schrier (WA), as part of a motion to agree
to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.
925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA),
with the amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 8406, The
Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the
House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1, 2020
(substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 6756, the End Pandemic Hunger for College Students Act of
2020, sponsored by Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH), as part of a mo-
tion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amend-
ment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike
Thompson (CA), with the amendment consisting of the text of
H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey
(NY), passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays
on October 1, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 6756, the End Pandemic Hunger for College Students Act of
2020, sponsored by Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH), as part of H.R.
133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House
amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the
amendment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion
of the amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed
the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect
to the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 6801, the Funding Emergency Eating Distribution for the
Children (FEED the Children) Act, sponsored by Rep. Alma
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roes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 208
Yeas and 199 Nays on May 15, 2020 (substantially similar text
was included).
H.R. 6801, the Funding Emergency Eating Distribution for the
Children (FEED the Children) Act, sponsored by Rep. Alma
Adams (NC), as part of a motion to agree to the House amend-
ment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act,
sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA), with the amendment
consisting of the text of H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored
by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the House by a vote of 214
Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1, 2020 (substantially similar
text was included).
H.R. 6801, the Funding Emergency Eating Distribution for Chil-
dren or the FEED the Children Act, sponsored by Rep. Alma
Adams (NC), as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a
motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amend-
ment to H.R. 133, with the amendment consisting of the text
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as negotiated,
with respect to the portion of the amendment comprising divi-
sions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas
and 85 Nays and with respect to the amendment except divi-
sions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas
and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substantially similar text
was included).
H.R. 6843, the Food and Nutrition Provider Emergency Support Act
of 2020, sponsored by Rep. David Trone (MD), passed the
House as part of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep.
Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May
15, 2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 6843, the Food and Nutrition Provider Emergency Support Act
of 2020, sponsored by Rep. David Trone (MD), as part of a mo-
tion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amend-
ment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike
Thompson (CA), with the amendment consisting of the text of
H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey
(NY), passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays
on October 1, 2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 6843, the Food and Nutrition Provider Emergency Support Act
of 2020, sponsored by Rep. David Trone (MD), as part of H.R.
133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House
amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the
amendment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion
of the amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed
the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect
to the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 6871, the Coronavirus Containment Corps Act of 2020, spon-
sored by Rep. Andy Levin (MI), as part of a motion to agree
to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.
925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA),
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Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the
House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1, 2020
(provisions were included).
H.R. 7328, the Community Services Block Grant Enhancement Act,
sponsored by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA), as part of a motion
to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to
H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson
(CA), with the amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 8406,
The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed
the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1,
2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 7328, the Community Services Block Grant Enhancement Act,
sponsored by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA), as part of H.R. 133,
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amend-
ment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amend-
ment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the
amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to
the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 7380, the HBCU Capital Finance Debt Relief Act, sponsored
by Rep. Alma Adams (NC), as part of H.R. 133, the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment
consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
ment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by
a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included).
H.R. 7539, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Joseph Kennedy (MA), as part of H.R. 133, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amend-
ment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amend-
ment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the
amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to
the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 7662, To modify certain requirements of LIHEAP for purposes
of the use of certain funds appropriated in fiscal year 2020, and
for other purposes, introduced by Rep. Haley Stevens (MI), as
part of a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Sen-
ate amendment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep.
Mike Thompson (CA), with the amendment consisting of the
text of H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita
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Lowey (NY), passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207
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Nays on October 1, 2020 (substantially similar text was in-
cluded).
H.R. 7909, the Ensuring Children and Child Care Workers Are Safe
Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Abby Finkenauer (IA), as part
of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, spon-
sored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the
House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with
the amendment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the por-
tion of the amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F
passed the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with
respect to the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F
passed the House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on De-
cember 21, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 7933, the COVID–19 WIC Safety and Modernization Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Andy Levin (MI), as part of a motion to agree
to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.
925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA),
with the amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 8406, The
Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the
House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1, 2020
(the text was included).
H.R. 7933, the COVID–19 WIC Safety and Modernization Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Andy Levin (MI), as part of H.R. 133, the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment
consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
ment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by
a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (the text
was included).
H.R. 8024, the WIC Waiver Extension Act of 2020, sponsored by
Rep. Kim Schrier (WA), passed the House as part of H.R. 8337,
the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions
Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), by a vote of 359 Yeas,
57 Nays, and 1 Present under suspension of the rules on Sep-
tember 22, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 8162, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Coronavirus Relief Act, sponsored by Rep. Susan Wild (PA), as
part of a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Sen-
ate amendment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep.
Mike Thompson (CA), with the amendment consisting of the
text of H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita
Lowey (NY), passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207
Nays on October 1, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 8302, the STANDARDS Act, sponsored by Rep. Andy Levin
(MI), passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the National Ap-
prenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (CA),
by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (the
text was included).
H.R. 8317, To encourage employer participation in the national ap-
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passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the National Appren-
ticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by
a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (the
text was included).
H.R. 8321, the Apprenticeship Access for All Act of 2020, sponsored
by Rep. Alma Adams (NC), passed the House as part of H.R.
8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by
Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays
on November 20, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 8328, the Apprenticeships to College Act, sponsored by Rep.
Josh Harder (CA), passed the House as part of H.R. 8294, the
National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan
Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November
20, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 8339, the Expanding Opportunity through Pre-Apprenticeships
Act, sponsored by Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH), passed the House
as part of H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and
140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (provisions were included).
H.R. 8357, the Apprenticeship Futures for All Act, sponsored by
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA), passed the House as part of H.R.
8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, sponsored by
Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and 140 Nays
on November 20, 2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 8391, the Strengthening Apprenticeships for Justice-Impacted
Communities Act, sponsored by Rep. David Trone (MD), passed
the House as part of H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship
Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of
246 Yeas and 140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (provisions were
included).
H.R. 8414, the Strengthening Youth Apprenticeships Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX), passed the House as
part of H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (CA), by a vote of 246 Yeas and
140 Nays on November 20, 2020 (substantially similar text was
included).
H.R. 8419, the Stop COVID–19 Test Surprise Medical Bills Act of
2020, sponsored by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (TX), as part of a mo-
tion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amend-
ment to H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike
Thompson (CA), with the amendment consisting of the text of
H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey
(NY), passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays
on October 1, 2020 (substantially similar text was included).
H.R. 8423, the Feeding Homeless Youth During COVID–19 Act,
sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA), as part of a motion
to agree to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to
H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson
(CA), with the amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 8406,
The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed
the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1,
2020 (the text was included).
H.R. 8472, the Impact Aid and Migrant Education Relief Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), as part of a motion to agree
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925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA),
with the amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 8406, The
Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the
House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207 Nays on October 1, 2020
(the text was included).
H.R. 8748, the HONOR Our Veterans’ Sacrifice Act, sponsored by
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (VA), as part of H.R. 133, the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House amendment
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the amendment
consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion of the amend-
ment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by
a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect to the amend-
ment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the House by a
vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included).
LEGISLATION WITHIN COMMITTEE JURISDICTION NOT REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE THAT PASSED THE HOUSE
H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, sponsored by Rep. Peter A. DeFa-
zio (OR), passed the house by a vote of 233 Yeas and 188 Nays
on July 1, 2020.
H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on a motion to agree to the House
amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 133, with the
amendment consisting of the text of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021, as negotiated, with respect to the portion
of the amendment comprising divisions B, C, E, and F passed
the House by a vote of 327 Yeas and 85 Nays and with respect
to the amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas and 53 Nays on December 21,
2020.
H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
(CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), on a mo-
tion to agree to the Senate amendment, passed the House by
voice vote on March 27, 2020.
H.R. 925, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA),
on a motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 925, with the amendment consisting of the
text of H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita
Lowey (NY), passed the House by a vote of 214 Yeas and 207
Nays on October 1, 2020.
H.R. 1158, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, sponsored by
Rep. Michael T. McCaul (TX), passed the House by voice vote
under suspension of the rules on May 15, 2019.
H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhance-
ment Act, sponsored by Rep. Angie Craig (MN), passed the
House by a vote of 234 Yeas and 179 Nays on June 29, 2020.
H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ), passed the house by
voice vote under suspension of the rules on October 28, 2019.
H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2020, sponsored by Rep. Adam Smith (WA), passed the House
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by a vote of 220 Yeas and 197 Nays on July 12, 2019.
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H.R. 2740, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, De-
fense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Devel-
opment Appropriations Act, 2020, sponsored by Rep. Rosa L.
DeLauro (CT), passed the House by a vote of 226 Yeas and 203
Nays on June 19, 2019.
H.R. 4447, Clean Economy Jobs Innovation Act, sponsored by Rep.
Tom O’Halleran (AZ), passed the House by a vote of 220 Yeas
and 185 Nays on September 24, 2020.
H.R. 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey
(NY), passed the House by a vote of 415 Ayes and 2 Nays
under suspension of the rules on March 4, 2020.
H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, sponsored
by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the House by a vote of 363
Yeas, 40 Nays, and 1 Present under suspension of the rules on
March 14, 2020.
H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, sponsored by Rep. Adam
Smith (WA), passed the House by a vote of 295 Yeas and 125
Nays on July 21, 2020.
H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, sponsored by Rep. Adam
Smith (WA), on the question on passage of H.R. 6395, the ob-
jections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding,
passed the House by a vote of 322 Yeas and 87 Nays on De-
cember 28, 2020.
H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY),
passed the House by a vote of 208 Yeas and 199 Nays on May
15, 2020.
H.R. 7027, the Child Care Is Essential Act, sponsored by Rep. Rosa
DeLauro (CT), passed the House by a vote of 249 Yeas and 163
Nays on July 29, 2020.
H.R. 7608, the State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Devel-
opment, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Vet-
erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021, introduced by Rep. Nita
Lowey (NY), passed the House by a vote of 224 Yeas and 189
Nays on July 24, 2020.
H.R. 7617, the Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and
Water Development, Financial Services and General Govern-
ment, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development
Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Peter Visclosky
(IN), passed the House by a vote of 217 Yeas and 197 Nays on
July 31, 2020.
H.R. 8337, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Ex-
tensions Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), passed the
House by a vote of 359 Yeas, 57 Nays, and 1 Present under
suspension of the rules on September 22, 2020.
S. 760, the Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of
2019, sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters (MI), passed the House by
a vote of 412 Yeas and 0 Nays under suspension of the rules
on March 11, 2020.
S. 1153, the Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019, sponsored
by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (WI), passed the House by voice vote
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under suspension of the rules on December 7, 2020.
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LEGISLATION REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ENACTED INTO LAW
H.R. 276, the Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Em-
ployees Act, sponsored by Rep. Dina Titus (NV), was enacted
into law on April 12, 2019 (Public Law 116–13).
H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, sponsored by Rep. Caro-
lyn Maloney (NY), was enacted into law on May 29, 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–141).
H.R. 4334, the Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020, sponsored
by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR), was enacted into law on
March 25, 2020 (Public Law 116–131).
H.R. 5363, the FUTURE Act, sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams (NC),
was enacted into law on December 19, 2019 (Public Law 116–
91).
H.R. 5430, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implemen-
tation Act, sponsored by Rep. Steny Hoyer (MD), was enacted
into law on January 29, 2020 (Public Law 116–113).
H.R. 8472, the Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act, sponsored by
Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), was enacted into law on December 4,
2020 (Public Law 116–211).
S. 256, the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs
Reauthorization Act, sponsored by Sen. Udall (NM), was en-
acted into law on December 20, 2019 (Public Law 116–101).
LEGISLATION REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ENACTED INTO LAW IN
ANOTHER MEASURE
H.R. 1075, the FAFSA Fairness Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep.
David Trone (MD), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133,
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially simi-
lar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 1724, the Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless
and Foster Youth Act, sponsored by Rep. Katherine Clark
(MA), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially similar text
was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 2168, the Restoring Education and Learning Act, sponsored by
Rep. Danny Davis (IL), was enacted into law as part of H.R.
133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (the text was
included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 3101, the AID Act, sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR), was
enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on
December 27, 2020 (provisions were included) (Public Law
116–ll).
H.R. 3165, the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act, sponsored by
Rep. Katie Porter (CA), was enacted into law as part of H.R.
133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially
similar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 3502, the Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act,
sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz (CA), was enacted into law as
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sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020
(provisions were included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 3630, the No Surprises Act, sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone,
Jr. (NJ), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (provisions were included)
(Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 3743, the STOP Campus Hunger Act, sponsored by Rep.
Marcia Fudge (OH), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133,
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially simi-
lar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 3901, the Student Data Counts Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep.
Judy Chu (CA), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (provisions were in-
cluded) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 4073, the Expanding Education Opportunities for Justice-Im-
pacted Communities Act, sponsored by Rep. David Trone (MD),
was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX),
on December 27, 2020 (substantially similar text was included)
(Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 4216, the Strengthening Financial Aid for Students Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Antonio Delgado (NY), was enacted into law as
part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,
sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020
(substantially similar text was included) (Public Law 116–
ll).
H.R. 4245, the HOPE for FAFSA Act, sponsored by Rep. Lucy
McBath (GA), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (provisions were in-
cluded) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 4298, the Pell Grant Restoration Act, sponsored by Rep.
Jahana Hayes (CT), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133,
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially simi-
lar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 4478, the Simple FAFSA Act, sponsored by Rep. Gregorio
Kilili Camacho Sablan (MP), was enacted into law as part of
H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored
by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (provisions
were included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 4502, the Giving Relief and Dollars to Undergraduates for
Adequate Time for Education Act, sponsored by Rep. Sean
Casten (IL), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (the text was included)
(Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 4567, the FAFSA Translation Act, sponsored by Rep. Grace
Meng (NY), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially similar text
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H.R. 4575, the Improving Provider Directories Act, sponsored by
Rep. Kim Schrier (WA), was enacted into law as part of H.R.
133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (provisions
were included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 4584, the Financial Aid Fairness For Students Act, sponsored
by Rep. Karen Bass (CA), was enacted into law as part of H.R.
133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially
similar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 4648, the Transparency in Off-Campus Housing Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Steven Horsford (NV), was enacted into law as
part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,
sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020
(provisions were included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 4680, the Equitable Student Aid Access Act, sponsored by Rep.
Lloyd Doggett (TX), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133,
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (provisions were in-
cluded) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 5144, the Insurance Accountability and Transparency Act,
sponsored by Rep. Sharice Davids (KS), was enacted into law
as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,
sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020
(provisions were included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 5800, the Ban Surprise Billing Act, sponsored by Rep. Robert
C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), was enacted into law as part of H.R.
133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (provisions
were included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 5807, the Know Your Provider Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep.
John Larson (CT), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133,
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially simi-
lar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 5809, the Better Information Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep.
Donald Beyer (VA), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133,
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (provisions were in-
cluded) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 5816, the Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020, sponsored
by Rep. Gwen Moore (WI), was enacted into law as part of H.R.
133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially
similar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 5817, the Fair and Honest Advance Cost Estimate for Patients
Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Devin Nunes (CA), was enacted
into law as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December
27, 2020 (substantially similar text was included) (Public Law
116–ll).
H.R. 5826, the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical
Bills Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Richard Neal (MA), was
enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appro-
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December 27, 2020 (provisions were included) (Public Law
116–ll).
H.R. 6187, the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students
(MEALS) Act, sponsored by Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN), was en-
acted into law as part of H.R. 6201, the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY),
on March 18, 2020 (the text was included) (Public Law 116–
127).
H.R. 6200, the Pandemic EBT Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep.
Marcia Fudge (OH), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 6201,
the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, sponsored by
Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), on March 18, 2020 (the text was in-
cluded) (Public Law 116–127).
H.R. 6203, the COVID–19 Child Nutrition Response Act, sponsored
by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR), was enacted into law as part
of H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act,
sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), on March 18, 2020 (the
text was included) (Public Law 116–127).
H.R. 6213, the No Cost for COVID–19 Testing Act, sponsored by
Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL), was enacted into law as part of
H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), on March 18, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included) (Public Law 116–127).
H.R. 6220, the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion
Act, sponsored by Rep. Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott (VA), was en-
acted into law as part of H.R. 6201, the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY),
on March 18, 2020 (substantially similar text was included)
(Public Law 116–127).
H.R. 6299, the Rapid Coverage of COVID–19 Vaccine Act of 2020,
sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), was enacted into law as
part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT),
on March 27, 2020 (substantially similar text was included)
(Public Law 116–136).
H.R. 6300, the Advocating for Older Americans During Coronavirus
Crisis Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR),
was enacted into law as part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep.
Joe Courtney (CT), on March 27, 2020 (substantially similar
text was included) (Public Law 116–136).
H.R. 6313, the Combatting Hunger for Older Americans During
Coronavirus Crisis Act, sponsored by Rep. Susan Wild (PA),
was enacted into law as part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep.
Joe Courtney (CT), on March 27, 2020 (substantially similar
text was included) (Public Law 116–136).
H.R. 6315, the COVID–19 National Service Response Act, sponsored
by Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX), was enacted into law as part of
H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
(CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), on March
27, 2020 (the text was included) (Public Law 116–136).
H.R. 6357, To authorize the Secretary of Labor to take certain ac-
tions to effectively respond during the COVID–19 public health
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Service Act to the needs of individuals participating in commu-
nity service activities under title V of the Older Americans Act
of 1965, sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee (NV), was enacted into
law as part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney
(CT), on March 27, 2020 (the text was included) (Public Law
116–136).
H.R. 6402, the COVID–19 Workforce Emergency Response Act,
sponsored by Rep. Andy Levin (MI), was enacted into law as
part of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security (CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT),
on March 27, 2020 (the text was included) (Public Law 116–
136).
H.R. 6756, the End Pandemic Hunger for College Students Act of
2020, sponsored by Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH), was enacted into
law as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27,
2020 (provisions were included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 6801, the Funding Emergency Eating Distribution for Chil-
dren or the FEED the Children Act, sponsored by Rep. Alma
Adams (NC), was enacted into law as part of H.R. 133, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by Rep.
Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substantially simi-
lar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 6843, the Food and Nutrition Provider Emergency Support Act
of 2020, sponsored by Rep. David Trone (MD), was enacted into
law as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27,
2020 (substantially similar text was included) (Public Law
116–ll).
H.R. 7328, the Community Services Block Grant Enhancement Act,
sponsored by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA), was enacted into law
as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,
sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020
(provisions were included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 7380, the HBCU Capital Finance Debt Relief Act, sponsored
by Rep. Alma Adams (NC), was enacted into law as part of
H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored
by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 7539, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Joseph Kennedy (MA), was enacted into law as
part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,
sponsored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020
(substantially similar text was included) (Public Law 116–
ll).
H.R. 7933, the COVID–19 WIC Safety and Modernization Act, spon-
sored by Rep. Andy Levin (MI), was enacted into law as part
of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, spon-
sored by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (the
text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 7909, the Ensuring Children and Child Care Workers Are Safe
Act of 2020, sponsored by Rep. Abby Finkenauer (IA), was en-
acted into law as part of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropria-
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cember 27, 2020 (provisions were included) (Public Law 116–
ll).
H.R. 8024, the WIC Waiver Extension Act of 2020, sponsored by
Rep. Kim Schrier (WA), was enacted into law as part of H.R.
8337, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Ex-
tensions Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), on October
1, 2020 (the text was included) (Public Law 116–159).
H.R. 8748, the HONOR Our Veterans’ Sacrifice Act, sponsored by
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (VA), was enacted into law as part of
H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored
by Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), on December 27, 2020 (substan-
tially similar text was included) (Public Law 116–ll).
LEGISLATION WITHIN COMMITTEE JURISDICTION NOT REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ENACTED INTO LAW
H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, sponsored by
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), was enacted into law on December
27, 2020 (Public Law 116–ll).
H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
(CARES) Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT), was en-
acted into law on March 27, 2020 (Public Law 116–136).
H.R. 1158, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, sponsored by
Rep. Michael T. McCaul (TX), was enacted into law on Decem-
ber 20, 2019 (Public Law 116–93).
H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020,
sponsored by Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ), was enacted into law on
December 20, 2019 (Public Law 116–94).
H.R. 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey
(NY), was enacted into law on March 6, 2020 (Public Law 116–
123).
H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, sponsored
by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), was enacted into law on March 18,
2020 (Public Law 116–127).
H.R. 8337, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Ex-
tensions Act, sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey (NY), was enacted
into law on October 1, 2020 (Public Law 116–159).
S. 760, the Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of
2019, sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters (MI), was enacted into
law on March 26, 2020 (Public Law 116–134).
S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2020, sponsored by Sen. James Inhofe (OK), was enacted into
law on December 20, 2019 (Public Law 116–92).
OVERSIGHT PLAN SUMMARY AND ACTIVITY
OVERSIGHT PLAN SUMMARY
The Committee adopted its oversight plan for the 116th Congress
at its organizational meeting on January 29, 2019. The Committee
outlined several priority areas for oversight in the plan including,
but not limited to:
• Implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act
• Recommendations on School Safety
• Education in the Wake of Natural Disasters
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• Student and Taxpayer Protections
• Federal Student Aid
• Department of Labor’s Training and Enforcement Pro-
grams
• Guestworker Programs
• Collective Bargaining Rights
• Retirement Security and Multiemployer Pensions
• Opioid Prescribing Policies
• Black Lung Benefits Program
• International Labor Rights
• Affordable Care Act
• Short-Term, Limited Duration Health Plans
• Association Health Plans
• Civil Rights
• Juvenile Justice
• Unaccompanied Minors
• Child Nutrition
ACTIONS TAKEN BASED ON OVERSIGHT PLAN
Implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• Unlawful Exemptions for Religious Charters—Whistle-
blower reports to the Committee indicated that politically ap-
pointed officials at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) pro-
vided improper waivers of certain religious restrictions to a
school participating in the Department’s Charter Schools Pro-
gram. The Committee requested additional information regard-
ing these waivers, but ED refused to fully respond. The Com-
mittee recommends the next administration adhere to the clear
requirements in federal law regarding religious use restrictions
in the Charter Schools Program.
• Refusal to Implement the ESSA One Percent Cap—ESSA
requires states to test students annually in several subjects.
However, ESSA allows states to administer alternative assess-
ments aligned with alternate academic achievement standards
for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities,
capping participation in alternative assessments at one percent
of tested students. The Trump Administration has failed to im-
plement or enforce this requirement and the Committee re-
quested information regarding ED’s efforts to monitor state im-
plementation of alternate assessments for students with the
most significant cognitive disabilities. ED failed to respond to
this request and, as part of its response to the global
coronavirus pandemic (COVID), suspended all state assess-
ments. The Committee recommends ED implement the one
percent cap on alternative assessments as soon as practicable.
Recommendations on School Safety
• Arming Teachers with Federal Dollars—At the April 10,
2019, Full Committee hearing titled ‘‘Examining the Policies
and Priorities of the Department of Education,’’ Rep. Jahana
Hayes (CT) questioned U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy
DeVos on an ED memo outlining whether states could legally
use funds appropriated under Title IV of ESSA to arm teach-
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arming of teachers as a use of such funds, contradicting prior
statements from the Secretary that decisions to arm teachers
ultimately rested with the states. This hearing satisfied the re-
quirement under Rule XI, clause 2(n) of the Rules of the U.S.
House of Representatives that each committee hold, within 120
days of its establishment, a hearing ‘‘on the topic of waste,
fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs’’ au-
thorized by the committee.
• Evidence-Based School Safety Policy—In response to ongo-
ing outbreaks of violence in schools, in particular the mass
shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018,
President Trump created the Federal Commission on School
Safety in March 2018. The Commission’s final report, issued in
December 2018, was neither a serious nor good-faith effort to
make schools safer for students and educators. The report’s
recommendations ignore both the research consensus and the
demands of students and parents for tougher gun laws. In-
stead, the report promotes a longstanding, conservative agenda
to undermine policies that protect students’ civil rights. In an
effort to enact evidence-based federal policy on school shoot-
ings, the Committee worked with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI) on
H.R. 4301, the School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act,
which creates federal definitions for mass shootings and school
shootings and authorizes the collection of data to better under-
stand and prevent school shootings. The bill was reported out
of Committee on September 18, 2019.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Work—The
Committee commissioned a GAO report to examine the charac-
teristics of school shootings. The report debunked false links
made in the Federal Commission on School Safety’s Report be-
tween joint guidance issued in 2014 by the U.S. Department of
Justice and ED, designed to help schools remedy discipline dis-
parities without jeopardizing school safety, and school shoot-
ings. These links were cited by the Departments when they re-
scinded the guidance in December 2018. After the release of
GAO’s report, on September 23, 2020, the Committee called on
ED to reinstate this important guidance.
Education in the Wake of Natural Disasters
• Hearing—The Committee held a hearing on June 5, 2019,
titled ‘‘This is Not a Drill: Education-Related Response and Re-
covery in the Wake of Natural Disasters.’’ The purpose of the
hearing was to examine ED’s disaster response and the recov-
ery needs of impacted state, territorial, and local educational
agencies in an era of increasingly extreme weather patterns
due to manmade climate change.
• Congressional Delegation Trip—Committee staff partici-
pated in a congressional delegation trip led by the House Com-
mittee on Natural Resources in July–August 2019 to Guam
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The
trip included briefings to gain better insight into the impact of
Super Typhoon Yutu on the education system.
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Students and Workers with Disabilities
• Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)
Child Find in Office of Refugee Resettlement Detention
Camps—The Trump Administration held thousands of migrant
children in detention camps under deplorable conditions. As
part of the mistreatment of these children, ED misinterpreted
IDEA’s ‘‘child find’’ requirement, depriving detained children
with disabilities of services to which they are entitled and in
fact—required to receive under federal law. The Committee re-
peatedly requested information from ED regarding its interpre-
tation of the law, but ED refused to change its position and en-
force the requirements as written. The Committee will engage
the next administration on these and related issues to ensure
the appropriate and legal treatment of migrant children, espe-
cially those with disabilities. This work also encompassed the
Committee’s oversight work on unaccompanied minors, another
priority area for oversight in the Committee’s plan.
• Hearing—The Committee held a hearing on May 21, 2019,
titled ‘‘Eliminating Barriers to Employment: Opening Doors to
Opportunity.’’ The hearing explored, in part, how federal policy
can reduce barriers to employment for workers with disabil-
ities.
Student and Taxpayer Protections
• Unlawful and Improper Rulemaking on Title IX—The
Committee sent several letters to Secretary DeVos regarding
rulemaking under Title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972 (Title IX). This culminated in a Civil Rights and Human
Services Subcommittee Hearing titled ‘‘On the Basis of Sex:
Examining the Administration’s Attacks on Gender-Based Pro-
tections,’’ which in part focused on irregularities in the Title IX
rulemaking process. The Committee will encourage the next
administration to amend the 2020 Title IX regulations that
create unnecessary barriers for victims to report and obtain
meaningful relief from sexual harassment, assault, and abuse.
• Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Vouch-
ers—The Committee requested information from both ED and
the grantee responsible for administering the SOAR Voucher
program. The Committee sought information on the program’s
performance and compliance with federal civil rights laws.
Though ED provided no responsive information, the SOAR
grantee provided information sufficient to understand its im-
plementation. The Committee will consider additional options
in the new Congress.
• Dream Center Education Holdings—Dream Center pur-
chased more than 60 for-profit colleges in 2018, planning to
convert them into non-profit institutions. However, due to
management failures and reports of fraud, Dream Center
closed most of these institutions within 18 months of its pur-
chase and sold the remainder. Allegations that high-ranking
ED officials improperly aided Dream Center led the Committee
to open an investigation into the conduct of Dream Center as
well as ED. In the course of the Committee’s investigation, the
Committee demonstrated that though two of Dream Center’s
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misrepresented these institutions’ accreditation status to stu-
dents and prospective students for months, claiming to be
‘‘fully accredited’’ when they were not. Documents also reveal
that multiple high-ranking ED officials aided Dream Center
executives, first by releasing federal funds to the unaccredited
schools in violation of ED regulations, then by attempting to
convince the accreditor to back-date accreditation for the insti-
tutions in violation of ED regulations and the accreditor’s pol-
icy. Although ED refused to fully cooperate with the Commit-
tee’s investigation, the Committee used its investigative tools
to obtain documents critical to demonstrating these impropri-
eties and released a report detailing all related findings. The
Committee will continue to pursue its long-standing document
request with the incoming administration.
• For-Profit College Misconduct—The Committee inves-
tigated a number of for-profit colleges following allegations and
evidence indicating that certain for-profits engaged in improper
conversions to non-profits to evade regulations, misleadingly
advertised, and violated the Higher Education Act’s require-
ment that for-profit institutions obtain at least 10 percent of
their tuition from non-Title IV sources. The Committee con-
tinues to collect information and documents from these institu-
tions in order to best inform legislation.
Federal Student Aid
• Unlawful and Improper Rulemaking on Borrower De-
fense—Borrower defense to repayment (Borrower Defense) al-
lows federal student loan borrowers to have their loans for-
given if they can demonstrate that their college engaged in cer-
tain forms of misconduct. However, the Trump Administration
systematically undermined the promise of relief for defrauded
borrowers by stalling decisions, adopting inconsistent policies,
and rewriting federal regulations, making it more difficult for
borrowers to apply for relief in the future. To examine this, the
Committee requested documents and data related to ED’s im-
plementation of borrower defense, held a hearing with Sec-
retary DeVos, and published a report with its findings. The
Committee’s recommendations for the incoming administration
are captured in its report and the Committee will continue to
pursue outstanding document requests related to ED’s partial
relief formula in order to unpack ED’s failure to appropriately
implement this program.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)—The Committee
continued to investigate the management of the PSLF pro-
gram. Since 2017, when the first borrowers became eligible to
receive forgiveness under PSLF, ED has rejected the over-
whelming majority of applicants for forgiveness. The Com-
mittee held a hearing on September 19, 2019, titled ‘‘Broken
Promises: Examining the Failed Implementation of the Public
Service Loan Forgiveness Program’’ to examine ED’s imple-
mentation of PSLF and determine how the Administration and
Congress can better support the thousands of public servants
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Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Training and Enforcement Programs
• Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs)—
The Committee sent document requests to DOL and DOL con-
tractors who worked on the IRAP program to ensure that no
congressionally-appropriated funds are being used on the pro-
gram. The Committee also worked closely with appropriators
to ensure that no funds were appropriated for IRAPs. After the
Committee uncovered that DOL had illegally used over $1 mil-
lion of Registered Apprenticeship funds on IRAPs, DOL was
forced to stop doing so and therefore has been unable to get the
IRAP program off the ground.
• Job Corps—The Committee wrote several letters and held
several briefings regarding DOL’s attempts to destabilize the
Job Corps program. These attempts included: leaving it at risk
of having its funds impounded due to lack of use; taking back
all 25 Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA); and permanently closing
nine of those sites. In the face of bipartisan congressional oppo-
sition and the announcement of an oversight hearing with Ad-
ministration officials, USDA and DOL could not justify closing
the centers based on performance, attendance, or any other
measure, despite their earlier claims of those reasons, and they
reversed course.
Guestworker Programs
• Labor Protections—On September 24, 2019, the Committee
wrote to the Honorable Patrick Pizzella, Acting Secretary, U.S.
Department of Labor, expressing concern about proposals to
undermine labor protections in the H–2A visa program.
Collective Bargaining Rights
• National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) Proposed
Changes to the Contract Bar Rule—The Committee sent a re-
quest to the NLRB requesting information and documents that
justify its proposed change to the contract bar rule, which en-
sures stability in labor relations by barring election petitions
for three years during a valid collective bargaining agreement.
The NLRB failed to provide the information and documents re-
quested in its response to the Committee. The Committee
plans to continue its oversight of this issue. The Committee is
also currently awaiting the NLRB’s official decision of whether
to change the contract bar rule.
• NLRB Suspension of Elections During the Early Days of
the COVID–19 Pandemic—The Committee wrote to the NLRB
requesting information justifying its decision to pause union
elections during the early days of the pandemic, especially
since mail ballot elections are a valid and preexisting option.
The NLRB has not been responsive to the Committee’s re-
quests, mostly citing the unprecedented nature of the pan-
demic as its reason. Unsafe in-person elections have since re-
sumed. The Committee plans to continue oversight of the
NLRB’s response to the pandemic.
• NLRB Reorganization of Regional Officers—The Com-
mittee, House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on
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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate HELP) have
sent several requests to the NLRB requesting a pause on plans
to reorganize seven Regional Offices and requesting informa-
tion and briefings on the reorganization plans. The NLRB
promised Congress that the reorganization was still being dis-
cussed and that no actions would be taken without notification
to Congress first. However, the Committee recently received in-
formation that the reorganization was being implemented de-
spite these assurances. Furthermore, the NLRB refused to
produce relevant requested information and briefings. The
Committee plans to continue its oversight of this issue.
Retirement Security and Multiemployer Pensions
• Hearing on General Accountability Office (GAO) Report—
On March 7, 2019, the Committee held a Hearing titled ‘‘The
Cost of Inaction: Why Congress Must Address the Multiem-
ployer Pension Crisis.’’ The hearing explored the costs and con-
sequences to retirees, active workers, participating employers,
and the federal government if Congress does not resolve the
multiemployer pension crisis. The hearing also discussed legis-
lative solutions to the crisis. This hearing satisfied the require-
ment under Rule XI, clause 2(p) of the Rules of the U.S. House
of Representatives that the Committee ‘‘hold at least one hear-
ing on issues raised by reports issued by the Comptroller Gen-
eral’’ indicating federal programs authorized by the Committee
‘‘at high risk for waste, fraud, and mismanagement.’’
• Work requests to GAO—The Committee sent several letters
to the Comptroller General of GAO requesting the office con-
duct investigations into different aspects of the retirement sys-
tem, including cybersecurity, plans authorized under the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), church and
church affiliated retirement plans, and other retirement plans
exempt from ERISA.
Black Lung Benefits Program
• Oversight Hearings and GAO Work—The Committee has
conducted extensive oversight into the Trump Administration’s
management of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. This in-
cludes two oversight hearings. The Committee has also reached
out to GAO to request a review of DOL’s implementation of its
revised black lung liability self-insurance process and expects
to continue this work into the next Congress.
International Labor Rights
• Efforts by the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) to Undermine the Global Labor Program—The Com-
mittee sent a letter making document and information re-
quests to USAID regarding their intention to replace the Glob-
al Labor Program, the primary USAID program that works di-
rectly with trade unions and non-governmental organizations
devoted to workers’ rights across multiple countries. USAID re-
sponded two months later than requested, and even then it
failed to fully respond to the requests. This was a joint letter
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House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chair Eliot Engel, and
House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• Efforts to Dismantle the ACA—The Committee sent mul-
tiple document requests to U.S. Secretary of Health and
Human Services Alex Azar II, Centers for Medicare and Med-
icaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, the White House,
and U.S. Attorney General William Barr regarding justifica-
tions for their efforts to dismantle the ACA. The Committee
also sent document requests to former U.S. Secretary of Labor
Alexander Acosta during his time as Secretary regarding
DOL’s failure to implement ACA provisions. The U.S. Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services (HHS) produced some but
not all of the requested documents and the U.S. Department
of Justice, the White House, and DOL failed to provide respon-
sive documents.
• Roll Back of Nondiscrimination Protections in the ACA—
The Committee sent multiple document requests to HHS Sec-
retary Azar regarding HHS’s decision to erode protections for
LGBTQIA+ patients and other marginalized communities es-
tablished by Section 1557 of the ACA. HHS provided some non-
substantive responses.
• Establishing a General Special Enrollment Period Under
the ACA—The Committee, along with the House Committee on
Energy and Commerce, House Committee on Ways and Means,
and Senate HELP, sent requests to HHS Secretary Azar, U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and U.S. Secretary
of Labor Eugene Scalia regarding the need to facilitate health
insurance enrollment during the COVID–19 pandemic. The
Trump Administration refused to establish a Special Enroll-
ment Period despite the urging of Congress and over 200 advo-
cacy organizations.
Short-Term, Limited Duration Health Plans
• Oversight Letters—The Committee sent multiple letters to
the Trump Administration requesting more information on
their administration of short term, limited duration health
plans. These requests included information regarding recent
reports that self-insured group health plans are not in compli-
ance with recently enacted provisions of federal law that re-
quire coverage of testing for COVID–19 during the ongoing
public health emergency and concerns regarding new proposed
rules to allow for certain group health plans to be ‘‘grand-
fathered.’’
Civil Rights
• EEO–1 Data Analysis—After a court ordered the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to con-
tinue collecting Component 2 data (which details employees’
pay by race, gender, and ethnicity) on the EEO–1 form, the
EEOC simply collected the data without making it available or
conducting any analysis on it. The Committee wrote to the
EEOC to urge it to either analyze the data or allow a third
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sure from Congress and advocacy groups, that it would fund a
statistical study with the National Academies of Sciences, En-
gineering, and Medicine’s Committee on National Statistics to
analyze the data collected.
• EEOC Case Backlog—The Committee wrote to request in-
formation from the EEOC on its current practice and proce-
dure for intakes, investigating, mediating, and adjudicating
charges and claims. The EEOC backlog is long, and the Com-
mittee continues to hear reports from complainants that their
cases are not being adequately investigated as well as reports
from investigators that one of the ways the EEOC is attempt-
ing to address the backlog is by simply closing cases without
adequate investigation. The EEOC has provided some data but
fails to have a sufficient plan in place to address the backlog
in a manner that gives all cases due consideration. The EEOC
has refused to hire more case investigators. The Committee
will continue its oversight on this matter.
• EEOC Official Time—The Committee, along with the
House Committee on Oversight and Reform, wrote to the
EEOC requesting documents and information about the change
it proposed to longstanding federal rules ensuring that federal
employees who bring complaints for illegal employment dis-
crimination may be accompanied by the representative of their
choice using official time. The EEOC has, on a rolling basis,
provided information that is responsive to the Committee’s re-
quests, but it also claims that it does not track many of the
data points requested. Overall, the EEOC has failed to provide
any evidence that justifies such a rule change. To date, this
rule has not been finalized.
• EEOC Conciliation Pilot—In June 2020, the EEOC Chair
instituted a pilot program that changed the longstanding con-
ciliation process and imposed additional hurdles on field inves-
tigators and attorneys in order to ease an alleged burden on
employers during the process. The pilot was shrouded in se-
crecy so scant details were available. The Committee, along
with Senate HELP, requested documents as to the justification
of the pilot as well as additional details of the program. The
EEOC provided a non-responsive response to the Committee’s
requests that mainly cited the Chair’s authority to conduct
such changes to the conciliation program. The pilot program
ended and there is currently a pending proposed rule to make
permanent certain changes to the conciliation program. The
Committee plans to continue its oversight of this issue.
• Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) Discrimination
in Foster Care—The Committee sent several requests to HHS
regarding reports that HHS is using RFRA to allow a tax-
payer-funded child welfare provider to discriminate against po-
tential foster parents based solely on religious preference. HHS
claimed in its responses that it would be a substantial burden
on religious freedom to require the provider to abandon its reli-
gious criteria and did not otherwise provide substantive re-
sponses.
• Conscience Rule in Health Care—The Committee, along
with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, wrote
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tion about the justification for its new ‘‘conscience rule’’ that
drastically expanded the circumstances under which health
care providers could refuse to provide care on the basis of their
religious beliefs or conscience. HHS provided marginally re-
sponsive documents that do not provide adequate justification
for the rule.
Juvenile Justice
• Implementation of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of
2018—At the end of 115th Congress, the Committee was able
to work in a bipartisan manner to pass the Juvenile Justice
Reform Act of 2018, the first reauthorization of the Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) since
2002. Building on that bipartisan success, on December 17,
2019, the Committee received a joint staff briefing from Ms.
Caren Harp, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention (OJJDP), U.S. Department of Justice.
The Committee has concerns regarding actions OJJDP may
have taken to influence states to become non-participating
states under JJDPA. The Committee plans to engage with
OJJDP in the next Congress to ensure congressional intent is
adhered to in the implementation of the Juvenile Justice Re-
form Act of 2018.
Child Nutrition
• Child Nutrition Standards—USDA proposed several
changes to nutrition standards and school meals in the past
two years that are not in line with good nutritional guidelines
for children. The Committee wrote letters to USDA in each in-
stance requiring justifications for doing so. A court struck
down USDA’s general child nutrition standards so that rule
was vacated. However, USDA recently issued a new proposed
rule that is nearly identical. To date, the draft rule regarding
school meals has not been finalized.
• Categorial Eligibility for SNAP—USDA issued a proposed
rule to change SNAP eligibility and negatively impact chil-
dren’s eligibility for school meal programs without a formal
analysis how many children would be impacted. The Com-
mittee pushed informally and formally via multiple letters for
an analysis and called for a hearing. USDA was forced to
admit that $1 million students would be impacted and had to
reopen the comment period for its proposed rule. To date, the
rule has not been finalized.
Additional Oversight Activities of the Committee
Inappropriate Nomination of ED Inspector General—The Chair
wrote a series of letters requesting documents regarding President
Trump’s nomination of former U.S. Acting Education Secretary
Philip Rosenfelt as ED Inspector General. Mr. Rosenfelt’s long ten-
ure defending agency actions in ED’s Office of the General Counsel
as well as his brief tenure as Acting Education Secretary categori-
cally disqualified him from the post of ED Inspector General. The
Administration ultimately withdrew Mr. Rosenfelt’s nomination.
Institute of Education Sciences (IES)—Federal law requires the
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cation Statistics, transmit those priorities to the appropriate Com-
mittees, and make those priorities open to public comment. After
the Director of IES failed to fulfil this statutory mandate, the Com-
mittee raised questions and requested information from IES. IES
ultimately provided this information to the Committee and pub-
lished its priorities in the Federal Register.
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)—Sec-
retary DeVos refused to bargain in good faith with AFGE, the
union representing a substantial number of ED civil servants, and
unilaterally imposed a contract on those employees. This is one fac-
tor among many that drove ED’s civil servants to rank it as one
of the worst government agencies at which to work in the Trump
Administration. The Committee requested information on ED’s hir-
ing and management practices, but ED did not respond to many of
the Committee’s requests. The Committee remains committed to
ensuring that ED negotiates fairly with its employees and will en-
sure that the incoming administration adheres to norms and rules
governing this process.
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
(ACICS)—While the Obama Administration revoked the recogni-
tion of ACICS as an accreditor due to its lax institutional oversight,
the Trump Administration reversed that decision. However, the
Committee continued to investigate ACICS and, after multiple doc-
ument requests, found troubling information related to ongoing ED
compliance reviews. The Committee detailed these findings in a let-
ter to ED that recommended it again revoke ACICS’s accreditation
given its insufficient oversight of member institutions.
Obstruction of Loan Servicer Oversight—Due to repeated and se-
rious allegations of consumer abuses by loan servicers, some states
developed consumer protection laws and offices to hold servicers ac-
countable. However, this Administration developed a series of poli-
cies adding obstacles to state oversight of servicers and under-
mining the efficacy of state consumer protection laws. The Com-
mittee requested documents and information regarding these poli-
cies from ED, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),
and directly from loan servicers. Loan servicers were generally re-
sponsive to the Committee’s requests, CFPB partially responded,
and ED refused to substantively respond. The Committee will rec-
ommend ED reverse the policies undermining state oversight of
loan servicers.
Princeton Investigation—On September 2, 2020, Princeton Uni-
versity President Christopher Eisgruber wrote an open letter to the
Princeton community describing the next steps Princeton would
take to address systemic racism at Princeton. This letter outlined
planned policy initiatives to create and foster a more inclusive and
diverse environment at Princeton. However, ED claimed this letter
was an admission that Princeton had violated assurances of non-
discrimination and equal opportunity. ED’s investigation is a dan-
gerous infringement on freedoms of speech and expression, and the
Committee has requested documents to better understand ED’s
purpose in initiating this investigation. Although ED has not pro-
vided documents responsive to this request, the Committee will
continue to seek answers about this politically motivated assault on
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Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-
rity (CARES) Act
• Unlawful and Improper Rulemakings under the CARES
Act—The Committee conducted extensive oversight of ED
rulemakings on several rules promulgated to implement the
CARES Act. Although ED largely did not cooperate and re-
fused to provide documents responsive to these requests, out-
side lawsuits filed independent of the Committee and after the
Committee’s investigations overturned a number of ED’s un-
lawful regulations.
• CARES Act Voucher Program—The CARES Act appro-
priated more than $300 million in federal funds for ED to
grant to states with the highest coronavirus burden. Instead,
ED treated this as a slush-fund to create a voucher program
directed at states with existing school choice initiatives. The
Committee requested information regarding ED’s development
of this program and prioritization methodology. ED refused to
provide responsive information, but the Committee intends to
follow up with the new administration to better understand
ED’s deviation from statutory direction.
• Puerto Rico CARES Funds—The CARES Act appropriated
more than $400 million to Puerto Rico to support its education
activities; however, ED refused to provide 97.5% of these
funds, creating unnecessary hurdles for Puerto Rico’s response
to the COVID–19 crisis. The Committee requested information
and documents regarding ED’s delayed distribution of emer-
gency grant aid to Puerto Rico, but ED refused to respond to
this request. The Committee will continue to pursue this issue
in the next Congress to ensure Puerto Rico obtains emergency
relief funds as quickly as possible.
• Illegal Wage and Tax Refund Garnishing—The CARES Act
suspended all student loan payments from March 27, 2020, to
September 30, 2020, and halted all debt collection activities,
including wage garnishment. However, during this six-month
period, ED did not cease collections on all borrowers and has
failed to refund payments improperly collected from borrowers.
The Committee requested information on ED’s continued gar-
nishment of wages and tax refunds, but ED has refused to pro-
vide documents responsive to these requests. The Committee
recommends ED immediately take the necessary steps to en-
sure it refunds borrowers subject to its unlawful collections.
• Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER) Fund Limita-
tions—The CARES Act provided billions in higher education
assistance to institutions and students; however, the Adminis-
tration attempted to unlawfully limit student loan eligibility to
Title IV eligible students. This prevented undocumented stu-
dents from accessing these funds and created unnecessary bu-
reaucratic obstacles to institutions’ distribution of these funds.
The Committee requested information and documents on ED’s
iterative and inconsistent rollout of guidance for institutions to
use and disburse HEER funds.
• Waste and Mismanagement of Emergency Relief Funds—
The CARES Act directed ED to set aside $321.7 million from
the HEER fund to support Institutions of Higher Education
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coronavirus.’’ Instead, ED allocated 92% of these funds to IHEs
that received less than $500,000 in CARES Act formula fund-
ing without making a determination of need. This allocation
would have primarily benefitted extremely small, private
schools that received little or no formula funds under the
CARES Act but would be able to obtain tens of thousands of
dollars per student in attendance under ED’s allocation. The
Committee requested documents to show how this action met
the statutory mandate. Though ED did not respond to this re-
quest, ED ultimately abandoned its wasteful plan.
Ethics Issues with DOL Assistant Deputy Secretary—The Com-
mittee wrote to DOL regarding the outside employment of U.S. As-
sociate Deputy Secretary of Labor Michael Avakian during his ten-
ure and potential conflicts of interest with his private law practice
and the private cases he continued representing while he was at
DOL. Mr. Avakian resigned his position after press attention to
this issue. Subsequently, DOL provided a response to the Com-
mittee describing its internal investigation that revealed yet an-
other conflict of interest that was previously unknown.
Affinity Mine Pattern of Violations Notice—The Committee con-
tinued to follow up on oversight started in the 115th Congress re-
garding why DOL’s Mine Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA) decided to terminate the Pattern of Violations Notice for
Affinity Mine without the mine having met the statutory require-
ments for being released from the notice. MSHA initially refused
to cooperate with the Committee’s document requests. Eventually,
MSHA showed the Committee documents in camera that discussed
the decision to terminate the Pattern of Violations Notice.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Beryl-
lium Standard—The Committee wrote letters and pushed OSHA to
justify its attempted roll back of health protections for construction
and shipyard workers from exposure to beryllium and beryllium-re-
lated substances. OSHA initially claimed that its roll back attempt
was because workers were already protected from exposure by
other existing standards, but under pressure, OSHA admitted that
these provisions were, in fact, not adequately covered by other reg-
ulations. OSHA then reversed its position and did not roll back
those protections.
Rulemaking Irregularities at DOL—The Committee wrote several
letters to DOL about proposed rules it issued without the legally
required analysis to illustrate how they would impact workers, spe-
cifically the 2017 and 2019 tip rules. The 2017 rule is currently the
subject of an audit by the DOL Office of Investigator General de-
spite having been withdrawn. To date, DOL continues to obstruct
the Committee’s oversight on both the 2017 and 2019 proposed
rules.
U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Lapse in Budg-
etary Authority—During the 2019 government shutdown, OMB was
without budgetary authority, but it continued rulemaking activities
on behalf of agencies that did have budgetary authority, including
DOL. The Committee questioned the legality of this and requested
a formal investigation from GAO, the body that adjudicates appro-
priations actions. GAO found that OMB (and the National Archives
and Records Administration for publishing the rules in the Federal
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notify Congress so that Congress could count the funds that were
illegally spent against future appropriations. OMB refused to follow
the remedies that GAO laid out and therefore, GAO notified Con-
gress of the breach so that Congress could deduct the amount from
the agencies’ future appropriations.
Wage and Hour Administrator Revoking All Delegation of Author-
ity—The Committee sent a request to DOL requesting justification
for DOL’s Wage and Hour Administrator Cheryl Stanton issuing a
blanket revocation of the Administrator’s authority in any form. As
delegated authorities are used to conducting investigations and
holding employers accountable for violations, this essentially
stopped all of those actions from being taken while Administrator
Stanton reviewed each authority. The Committee also requested a
detailed plan for when the revocations would be reversed. DOL re-
sponded that it was within the Administrator’s right to take such
action and that Administrator Stanton would proceed with the re-
view, but it failed to provide a roadmap for how the review would
proceed.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC)
Conflict of Interest—Former OSHRC Chair Heather MacDougall
vacated two OSHA citations against A.H. Sturgill Roofing for heat-
related violations while she was engaged in discussions to accept
employment from Amazon.com, which is also the subject of a num-
ber of investigations and citations by OSHA and state workplace
safety agencies for heat-related violations. The Committee sent a
formal request to Mr. James Sullivan, current OSHRC Chair, re-
questing that OSHRC engage the services of an Inspector General
to investigate this issue and whether those decisions should be va-
cated due to the conflict of interest. OSHRC responded that it did
not believe there was a conflict of interest. Because OSHRC does
not have an assigned Inspector General, the Committee was unable
to pursue this further.
OFCCP Exemption From Affirmative Action Programs for
Coronavirus-Related Contracts—OFCCP issued a National Interest
Exemption that allows new service, supply, and construction con-
tracts entered into between March 17, 2020, and June 17, 2020, in
response to COVID–19, to avoid certain affirmative action require-
ments. The Committee had a briefing with OFCCP and followed up
with a letter requesting information on its oversight procedures to
ensure that contractors did not take advantage of the waivers to
willfully discriminate or otherwise violate non-discrimination re-
quirements. OFCCP responded with a description of its normal
audit process and confirmed that they did not have the ability to
audit the contractors who received this exemption as they are not
tracking who does not have affirmative action requirements. The
Committee plans to follow up with OFCCP to receive data on the
number of new government contractors who entered into contracts
during this time period.
Ammonium Nitrate Storage—Following the Beirut ammonium ni-
trate explosion, the Committee wrote to DOL about updating
OSHA processes and standards for fertilizer ammonium nitrate to
meet the requirements of the latest National Fire Protection Asso-
ciation Code. OSHA provided a response that did not answer any
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plans to further regulate in this area. The Committee plans to con-
tinue its oversight of this issue.
Failure to Enforce Paid Leave Provisions in the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)—The Committee wrote to DOL
regarding the Wage and Hour Division’s failure to adequately en-
force the paid leave provisions in FFCRA, specifically the delay in
implementing the law and in notifying the public of the new rights
available to workers. DOL responded after it finally implemented
these provisions and stated that all was well. The Committee is fol-
lowing up to ensure that DOL has received the deliverables for the
contracts it entered into for its public awareness campaign.
EEOC Public Meeting Agenda Procedure Change—The Com-
mittee and Senate HELP wrote to the EEOC about the EEOC
Chair’s unilateral decision to eliminate the longstanding procedure
allowing any commissioner to request an item be added to the
agenda of public meeting for further deliberation prior to an EEOC
vote. The EEOC responded simply with an explanation of the
Chair’s authority to make this change. The Committee plans to
continue to ensure that public meetings are actually conducted
transparently.
New Faith-Based Guidance—The Committee wrote to DOL re-
questing information about its new guidance regarding the partici-
pation of faith-based organizations in DOL’s programs and DOL’s
implementation of policies in this area. The guidance appears to
significantly expand exemptions provided to faith-based organiza-
tions. DOL provided a cursory response that did not address the
specific questions and document requests posed by the Committee.
The Committee plans to continue its oversight of this issue.
Independent Contractor Rule—The Committee wrote multiple let-
ters to DOL requesting clarity and information about its recently
proposed independent contractor rule to ensure there was no undue
political influence in drafting the proposed rule. DOL has refused
to provide the documents and communications the Committee has
asked for. The Committee continues to follow up with DOL on its
request. To date, this rule has not been finalized.
COVID–19 Outbreaks in the Meatpacking Industry—The Com-
mittee has made several document requests to HHS, DOL, and
USDA about their responses to COVID–19 outbreaks in the
meatpacking industry, including their failure to prevent such out-
breaks and force employers to remedy working conditions that led
to such outbreaks. There was much media coverage about the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) actions in watering
down an investigation report in the case of the Smithfield Food’s
Sioux Falls Pork Plant after the Committee uncovered a prior
version of the report. USDA has been responsive and is in the proc-
ess of document production in response to our requests. HHS and
DOL, however, have been mainly unresponsive. The Committee
plans to continue its oversight of this issue.
NLRB Rulemaking Comment Categories—The Committee wrote
several letters with document requests regarding the NLRB’s deci-
sion to outsource to a private contractor the task of reviewing pub-
lic comments submitted in response to its joint employer rule-
making. The NLRB repeatedly refused to respond to the Commit-
tee’s document requests, which resulted in the Committee issuing
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Committee’s subpoena. The subpoena will expire at the end of the
116th Congress. The Committee plans to continue its oversight of
this issue.
NLRB Conflicts of Interest—The Committee wrote several letters
with document requests inquiring how the NLRB implements its
ethics and conflicts of interest policies with regard to the Members
of the Board, particularly as several Members of the Board appear
to have engaged in ethically questionable actions during their ten-
ures in several NLRB cases. The NLRB repeatedly refused to re-
spond to the Committee’s document requests, which resulted in the
Committee issuing a subpoena for the information. After the sub-
poena was issued, the NLRB allowed Committee staff to view the
relevant documents in camera. The Committee is in the process of
having transcribed copies of the relevant documents reviewed by an
outside ethics expert before deciding how to proceed. The Com-
mittee plans to continue oversight of this matter.
Mental Health Parity—The Committee wrote to DOL’s Employee
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) with requests about its
efforts to ensure compliance with federal mental health parity law.
DOL provided a partial response making it clear that its enforce-
ment is still lacking and that it has also not devoted the necessary
resources to enforcement. The Committee plans to continue its
oversight of this issue.
COBRA and Medicare Eligibility and Enrollment—The Com-
mittee sent a request to HHS and DOL for data and information
regarding the Departments’ work to streamline the enrollment
process for those who are eligible for both COBRA and Medicare.
The letter also requested recommendations from the Departments
regarding any additional authority that may be needed in order to
improve that process. HHS responded that it did not believe it
needed additional statutory authority to address these concerns
and that efforts to improve messaging to beneficiaries are ongoing.
However, the response did not provide the requested data and in-
formation. DOL did not provide any response but updated COBRA
model notices to include information regarding Medicare eligibility.
The Committee plans to continue its oversight of this issue.
Food Access During the Coronavirus Pandemic—The Committee
sent multiple requests to USDA to ensure that the various pro-
grams authorized in FFCRA and CARES to ensure food access for
those in need were being properly implemented. This includes en-
suring the appropriate meal waivers were being utilized to provide
school meals to children while schools were shut down. This also
includes oversight on food boxes that are being sent out with reli-
gious messages. USDA gave the Committee much pushback but ul-
timately agreed to extend all waivers necessary to keep up flexible
food service for students who are not attending school in person.
Regarding the food boxes, however, USDA has been unresponsive
to Committee requests.
Oversight of Long-Term Care Facilities During the Coronavirus
Pandemic—The Committee sent a request to the Centers for Medi-
care & Medicaid Services (CMS) within HHS regarding its guid-
ance that limit the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program’s access
to facilities during the COVID–19 pandemic, which was contrary to
law. CMS clarified its guidance to state that ombudsman access is
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COVID–19 Testing Coverage During the Pandemic—The Com-
mittee sent several requests to HHS and DOL requesting details
about how they are ensuring that health plans, including less com-
mon health plans such as university-based health plans and self-
insured group health plans, are complying with COVID–19 testing
coverage required by new federal law. The agencies responded with
assurances that they were monitoring these plans and that there
have been few complaints received that health plans were not cov-
ering COVID–19 testing. The Committee will continue to request
data on complaints received to ensure that the agencies are ade-
quately monitoring that plans comply with the testing coverage re-
quired by law.
COMMITTEE INITIATED CORRESPONDENCE
January 7, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, submitting comment on the De-
partment’s proposed 2019 Disclosure Template for Gainful Em-
ployment Programs. This was a joint letter with Senate Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Mem-
ber Patty Murray.
January 8, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Honorable
Steven Mnuchin, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury,
the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Secretary, U.S. Department of
Labor, and the Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Director, Office of
Management and Budget, requesting additional information re-
garding the Departments’ final rule expanding short-term, lim-
ited duration health plans. This was a joint letter with House
Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr.,
House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal, Sen-
ate Committee on Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden, and
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Ranking Member Patty Murray.
January 8, 2019—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair, Na-
tional Labor Relations Board, requesting that the Board with-
draw its rulemaking on the joint employer standard following the
D.C. Circuit’s upholding the previous standard for determining
joint employer status. This was a joint letter with House Com-
mittee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chair Rosa
DeLauro.
January 10, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Honor-
able Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, regarding how the Trump Administration is
using Marketplace user fees. This was a joint letter with House
Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr.,
House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal, Sen-
ate Committee on Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden, and
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Ranking Member Patty Murray.
January 11, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, regarding re-
ports that the Department is considering using the Religious
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fare provider to violate laws and policies that bar discrimination
by refusing to place foster children in appropriate homes based
solely on religious preference against the potential foster parents.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Ways and
Means Chair Richard Neal.
January 14, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Honor-
able Steven Mnuchin, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treas-
ury, expressing concerns regarding the potential effects of the
government shutdown on individuals and families who receive
their health coverage in the private health insurance market.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Energy and
Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Ways
and Means Chair Richard Neal, Senate Special Committee on
Aging Ranking Member Robert Casey, Senate Committee on Fi-
nance Ranking Member Ron Wyden, and Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty
Murray.
January 16, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, request-
ing an audit concerning the challenges in increasing the collec-
tion of data and information on the pattern of abuses in youth
residential facilities, including several instances of chronic ne-
glect and physical abuse resulting in the deaths of children. This
was a joint letter with Rep. Katherine Clark (MA).
January 17, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting the Secretary’s pres-
ence before the House Committee on Education and Labor (Com-
mittee) following the release of the President’s Fiscal Year 2020
budget request.
January 25, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting additional legal anal-
ysis regarding states’ obligations to children with disabilities in
custody of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement or the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement.
January 28, 2019—Letter to Ms. Roxanne Rothschild, Associate Ex-
ecutive Secretary, National Labor Relations Board, submitting
comments opposing the Board’s proposed regulations narrowing
the standard for determining joint employment under the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act. This was a joint letter with Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking
Member Patty Murray.
January 30, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, submitting comment on the De-
partment’s proposed rule titled Nondiscrimination on the Basis of
Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Finan-
cial Assistance published on November 29, 2018.
February 1, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting information on the de-
cision to install Department of Education Deputy General Coun-
sel Philip H. Rosenfelt as the Department’s Acting Inspector
General. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Appro-
priations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
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Education, and Related Agencies Chair Rosa DeLauro and Sen-
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ate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Rank-
ing Member Patty Murray.
February 12, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, request-
ing an audit on the cyber security of the private retirement sys-
tem. This was a joint letter with Senate Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
February 14, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information con-
cerning the Department’s investigations into whether a wide va-
riety of nonprofit organizations, including worker centers, that do
not represent employees for purposes of collective bargaining, are
labor organizations under the Labor Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act. This was a joint letter with House Committee on
Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment,
Labor, and Pensions Chair Frederica Wilson.
February 19, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Seema Verma, Admin-
istrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, expressing
concerns regarding policy changes in the proposed rule titled Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit
and Payment Parameters for 2020. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pal-
lone, Jr., Senate Committee on Finance Ranking Member Ron
Wyden, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
February 19, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, requesting more informa-
tion about troubling actions by the Department with regard to
the Office of Inspector General. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Chair Rosa DeLauro, House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Chair Elijah Cummings, Senate Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray, and
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs Ranking Member Gary Peters.
February 22, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, commenting on the pro-
posed Supplement not Supplant Non-Regulatory Information
Document published on the Department’s website for public com-
ment on January 25, 2019. This was a joint letter with House
Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health
and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chair
Rosa DeLauro and Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
February 27, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information about
the Department’s plans for proposed rulemaking, sub-regulatory
guidance, and information collection requests regarding Industry
Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs) and the develop-
ment of IRAP accreditors.
March 12, 2019—Letter to Mr. Mark Dottore, Dottore Companies,
LLC, requesting information regarding the ongoing crisis at
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Dream Center Education Holdings.
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March 14, 2019—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair, Na-
tional Labor Relations Board, requesting information about the
Board’s plans to outsource to a private contractor the task of re-
viewing public comments submitted in response to its rule-
making on the standard for determining joint employer status.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Education and
Labor’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pen-
sions Chair Frederica Wilson.
March 18, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, request-
ing a report on the enforcement practices and priorities of the
Employee Benefits Security Administration of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor. This was a joint letter with House Committee on
Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment,
Labor, and Pensions Chair Frederica Wilson.
March 18, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information regard-
ing the outside employment of Associate Deputy Secretary of
Labor, Michael Avakian, during his tenure at the Department
and potential conflicts of interest with his private law practice
and the cases he continued representing while he was the Asso-
ciate Deputy Secretary of Labor.
March 18, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Mark Schneider, Direc-
tor, Institute of Education Sciences, requesting information about
the education research priorities of the Institute of Education
Sciences as required by the Education Sciences Reform Act. This
was a joint letter with House Committee on Appropriations’ Sub-
committee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
and Related Agencies Chair Rosa DeLauro.
March 19, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting information regard-
ing the Department’s recent actions on child nutrition, including
the development of the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Ameri-
cans, the Summer Food Service Program, and the realignment
and relocation of the Economic Research Service and the Na-
tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, among other topics.
March 25, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, expressing dissatisfaction with
the Department’s failure to sufficiently explain its implementa-
tion of the rule titled 2016 Borrower Defense to Repayment. This
was a joint letter with Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
March 27, 2019—Letter to Mr. Keith Hall, Director, Congressional
Budget Office, requesting the Congressional Budget Office evalu-
ate the economic impact of increasing the federal minimum wage
to $15 by 2024.
March 29, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting information on the
performance of the District of Columbia’s private school voucher
program authorized under the Scholarships for Opportunities
and Results Act. This was a joint letter with House Committee
on Oversight and Reform Chair Elijah Cummings and Rep. Elea-
nor Holmes Norton (DC).
March 29, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
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ence before the Committee following the release of the Presi-
dent’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request.
April 1, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, opposing the proposed rule titled
Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents.
April 2, 2019—Letter to the Honorable David Zatezalo, Assistant
Secretary for Mine Safety, Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion, U.S. Department of Labor, following up on a September 21,
2018, request about the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s
decision to enter into a settlement agreement to terminate the
Pattern of Violations Notice regarding the Affinity Mine operated
by Pocahontas Coal located in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration failed to respond to
the request contained in the September 21, 2018, letter.
April 2, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information con-
cerning the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s
June 27, 2017, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled Occupa-
tional Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in Con-
struction and Shipyards Sector.
April 3, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information con-
cerning the Department’s rulemaking steps taken in its 2017 No-
tice of Proposed Rulemaking titled Tip Regulations Under the
Fair Labor Standards Act, 2018 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
titled Expanding Employment, Training, and Apprenticeship Op-
portunities for 16- and 17-Year-Olds in Health Care Occupations
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and 2019 Notice of Pro-
posed Rulemaking titled Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions
for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and
Computer Employees.
April 8, 2019—Letter to Mr. Pat Cipollone, Counsel to the Presi-
dent of the United States, The White House, requesting informa-
tion concerning the U.S. Department of Justice’s refusal to de-
fend the Affordable Care Act and requesting information and doc-
uments that justify this decision. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pal-
lone, Jr., House Committee on the Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nad-
ler, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Elijah
Cummings, and House Committee on Ways and Means Chair
Richard Neal.
April 8, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Honor-
able Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, requesting information concerning the U.S.
Department of Justice’s refusal to defend the Affordable Care Act
and requesting information and documents that justify this deci-
sion. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Energy
and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on
the Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler, House Committee on Over-
sight and Reform Chair Elijah Cummings, and House Committee
on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
April 8, 2019—Letter to the Honorable William Barr, Attorney
General, U.S. Department of Justice, requesting information and
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fend the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. This was a
joint letter with House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on the Judiciary
Chair Jerrold Nadler, House Committee on Oversight and Re-
form Chair Elijah Cummings, and House Committee on Ways
and Means Chair Richard Neal.
April 11, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information con-
cerning the Department’s current vacancies (excluding Senate
confirmed positions).
April 12, 2019—Letter to Mr. Mark Dottore, Dream Center Edu-
cation Holdings, requesting copies of any documents in his pos-
session related the Committee’s ongoing investigation into Dream
Center Education Holdings.
April 26, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller
General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, requesting a re-
port on non-Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
403(b) plans, including both plans that have not elected to be
covered by ERISA and those that are exempt.
May 6, 2019—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair, National
Labor Relations Board, requesting information about how the
Board implements its ethics and conflicts of interest policies re-
garding the Members of the Board. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chair Frederica Wil-
son.
May 13, 2019—Letter to the Honorable William Barr, Attorney
General, U.S. Department of Justice, following up on an April 8,
2019, letter requesting information concerning the Department’s
refusal to defend the Affordable Care Act and reiterating the re-
quest for information and documents that justify this decision as
the Department failed to respond to the April request. This letter
was a joint follow-up letter with House Committee on Energy
and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on
the Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler, House Committee on Over-
sight and Reform Chair Elijah Cummings, and House Committee
on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
May 13, 2019—Letter to Mr. Pat Cipollone, Counsel to the Presi-
dent of the United States, The White House, following up on an
April 8, 2019, letter requesting information concerning the U.S.
Department of Justice’s refusal to defend the Affordable Care Act
and reiterating the request for information and documents that
justify this decision as the White House failed to respond to the
April request. This letter was a joint follow-up letter with House
Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr.,
House Committee on the Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler, House
Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Elijah Cummings,
House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
May 22, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, regarding continued delays in
the implementation of the transparency in coverage requirements
of the Affordable Care Act. This was a joint letter with House
Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Health,
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May 23, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Director,
Office of Management and Budget, requesting information on the
Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision, during
OMB’s recent lapse in funding, to continue rulemaking activities
on behalf of funded agencies, including the U.S. Department of
Labor.
May 23, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller
General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, requesting a
legal opinion concerning whether the actions taken by the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs and the National Archives
and Records Administration on all U.S. Department of Labor
rules during the lapse in funding violated the Antideficiency Act
or whether any of the exceptions might apply in the cir-
cumstances described. This was a joint letter with House Com-
mittee on Education and Labor Vice Chair Andy Levin.
May 23, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, commenting on the Department’s
release of its Non-Regulatory Information Document, Opportuni-
ties and Responsibilities for State and Local Report Cards under
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amend-
ed by the Every Student Succeeds Act, for public comment. This
was a joint letter with Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
June 4, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, following up on a February 27,
2019, request about Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Pro-
grams (IRAPs). On March 14, 2019, the Department provided a
response that described its work on IRAPs in general terms but
left the majority of requests from a February 27, 2019, letter un-
answered. This follow-up letter reiterates the original unan-
swered requests. This was a joint letter with House Committee
on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Higher Education
and Workforce Investment Chair Susan Davis.
June 5, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller
General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, requesting an
audit on the number of persons eligible for relief under the In-
come-Driven Repayment plans, which were created to make fed-
eral student loan repayment more manageable.
June 7, 2019—Letter to Ms. Shelly Murphy, Dream Center Edu-
cation Holdings, requesting information regarding the Dream
Center Education Holdings’ operation and communications be-
tween Dream Center and the U.S. Department of Education.
June 13, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), regard-
ing policies under consideration by the Trump Administration
that would increase health care costs and take away coverage
from Americans, as detailed in an internal Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services memorandum to HHS that stated the
Trump Administration is considering changes to the Affordable
Care Act that would result in 1.1 million individuals losing
health insurance coverage. This was a joint letter with House
Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr.
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June 21, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, following up on information pre-
viously requested by the Committee.
June 21, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Director,
Office of Management and Budget, expressing opposition to ad-
ministratively changing the inflation measure used to adjust the
Official Poverty Measure because it would shrink eligibility for
dozens of public programs that Congress intended to make avail-
able to poor and low-income individuals, families, and commu-
nities. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Appro-
priations Chair Nita Lowey, House Committee on Armed Serv-
ices Chair Adam Smith, House Committee on Budget Chair John
Yarmuth, House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair
Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Natural Resources
Chair Raúl Grijalva, House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Chair Elijah Cummings, House Committee on Small Business
Chair Nydia Velázquez; House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio, House Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs Chair Mark Takano, and House Committee on
Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
June 21, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller
General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, requesting an
audit on the financial services industry response to the U.S. De-
partment of Labor’s vacated 2016 Fiduciary Rule, including the
Best Interest Contract and the related prohibited transaction ex-
emptions.
June 24, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting information on the De-
partment’s enforcement of existing financial responsibility regu-
lations.
June 24, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information about
the Department’s management of the Job Corps program, includ-
ing information about the Department’s efforts to correct defi-
ciencies in recruitment, plans for Job Corps funding, and planned
pilot programs.
June 24, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller
General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, requesting a re-
port on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) canceled
plans to close some of its 25 Job Corps centers and transfer the
rest to the U.S. Department of Labor, as well as USDA’s plans
to conduct an organizational review to set forth a new plan for
these centers moving forward.
June 25, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alexander Acosta, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, urging the Department to
withdraw its proposed amendments to its interpretive regula-
tions to narrow joint employment liability under the Fair Labor
Standards Act. This was a joint letter with 46 Democratic Mem-
bers of Congress.
June 28, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Seema Verma, Adminis-
trator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, regarding
policies under consideration by the Trump Administration that
would increase health care costs and take away coverage from
Americans, as detailed in an internal Centers for Medicare and
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Health and Human Services that stated the Trump Administra-
tion is considering changes to the Affordable Care Act that would
result in 1.1 million individuals losing health insurance coverage.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Energy and
Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr. and House Committee on
Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
July 1, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Steven Mnuchin, Secretary,
U.S. Department of the Treasury, expressing concerns regarding
policies under consideration by the Trump Administration that
would increase health care costs and take away coverage from
American families and patients. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pal-
lone, Jr. and House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Rich-
ard Neal.
July 2, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Education, responding to the Department’s letter
indicating that the Department does not understand the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act to require states and school
districts to conduct child find for migrant children in the custody
of federal agencies.
July 12, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, expressing concern with the De-
partment’s proposed changes to federal requirements governing
accreditation and state authorization. This letter was signed by
all Democratic Members of the Committee.
July 16, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting information related to
the operation and abrupt closure of Dream Center Education
Holdings and the Department’s execution of its responsibility to
protect students and taxpayers.
July 22, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting that the Department
immediately implement the Government Accountability Office’s
four recommendations for the report titled Education Should
Take Immediate Action to Address Inaccuracies in Federal Re-
strain and Seclusion Data.
July 22, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Adele Gagliardi, Adminis-
trator, Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor, requesting an extension of the comment period for
the Department’s Notice of Proposed Rule Making titled Wagner
Peyser Act Staffing Flexibility.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. Brian Newman, Chief Executive Offi-
cer, Studio Enterprise, requesting an interview on the purchase,
operation, and sale of the Dream Center Education Holdings’
subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. Barry Bennett, Founding Partner, Av-
enue Strategies, requesting an interview on the purchase, oper-
ation, and sale of the Dream Center Education Holdings’ sub-
sidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. Brent Richardson, Former Chief Exec-
utive Officer, Dream Center Education Holdings, requesting an
interview on the purchase, operation, and sale of the Dream Cen-
ter Education Holdings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. Jason Beckman, Managing Partner,
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purchase, operation, and sale of the Dream Center Education
Holdings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. Jason Coldone, Managing Partner,
Colbeck Capital Management, requesting an interview on the
purchase, operation, and sale of the Dream Center Education
Holdings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. John Cowley, Former Chief Operating
Officer, Dream Center Education Holdings, requesting an inter-
view on the purchase, operation, and sale of the Dream Center
Education Holdings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. Mark Dottore, Dream Center Edu-
cation Holdings, reiterating the Committee’s requests for copies
of any documents in his possession related the Committee’s ongo-
ing investigation into Dream Center Education Holdings.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. Mark McEachen, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Education Management Corporation, request-
ing an interview on the purchase, operation, and sale of the
Dream Center Education Holdings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. Randall Barton, Managing Partner,
Dream Center Foundation, requesting an interview on the pur-
chase, operation, and sale of the Dream Center Education Hold-
ings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Ms. Shelly Murphy, Chief Executive Offi-
cer, Woz U Foundation, requesting an interview on the purchase,
operation, and sale of the Dream Center Education Holdings’
subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Ms. Barbara Gellman-Danley, President,
Higher Learning Commission, requesting information on Higher
Learning Commission’s oversight activities of the Dream Center
Education Holdings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Ms. Michelle Edwards, President, Accred-
iting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, requesting
information on the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges
and Schools’ oversight activities of Dream Center Education
Holdings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Ms. Elizabeth Sibolski, President, Middle
States Commission on Higher Education, requesting information
on the Middle States Commission on Higher Education’s over-
sight activities of the Dream Center Education Holdings’ sub-
sidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. Sonny Ramaswamy, President, North-
west Commission on Colleges and Universities, requesting infor-
mation on the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Univer-
sities’ oversight activities of the Dream Center Education Hold-
ings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Ms. Belle Wheelan, President, Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, re-
questing information on the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools Commission on Colleges’ oversight activities of the
Dream Center Education Holdings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 23, 2019—Letter to Ms. Jamienne Studley, President, Western
Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and Univer-
sities Commission, requesting information on the Western Asso-
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Commission’s oversight activities of the Dream Center Education
Holdings’ subsidiary institutions.
July 26, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting information regard-
ing the proposed rule titled Categorical Eligibility in the Supple-
mental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), requesting that
additional information be added to the published Regulatory Im-
pact Analysis and requesting an extension of the public comment
period.
August 1, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, requesting doc-
uments and information regarding the refusal of care rule titled
Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delega-
tions of Authority. This was a joint letter with House Committee
on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform Chair Elijah Cummings, and
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Ranking Member Patty Murray.
August 2, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Cheryl Stanton, Adminis-
trator, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, in-
quiring into the Wage and Hour Division’s efforts to address the
troubling trend of wage and hour violations in the senior residen-
tial care industry.
August 2, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Cheryl Stanton, Adminis-
trator, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, in-
quiring into reporting of the Administrator’s blanket revocation
of the Administrator’s authority in any form.
August 2, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Compass Commu-
nity Schools network and any potential funding they might re-
ceive from the Department’s Charter School Program.
August 2, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Department’s pro-
posed Title IX regulations and continuing concerns with both the
process undertaken in devising this rule and how that process
may have affected the underlying substance of the proposed rule.
August 2, 2019—Letter to the Honorable David Zatezalo, Assistant
Secretary, Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor, regarding the termination of the Pattern of Viola-
tions Notice against Affinity Mine.
August 5, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Patrick Pizzella, Acting
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, following up on an April 2,
2019, letter requesting information concerning the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration’s June 27, 2017, Notice of Pro-
posed Rulemaking titled Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and
Beryllium Compounds in Construction and Shipyards Sector.
August 7, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Joseph Simons, Chair,
Federal Trade Commission, requesting a staff briefing on inves-
tigations into the Career Education Corporation and the Univer-
sity of Phoenix.
August 12, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Peter Robb, General
Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, regarding the Board’s
regional and national offices’ case handling policies. This was a
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committee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chair
Frederica Wilson.
August 13, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Department’s fail-
ure to adequately oversee student loan servicers and shielding of
these companies from federal and state law enforcement, includ-
ing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as well as re-
questing information regarding the Department’s policies and
practices overseeing loan servicers. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters
and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Elijah
Cummings.
August 13, 2019—Letter to Mr. Jeffrey Noordhoek, Chief Executive
Officer, Nelnet, requesting documents and information regarding
Nelnet’s compliance with state and federal investigations and
oversight. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Fi-
nancial Services Chair Maxine Waters and House Committee on
Oversight and Reform Chair Elijah Cummings.
August 13, 2019—Letter to Mr. John Remondi, Chief Executive Of-
ficer, Navient, requesting documents and information regarding
Navient’s compliance with state and federal investigations and
oversight. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Fi-
nancial Services Chair Maxine Waters and House Committee on
Oversight and Reform Chair Elijah Cummings.
August 13, 2019—Letter to Mr. James Steeley, Chief Executive Of-
ficer, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, re-
questing documents and information regarding Pennsylvania
Higher Education Assistance Agency’s compliance with state and
federal investigations and oversight. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters
and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Elijah
Cummings.
August 13, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Kathleen Kraninger, Di-
rector of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, requesting
information concerning efforts by the Consumer Financial Protec-
tion Bureau to protect consumers from unlawful servicing prac-
tices. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Financial
Services Chair Maxine Waters and House Committee on Over-
sight and Reform Chair Elijah Cummings.
August 15, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, regarding the
proposed rule titled Nondiscrimination in Health and Health
Education Programs or Activities, which would roll back numer-
ous civil rights protections under Section 1557 of the Affordable
Care Act. This was a joint letter with House Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr. and House Com-
mittee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
August 15, 2019—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair, Na-
tional Labor Relations Board, following up on a May 6, 2019, let-
ter requesting information on how the National Labor Relations
Board implements its ethics and conflicts of interest policies re-
garding Members of the Board.
August 30, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Janet Dhillon, Chair,
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, requesting in-
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including Component 2, which details employees’ pay by race,
gender, and ethnicity. This was a joint letter with House Com-
mittee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights
and Human Services Chair Suzanne Bonamici.
August 30, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Janet Dhillon, Chair,
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, requesting in-
formation on the Commission’s current practice and procedure
for intakes, investigating, mediating, and adjudicating charges
and claims. This was a joint letter with House Committee on
Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human
Services Chair Suzanne Bonamici.
September 10, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, reiterating the requests
made in the letter of July 26, 2019, regarding the proposed rule
titled Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP).
September 10, 2019—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair,
National Labor Relations Board, following up on a March 14,
2019, letter requesting information about the Board’s plans to
outsource to a private contractor the task of reviewing public
comments submitted in response to its rulemaking on the stand-
ard for determining joint employer status. This was a joint letter
with House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee
on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chair Frederica
Wilson.
September 11, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Depart-
ment’s decision to remove the phrase ‘‘and of any religious orga-
nization’’ from regulations implementing the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act to allow religious organizations to pro-
vide instructional and support services to low-income students
attending private schools.
September 11, 2019—Letter to the Honorable James Sullivan Jr.,
Chair, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
(OSHRC), regarding former OSHRC Chair Heather MacDougall’s
participation in the OSHRC’s decision to vacate citations against
A.H Sturgill Roofing Inc.
September 23, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, responding to the re-
quest for comments on the proposed rule titled Revision of Cat-
egorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-
gram (SNAP). This letter was signed by all Democratic Members
of the Committee.
September 24, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Patrick Pizzella, Act-
ing Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, expressing concern
about proposals to undermine labor protections in the H–2A visa
program.
October 7, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor, requesting the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration undertake a National Emphasis Pro-
gram for the manufactured stone industry. This was a joint letter
with House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee
on Workforce Protections Chair Alma Adams.
October 17, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
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Department’s Notice of Proposed Rule Making titled Apprentice-
ship Programs, Labor Standards of Registration, Amendment of
Regulations.
October 22, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Committee’s ongo-
ing inquiry into the Department’s role in misconduct perpetrated
by a predatory for-profit college against students and taxpayers
and raising additional questions about whether the Department
lawfully released funds to Dream Center.
October 23, 2019—Letter to Mr. James Manning, former Undersec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, and former Chief Oper-
ating Officer, Office of Federal Student Aid, regarding the Com-
mittee’s ongoing oversight of the Department’s application of the
borrower defense to repayment regulations and requesting par-
ticipation in a transcribed interview with the Committee.
October 23, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting that the Depart-
ment provide quantitative estimates of the cost to workers of its
proposed regulatory action regarding ‘‘dual jobs’’ and its regu-
latory alternatives under the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ti-
tled Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This
was a joint letter with House Committee on Education and La-
bor’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services Chair
Suzanne Bonamici, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Chair Alma Adams, and Rep. Mark Takano (CA).
October 24, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting an extension
of the two-week reopened comment period on the proposed rule
titled Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nu-
trition Assistance Program (SNAP). This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Education and Labor’s Civil Rights and
Human Services Chair Suzanne Bonamici.
October 28, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting a full production of
materials responsive to the Committee’s November 2018 request
for information on the Department’s implementation of the Bor-
rower Defense to Repayment provision of the Higher Education
Act and requesting the Secretary’s appearance as a witness be-
fore the Committee.
November 1, 2019—Letter to Mr. Horacio Rozanski, President and
Chief Executive Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton, requesting infor-
mation regarding any and all of their contracts with the U.S. De-
partment of Labor for work related to Registered Apprenticeships
and Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs.
November 1, 2019—Letter to Mr. Avi Benus, Chief Executive Offi-
cer, IMPAQ International LLC, requesting information regarding
any and all of their contracts with the U.S. Department of Labor
for work related to Registered Apprenticeships and Industry Rec-
ognized Apprenticeship Programs.
November 1, 2019—Letter to Mr. Richard Edelman, Chief Execu-
tive Officer, Edelman, requesting information regarding any and
all of their contracts with the U.S. Department of Labor for work
related to Registered Apprenticeships and Industry Recognized
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November 1, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, responding to the re-
opened comment period on the proposed rule titled Revision of
Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP). This letter was signed by all Democratic Mem-
bers of the Committee.
November 1, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, rebutting the Depart-
ment’s assertion that the Committee’s oversight authority is lim-
ited due to pending, related litigation; reiterating the Commit-
tee’s request for full production of materials responsive to its ear-
lier request for information on Borrower Defense; and requesting
the Secretary’s appearance as a witness before the Committee.
November 6, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, reiterating the Commit-
tee’s requests for documents and information related to the De-
partment’s implementation of the Borrower Defense to Repay-
ment provision of the Higher Education Act and requesting the
Secretary’s appearance as a witness before the Committee.
November 7, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, proposing changes to the De-
partment’s Notice of Proposed Rule Making titled Occupational
Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds.
November 8, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, rebutting the Depart-
ment’s legal arguments that Congress does not have the author-
ity to investigate the Department’s implementation of the Bor-
rower Defense to Repayment provision of the Higher Education
Act, requesting the Secretary’s appearance as a witness before
the Committee, and requesting a transcribed interview with Gen-
eral Mark Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid,
U.S. Department of Education.
November 15, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, reiterating the Commit-
tee’s demand for documents and information related to the De-
partment’s Borrower Defense to Repayment implementation and
requesting the Secretary’s appearance as a witness before the
Committee.
November 18, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, expressing opposition to
the Department’s proposed changes to the Civil Rights Data Col-
lection. This was a joint letter with 21 Democratic Members of
Congress.
November 20, 2019—Letter to Ms. Barbara Gellman-Danley, Presi-
dent, Higher Learning Commission, requesting that the Higher
Learning Commission provide all correspondence relevant to the
Committee’s investigation into Dream Center Education Holdings
not otherwise included in its prior production to the Committee.
November 21, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, noting abnormalities and
omissions in the Department’s first production responsive to the
Committee’s Borrower Defense investigation and requesting re-
sponses to the questions from the Committee’s March 25, 2019,
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November 21, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, rebutting the Depart-
ment’s unfounded views of Congress’s oversight authority to jus-
tify the Department’s continued resistance to legitimate over-
sight.
November 21, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the
Honorable Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services, expressing concerns regarding recent
media reports of widespread technical failures on HealthCare.gov
during the 2020 Open Enrollment Period. This was a joint letter
with House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank
Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Rich-
ard E. Neal, Senate Committee on Finance Ranking Member Ron
Wyden, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
December 6, 2019—Letter to Mr. Harvey Fort, Deputy Director, Of-
fice of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), U.S. De-
partment of Labor, expressing opposition to OFCCP’s proposed
rule titled Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations
of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors: TRICARE and Cer-
tain Other Health Care Providers.
December 10, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, regarding the lawsuit filed
on May 24, 2018, by the California Association of Private Post-
secondary Schools against the Department seeking to set aside
the 2016 Borrower Defense rule.
December 11, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting the Department
withdraw the dual jobs provisions of its proposed tipped regula-
tions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and instead implement
the 80–20 rule. This was a joint letter with 59 Democratic Mem-
bers of Congress.
December 12, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, to express concerns with
disturbing hiring practices and policies that were adopted with-
out the input of the American Federation of Government Employ-
ees and request information on the extent and use of these au-
thorities. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human
Services Chair Suzanne Bonamici and 163 other Members of the
House of Representatives.
December 12, 2019—Letter to Mr. Brent Richardson, former Chief
Executive Officer, Dream Center Education Holdings, inquiring
into the precipitous collapse of Dream Center Education Hold-
ings.
December 19, 2019—Letter to Mr. Sam Forcey, Chief Executive Of-
ficer, Ardelle Associates, requesting information on the com-
pany’s contract with the National Labor Relations Board for
work related to rulemaking on the standard for determining joint
employer status.
December 19, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
regarding the proposed rule titled Uniform Administrative Re-
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Awards, which would roll back a number of civil rights protec-
tions that apply to all grants awarded by the Department. This
was a joint letter with House Committee on Energy and Com-
merce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Oversight
and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney, and House Committee on
Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
December 20, 2019—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, opposing the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Program’s adoption of its proposed rule ti-
tled Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Op-
portunity Clause’s Religious Exemption.
January 10, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, outlining concerns regarding the
exercise of religion in Title IV programs of the Higher Education
Act as proposed by a negotiated rule titled Eligibility of Faith-
Based Entities and Activities—Title IV Programs.
January 13, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Preston Rutledge, As-
sistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, regarding the Department’s efforts to
address compliance with federal mental health parity law. This
letter was signed by all Democratic Members of the Committee.
January 15, 2020—Letter to Ms. Roxanne Rothschild, Associate Ex-
ecutive Secretary, National Labor Relations Board, submitting a
comment opposing the Board’s proposed regulation to exclude
student workers from coverage under the National Labor Rela-
tions Act.
January 21, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Honor-
able Eugene Scalia, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, regard-
ing the interaction between COBRA benefits and Medicare eligi-
bility and enrollment. This was a joint letter with House Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr. and
House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
January 23, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Janet Dhillon, Chair,
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, requesting
documents and information about the change proposed by the
Commission to longstanding federal rules ensuring that federal
employees who bring complaints for illegal employment discrimi-
nation may be accompanied by the representative of their choice.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Oversight and
Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney.
January 30, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration prioritize work on its Infec-
tious Disease Standard in response to COVID–19.
January 30, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, request-
ing information on the heightened complaints of parents, advo-
cates, faculty, and administrators from school districts across the
country concerning the intentional underreporting of suspensions
in K–12 schools, including the use of informal suspensions. This
was a joint letter with Rep. Donald McEachin (VA).
January 31, 2020—Letter to Ms. Michelle Edwards, President of
the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, re-
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Schools’ decision to withdraw its application for recognition with
the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
January 31, 2020—Letter to Mr. Brent Richardson, former Chief
Executive Officer, Dream Center Education Holdings, reiterating
requests for information into Dream Center Education Holdings.
January 31, 2020—Letter to Ms. Anthea Sweeney, Vice President
for Legal and Governmental Affairs, Higher Learning Commis-
sion, requesting her voluntary participation in a transcribed
interview with the Committee regarding the Higher Learning
Commission’s accreditation of two institutions owned by Dream
Center Education Holdings.
January 31, 2020—Letter to Barbara Gellman-Danley, President,
Higher Learning Commission, requesting her voluntary partici-
pation in a transcribed interview with the Committee regarding
the Higher Learning Commission’s accreditation of two institu-
tions owned by Dream Center Education Holdings.
January 31, 2020—Letter to Ms. Judith Eaton, President, Council
for Higher Education Accreditation, regarding the Committee’s
ongoing inquiry into the precipitous collapse of Dream Center
Education Holdings.
January 31, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, accepting the Department’s ac-
commodation to provide all requested documents in the Commit-
tee’s Dream Center Education Holdings investigation for in cam-
era review.
February 3, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, detailing concerns with the De-
partment’s borrower defense partial relief formula and request-
ing information about its implementation. This was a joint letter
with Rep. Lori Trahan (MA).
February 19, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, oppos-
ing the expansion of religious employment discrimination and
changes to beneficiary safeguards in grant programs in the pro-
posed rule titled Ensuring Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Orga-
nizations.
February 19, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, opposing changes to bene-
ficiary safeguards in grant programs in the proposed rule titled
Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations in the Depart-
ment of Labor’s Programs and Activities: Implementation of Exec-
utive Order 13831.
February 19, 2020—Letter to the Honorable William Barr, Attor-
ney General, U.S. Department of Justice, opposing changes to
beneficiary safeguards in grant programs regarding the proposed
rule titled Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations in
Justice Programs and Activities: Implementation of Executive
Order 13831.
February 20, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, opposing the expansion of
religious employment discrimination and changes to beneficiary
safeguards in grant programs and opposing changes to the reli-
gious exemption under Title IX regarding the proposed rule titled
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
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Administered Formula Grant Programs, Developing Hispanic-
Serving Institutions Program, and Strengthening Institutions
Program.
February 21, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, inviting the Secretary to
testify in defense of the Trump Administration’s proposed edu-
cation budget for Fiscal Year 2021. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Vir-
ginia Foxx.
February 25, 2020—Letter to Ms. Rachel Stosky, Executive Direc-
tor, Serving Our Children, requesting information on oversight
by the U.S. Department of Education on the D.C. Scholarships
for Opportunity and Results Act.
February 27, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Donald Trump, Presi-
dent of the United States, requesting that he rescind proposed
faith-based rules and cease the Administration’s misapplication
of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This was a joint letter
with Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (MA) and 14 Democratic Members
of Congress.
March 2, 2020—Letter to Mr. Sam Forcey, Chief Executive Officer,
Ardelle Associates, following up on a December 19, 2019, letter
requesting information on the company’s contract with the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board for work related to rulemaking on
the standard for determining joint employer status.
March 5, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Seema Verma, Adminis-
trator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, expressing
concerns regarding policy changes in the proposed rule titled Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit
and Payment Parameters for 2021. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pal-
lone, Jr., House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard
Neal, Senate Committee on Finance Ranking Member Ron
Wyden, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
March 5, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor, requesting the Department prepare
an Emergency Temporary Standard under the Occupational
Safety and Health Act to protect workers from COVID–19 and
place an Infectious Disease Standard on the active regulatory
agenda.
March 5, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor, requesting the Department prepare
an Emergency Temporary Standard under the Occupational
Safety and Health Act to protect workers from COVID–19 and
place an Infectious Disease Standard on the active regulatory
agenda. This was a joint letter with House Education and Labor
Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chair Alma
Adams.
March 6, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor, requesting that the Department pro-
vide information on the impact of its final interpretative regula-
tion to narrow joint employer liability under the Fair Labor
Standards Act.
March 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
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reduction of worker protections in the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention’s Interim Infection Prevention and Control
Recommendations regarding use of personal protective equip-
ment. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chair
Alma Adams.
March 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sandra Bruce, Deputy In-
spector General Delegated the Duties of Inspector General, U.S.
Department of Education, requesting that the Office of the In-
spector General conduct a review of the Department’s process for
developing the Borrower Defense partial relief methodology.
March 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, opposing alter-
ations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Interim
Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations regarding
the use of personal protective equipment.
March 12, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, request-
ing that the Government Accountability Office examine church
and church affiliated retirement plans, which are not automati-
cally covered by Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
March 12, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting the Department take
specific additional actions to ensure access to child nutrition pro-
grams during the COVID–19 public health emergency. This was
a joint letter with House Committee on Education and Labor’s
Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services Chair Su-
zanne Bonamici.
March 12, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, to express concern and request
information regarding the Department’s efforts to monitor state
implementation of alternate assessments for students with the
most significant cognitive disabilities.
March 12, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, request-
ing that the Government Accountability Office examine the prev-
alence and nature of bullying and sexual victimization in our na-
tion’s K–12 schools.
March 13, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Department’s fail-
ure to substantively respond to the Committee’s inquiry into the
Compass Community Schools network receipt of Charter School
Program funds.
March 13, 2020—Letter to Ms. Michelle Edwards, President, Ac-
crediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS),
regarding the Committee’s January 31, 2020, letter requesting
all email correspondence, letter correspondence, or reports ex-
changed between ACICS and the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation between March 1, 2019, and January 31, 2020, and
ACICS’s refusal to comply with the request.
March 16, 2020—Letter to Mr. Todd Nelson, Chief Executive Offi-
cer, Perdoceo Education Corporation, requesting information and
documentation on their compliance with the Higher Education
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March 18, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, request-
ing information on the U.S. Department of Education’s oversight
and enforcement of fraudulent misrepresentations by institutions
of higher education.
March 18, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, request-
ing information on the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of
Federal Student Aid’s staffing practices.
March 19, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Michael Pence, Vice
President of the United States, requesting the appointment of a
member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force to coordi-
nate the production and distribution of Personal Protective
Equipment. This was a joint letter with House Committee on
Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Chair Alma Adams.
March 27, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting the Secretary return
to all borrowers all amounts collected from federal tax refunds
through the Treasury Offset Program during the 2019 filing sea-
son and to halt collections on all federal student loans. This was
a joint letter with House Committee on Ways and Means Chair
Richard Neal, Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA), Senate Committee on
Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden, and Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty
Murray.
March 31, 2020—Letter to John Ring, Chair, National Labor Rela-
tions Board, regarding the Board’s pause of elections due to
coronavirus concerns, requesting information about how the deci-
sion to pause elections was made, and requesting that Regional
Directors be permitted to direct elections to take place as soon
as practicable and to consider mail ballot elections.
April 1, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the ongoing review and
evaluation of the current scope of recognition of the Accrediting
Council for Independent Colleges and Schools and requesting
that the Department rescind its federal recognition. This was a
joint letter with House Committee on Education and Labor’s Sub-
committee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment Chair
Susan Davis.
April 1, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Russell Vought, Acting Di-
rector, Office of Management and Budget, regarding postponing
rulemaking activities such as public hearings and extending pub-
lic comment periods by 45 days during the coronavirus pandemic.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Armed Services
Chair Adam Smith, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Financial Services
Chair Maxine Waters, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Chair Eliot Engel, House Committee on Homeland Security
Chair Bennie Thompson, House Committee on the Judiciary
Chair Jerrold Nadler, House Committee on Natural Resources
Chair Raúl Grijalva, House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Chair Carolyn Maloney, House Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson, House Committee on
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Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio, House
Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal, and House
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chair Mark Takano.
April 3, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Michael Pence, Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, and the Honorable Alex Azar, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, regard-
ing the Trump Administration’s refusal to establish a Special En-
rollment Period amidst the coronavirus pandemic. This was a
joint letter from House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Ways and Means
Chair Richard Neal, Senate Committee on Finance Ranking
Member Ron Wyden, and Senate Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
April 10, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Michael Horowitz, Chair,
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, re-
garding President Trump’s assault on Inspectors General, includ-
ing the firing of the Intelligence Community Inspector General.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Agriculture
Chair Collin Peterson, House Committee on Appropriations
Chair Nita Lowey, House Committee on Armed Services Chair
Adam Smith, House Committee on the Budget Chair John Yar-
muth, House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank
Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Financial Services Chair Max-
ine Waters, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chair Eliot
Engel, House Committee on Homeland Security Chair Bennie
Thompson, House Committee on House Administration Chair Zoe
Lofgren, House Committee on the Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nad-
ler, House Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raúl Grijalva,
House Committee on Rules Chair James McGovern, House Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Government
Operations Chair Gerald E. Connolly, House Committee on Over-
sight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security Chair
Stephen F. Lynch, House Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson, House Select Com-
mittee on the Climate Crisis Chair Kathy Castor, House Com-
mittee on Small Business Chair Nydia Velázquez, House Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFa-
zio, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chair Mark Takano,
and House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
April 13, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, the Honorable Ste-
ven Mnuchin, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and
the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary, U.S. Department of
Labor, regarding the need for the Trump Administration to facili-
tate health insurance enrollment by those who are eligible for a
Special Enrollment Period under the Affordable Care Act due to
job loss. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Energy
and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on
Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal, Senate Committee on Fi-
nance Ranking Member Ron Wyden, and Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty
Murray.
April 16, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, expressing concern with the De-
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Section 3511 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-
rity Act. This was a joint letter with Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty
Murray.
April 20, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Seema Verma, Adminis-
trator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, regarding
guidelines that limit the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program’s
access to facilities during the coronavirus pandemic and the need
for those guidelines to be aligned with recently passed legislation
that protects Ombudsman access. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on
Civil Rights and Human Services Chair Suzanne Bonamici.
April 22, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding concerns about the
proposed rule titled Simplifying Meal Service and Monitoring Re-
quirements in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast
Programs. This letter was signed by Democratic Members * of the
Committee.
April 26, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller
General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, requesting that
the Government Accountability Office examine retirement plans
not covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
May 1, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, urging the Depart-
ment not to finalize the Section 1557 rule that would remove
many health care programs and activities from protections pro-
vided under the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination require-
ments and instead focus critical resources on responding to the
COVID–19 pandemic. This was a joint letter with House Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House
Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney,
and House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
May 4, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Craig Leen, Director, Office
of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor, seeking clarification and the justification for
OFCCPs’ issuance of the National Interest Exemption that al-
lows new service, supply, and construction contracts entered into
during the period from March 17, 2020, to June 17, 2020, in re-
sponse to COVID–19 to avoid certain affirmative action require-
ments.
May 4, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Education, expressing concern with the Depart-
ment’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on distance education and
innovation. This was a joint letter with Rep. Susan Davis (CA),
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA), Rep. Lori Trahan (MA), Rep. Susan
Wild (PA), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray, Sen. Richard Durbin
(IL), Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH), Sen. Chris Murphy (CT), and
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA).
May 4, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Education, expressing concerns with the Depart-
ment’s proposed Borrower Defense form, including that the De-
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absence.
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partment may be incorrectly applying the rules for students who
borrow after July 1, 2020, to all borrowers and that the Depart-
ment has proposed questions that are unnecessary and may
deter applicants. This letter was signed by all Democratic Mem-
bers of the Committee.
May 5, 2020—Letter to Ms. Judith Eaton, President, Council for
Higher Education Accreditation, requesting information regard-
ing the Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s rec-
ommendation that the Accrediting Council for Independent Col-
leges and Schools be denied recognition based on its noncompli-
ance with nine standards.
May 8, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Education, concerning the Department’s use of
emergency grant funds to create a microgrant program jeopard-
izing public school systems in the states most severely impacted
by the coronavirus crisis.
May 11, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sandra Bruce, Deputy In-
spector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of
Education, regarding news reports claiming that there was a
‘‘lack of cooperation’’ from Department officials regarding the eth-
ics investigation of Mr. Robert Eitel.
May 11, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Loren Sweatt, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration, requesting information on the number of General
Duty Clause and other enforcement actions by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration with regard to COVID–19 as
well as the number of investigations regarding complaints filed
by employees regarding employer retaliation for raising safety
concerns related to COVID–19.
May 11, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding the Department’s in-
dication on a stakeholder webinar that the Department intends
to reissue school meal nutrition standards under the final rule ti-
tled Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole
Grains, and Sodium Requirements, despite its being vacated by
the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on April 13,
2020. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Education
and Labor’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services
Chair Suzanne Bonamici.
May 15, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Robert Redfield, Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, requesting state by
state information on COVID–19 infections and related deaths
among health care workers.
May 19, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding reports that the De-
partment is illegally garnishing the wages of student loan bor-
rowers amid the coronavirus pandemic and in direct contraven-
tion of federal law.
May 19, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, asking about the De-
partment’s efforts to inform displaced college students of cov-
erage options, including coverage for COVID–19-related benefits.
This was a joint letter with Senate Committee on Health, Edu-
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May 19, 2020—Letter to Mr. Brian Mueller, President, Grand Can-
yon University, regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s re-
cent determination that Grand Canyon University remains a for-
profit institution after its sale by Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
May 20, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the April 30, 2020,
guidance issued by the Department that seeks to repurpose hun-
dreds-of-millions of taxpayer dollars intended for public school
students to provide services for private school students, in con-
travention of both the plain reading of the Coronavirus Aid, Re-
lief, and Economic Security Act and the intent of Congress. This
was a joint letter with House Committee on Appropriations’ Sub-
committee on Labor, Health, Human Services, and Related Agen-
cies Chair Rosa DeLauro and Senate Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
May 26, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting information that will
aid the Committee as it considers legislative responses to the on-
going COVID–19 crisis.
May 29, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Loren Sweatt, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration, requesting the specific legal privilege she relied
upon in refusing to answer questions about an Occupational
Safety and Health Administration Emergency Temporary Stand-
ard at the May 28, 2020, House Committee on Education and La-
bor’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing.
June 9, 2020—Letter to Mr. Todd Nelson, President and CEO,
Perdoceo Education Corporation, regarding the Committee’s out-
standing documents request for information related to the com-
pany’s 90/10 practices.
June 11, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding implementation of
school meal programs during the COVID–19 pandemic.
June 11, 2020—Letter to Ms. Judith Eaton, President, Council for
Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), following up on the
Committee’s document request for any report, internal cor-
respondence, or other written documentation that supports or is
related to its recommendation that the Accrediting Council for
Independent Colleges and Schools be denied recognition based on
its noncompliance with nine of CHEA’s standards.
June 12, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding issuance of iterative
and unauthorized guidance to institutions of higher education re-
stricting institutions from providing Higher Education Emer-
gency Relief Funds to non-Title IV eligible students.
June 12, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Michael Horowitz, Chair,
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, re-
questing the Council investigate allegations regarding Mr. An-
drew De Mello’s fitness to serve as the U.S. Department of Edu-
cation’s Inspector General. This was a joint letter with House
Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney.
June 15, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Honor-
able Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and
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tion in responding to the needs of uninsured and underinsured
Americans amidst the COVID–19 pandemic. This was a joint let-
ter with House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair
Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Ways and Means Chair
Richard Neal, Senate Committee on Finance Ranking Member
Ron Wyden, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
June 22, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Janet Dhillon, Chair, U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), regarding
the EEOC’s six-month pilot, initiated on May 29, 2020, that
modifies the agency’s longstanding approach to the conciliation
process. This was a joint letter with Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty
Murray.
June 29, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding recent reports that the
Department, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of the
Treasury, is illegally seizing the tax refunds of student loan bor-
rowers around the country.
June 29, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the recently issued
Title IX rule and following up on the Committee’s previous re-
quests.
July 1, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Education, regarding the Department’s plan to al-
locate $348.8 million per direction in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
and Economic Security Act and whether these funds are going to
institutions that have the greatest unmet needs related to
coronavirus as intended by Congress.
July 2, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor, regarding recent reports that self-in-
sured group health plans are not in compliance with recently en-
acted provisions of federal law that require coverage of testing
for COVID–19 during the ongoing public health emergency. This
was a joint letter with House Committee on Education and La-
bor’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
Chair Frederica Wilson.
July 7, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, the Honorable Ste-
ven Mnuchin, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and
the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary, U.S. Department of
Labor, regarding the Trump Administration’s implementation of
the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and reports that health
plans have refused to provide coverage of tests for COVID–19.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Energy and
Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Ways
and Means Chair Richard Neal, Senate Committee on Finance
Ranking Member Ron Wyden, and Senate Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
July 8, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, condemning the De-
partment’s decision to finalize the rule eroding the protections for
LGBTQIA+ patients and other marginalized communities estab-
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the rule be rescinded in light of the Supreme Court’s recent deci-
sion in Bostock v. Clayton County, which found that protections
against sex-based discrimination under Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 necessarily prohibit discrimination based on
sexual orientation and gender identity. This was a joint letter
with House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank
Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair
Carolyn Maloney, and House Committee on Ways and Means
Chair Richard Neal.
July 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Education, urging the Department to promptly
provide clarification to financial aid administrators through a
new Dear Colleague letter in the next two weeks. This was a
joint letter with House Committee on Education and Labor
Ranking Member Virginia Foxx, Senate Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair Lamar Alexander, and
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Ranking Member Patty Murray.
July 10, 2020—Letter to Ms. Judith Eaton, President, Council for
Higher Education Accreditation, requesting information regard-
ing the Council for Higher Education Accreditations’ rec-
ommendation that the Accrediting Council for Independent Col-
leges and Schools be denied recognition based on its noncompli-
ance with nine standards.
July 13, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, expressing the Committee’s objec-
tion to the Department’s interim final rule that excludes stu-
dents from emergency funds provided under the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Chair Rosa DeLauro and Senate Committee on Appropriations’
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
and Related Agencies Ranking Member Patty Murray.
July 13, 2020—Letter to Mr. Frank Bisignano, President and CEO,
Fiserv, regarding Fiserv’s participation in the recently launched
myFSApay program pilot.
July 13, 2020—Letter to Mr. Brad Hanson, Co-President and CEO,
Metabank, regarding Metabank’s participation in the recently
launched myFSApay program pilot.
July 15, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Department’s de-
layed distribution of emergency grant aid to Puerto Rico. This
was a joint letter the House Committee on Natural Resources
Chair Raúl Grijalva.
July 28, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Janet Dhillon, Chair, U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), opposing
the EEOC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled Official Time
in Federal Sector Cases Before the Commission. This is a joint
letter with House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair
Carolyn Maloney.
July 29, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor, in opposition to the Department’s pro-
posed regulation titled Financial Factors in Selecting Plan In-
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vironmental, social, and governance factors in selecting invest-
ments.
July 30, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding implementation of
meal pattern waivers in the federal school meal programs and
compliance with the waiver authority under the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act.
July 31, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, opposing the Department’s in-
terim final rule interpreting the equitable services provision of
the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. This was
a joint letter with House Committee on Appropriations’ Sub-
committee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Related
Agencies Chair Rosa DeLauro and Senate Committee on Appro-
priations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies Ranking Member Patty Mur-
ray.
August 3, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, requesting information on the De-
partment’s Information Collection Request titled Eligibility of
Students at Institutions of Higher Education for Funds under the
CARES Act. This was a joint letter with 18 Democratic Members
of Congress.
August 5, 2020—Letter to Mr. Fardad Fateri, President and Chief
Executive Officer, International Education Corporation, regard-
ing allegations of fraud and misconduct at Florida Career College
and requesting information.
August 5, 2020—Letter to Ms. Michelle Edwards, President, Ac-
crediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, regard-
ing the U.S. Department of Education’s ongoing review of the Ac-
crediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools and re-
questing information.
August 6, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor, opposing the final Department regula-
tion titled Conflict of Interest Rule—Retirement Investment Ad-
vice: Notice of Court Vacatur and the proposed Department regu-
lation titled Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees,
both of which pertain to workers’ retirement investment advice.
August 6, 2020—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair, Na-
tional Labor Relations Board, requesting a pause on plans to re-
organize seven Regional Offices in the western U.S. and request-
ing information and a briefing on the planned reorganization.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Appropriations’
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
and Related Agencies Chair Rosa DeLauro and Senate Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Mem-
ber Patty Murray.
August 6, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Peter Robb, General
Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, requesting a pause on
plans to reorganize seven Regional Offices in the western U.S.
and requesting information and a briefing on the planned reorga-
nization. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Appro-
priations’ Subcommittee on House Committee on Appropriations’
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
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mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Mem-
ber Patty.
August 10, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sandra Bruce, Acting In-
spector General, U.S. Department of Education, requesting the
Department’s Office of Inspector General investigate the Depart-
ment’s coordination with Dream Center Education Holdings and
the Department’s subsequent investigation into the Higher
Learning Commission.
August 11, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, the Honorable Alex Azar, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the
Honorable Steven Mnuchin, Secretary, U.S. Department of the
Treasury, expressing concerns regarding the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking titled Grandfathered Group Health Plans and
Grandfathered Group Health Insurance Coverage. This was a
joint letter with House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Ways and Means
Chair Richard Neal, Senate Committee on Finance Ranking
Member Ron Wyden, and Senate Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
August 12, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO),
requesting GAO examine the issue of domestic violence against
people with disabilities and the accessibility of Family Violence
Prevention and Services Act programs for those with disabilities.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Education and
Labor’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services Chair
Suzanne Bonamici.
August 12, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO),
requesting GAO add House Education and Labor Committee
Chair Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott as a co-requester of the study on
the impact of college closures initiated by House Committee on
Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and
Workforce Investment Chair Susan Davis.
August 14, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting the extension
of certain COVID–19 emergency child nutrition program waivers
during the 2020 2021 school year that were authorized by the
Families First Coronavirus Response Act. This was a joint letter
with Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow.
August 17, 2020—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair, Na-
tional Labor Relations Board, regarding the Board’s adjudication
overturning the contract bar rule and requesting information re-
garding the Board’s implementation of the rule.
August 17, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, regarding the Department’s
actions to prevent explosions involving ammonium nitrate (AN)
by updating the Occupational Safety and Health Administra-
tion’s (OSHA) Process Safety Management Standard or updating
OSHA’s explosives standard for fertilizer grade AN to meet the
requirements of the latest National Fire Protection Association
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August 21, 2020—Letter to Mr. Andrew Clark, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Zovio, regarding the U.S. Department of Edu-
cation’s recent decision to drop its requirement that Ashford Uni-
versity post a $103 million letter of credit as a condition for con-
tinued receipt of federal student aid and requesting information.
August 24, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, and the Honorable Cheryl
Stanton, Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor, regarding the Wage and Hour Division’s failure
to adequately enforce the paid leave provisions in the Families
First Coronavirus Response Act.
August 24, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Janet Dhillon, Chair,
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), ex-
pressing alarm and requesting information about the Chair’s uni-
lateral decision to eliminate the longstanding procedure allowing
a commissioner to request an item be added to the agenda of
public meeting for further deliberation prior to an EEOC vote.
This was a joint letter with Senate Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
August 24, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, expressing concerns and
requesting information about the Department’s implementation
of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
August 24, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Department’s latest
attempt to divert congressionally authorized funding from local
educational agencies and institutions of higher education to the
Trump Administration’s politically favored projects that Congress
has continuously declined to fund.
August 25, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO),
requesting GAO examine the implementation of Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act funding and flexibilities for
Older Americans Act services, the impact of federal nutrition pro-
grams on older adults’ access to food during the COVID–19 pan-
demic, and the impact of the pandemic on family caregiving. This
was a joint letter with House Committee on Education and La-
bor’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services Chair
Suzanne Bonamici.
August 26, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, responding to his refusal
to extend certain COVID–19 emergency child nutrition program
waivers for the 2020–2021 school year that were authorized by
the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. This was a joint let-
ter with Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow.
August 31, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information about
the Department’s recently released Guidance Regarding Federal
Grants and Executive Order 13798 outlining instructions for the
participation of faith-based organizations in the Department’s
programs and the Department’s implementation of other policies
in this area.
September 1, 2020—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair, Na-
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to fully comply with document requests from the Committee’s in-
vestigation into guidance on Board Member’s conflicts of interest
provided by the Designated Agency Ethics Official during the
Board’s handling of Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors and the
Board’s decision to contract out work related to its rulemaking
on the agency’s joint employer standard.
September 2, 2020—Letter to Ms. Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson, Act-
ing Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administra-
tion, U.S. Department of Labor, supporting the Department for
reversing its initial decision to forgo a public hearing on the De-
partment’s recently proposed prohibited transaction exemption
(PTE) titled Improving Investment Advice for Workers and Retir-
ees, raising concerns with the timing and parameters of such
public hearing, and requesting a new public comment period fol-
lowing such hearing. This was a joint letter with Senate Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Mem-
ber Patty Murray.
September 3, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding fall 2020 im-
plementation of Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer, a program
authorized in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. This
was a joint letter with Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH).
September 3, 2020—Letter to Ms. Julie Sweet, Chief Executive Of-
ficer, Accenture PLC, regarding the press and whistleblower re-
ports that the U.S. Department of Education repeatedly blocked
and undercut efforts by the Department’s Office of Federal Stu-
dent Aid to launch a Borrower Defense web tool and requesting
information. This was a joint letter with House Committee on
Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney.
September 8, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, expressing support for the re-
newal of the Department’s Equity in Apprenticeship contracts.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Appropriations’
Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services, Education,
and Related Agencies Chair Rosa DeLauro.
September 9, 2020—Letter to Ms. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond,
President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation, issuing a
subpoena to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to
ensure that the Committee can conduct the necessary and re-
quired oversight of the Accreditation Council for Independent
Colleges and Schools.
September 11, 2020—Letter to The Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO),
requesting GAO add House Education and Labor Committee
Chair Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott as a co-requester of the existing
engagement regarding online program management companies,
initiated by Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray, Sen. Sherrod Brown
(OH), Sen. Tina Smith (MN), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA).
September 15, 2020—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair,
National Labor Relations Board, issuing a subpoena to the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board requiring the Board provide the
Designated Agency Ethics Official’s (DAEO) determination in the
Board’s McDonald’s decision, the DAEO’s determination in the
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public comments in the joint employer rulemaking, and the in-
structions provided to individuals categorizing comments.
September 16, 2020—Letter to the Honorable John Barsa, Acting
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID), urging USAID to preserve the principle objectives of
the Global Labor Program and requesting information regarding
USAID’s plans to restructure the program. This was a joint letter
with House Committee on Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey,
House Committee on Foreign Relations Chair Eliot Engel, and
House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
September 16, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Honorable
Steven Mnuchin, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury,
the Honorable Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medi-
care and Medicaid Services, and the Honorable Charles Rettig,
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, expressing concerns re-
garding the State of Georgia’s proposed waiver under Section
1332 of the Affordable Care Act. This was a joint letter with
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pal-
lone, Jr., House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Richard
Neal, Senate Committee on Finance Ranking Member Ron
Wyden, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
September 22, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Mindy Brashears,
Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
requesting information of the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
ice’s involvement in the Merced County Department of Health
and CalOSHA decision-making closing the Foster Farms poultry
facility in Livingston, California due to a COVID–19 outbreak.
September 22, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information and
documents about outside entities that participated in drafting
the Department’s proposed rule titled Independent Contractor
Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This was a joint let-
ter with House Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Work-
force Protections Chair Alma Adams.
September 23, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, requesting documents and
information for rescinding the 2014 discipline guidance.
September 25, 2020—Letter to Mr. Jay Withrow, Director, Division
of Legal Support, Virginia Department of Labor and Industry,
urging the Department to adopt a permanent safety and health
standard to prevent workplace exposure to SARS–CoV–2, which
is the pathogen that causes COVID–19.
September 28, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar II, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the
Honorable Robert Redfield, Director, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), and Mr. John Howard, Director, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, requesting infor-
mation on the CDC’s issuing and withdrawal of a site visit
memorandum and recommendations for the Smithfield Food’s
Sioux Falls Pork Plant. This was a joint letter with House Com-
mittee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Workforce
Protections Chair Alma Adams, Senate Committee on Health,
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and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions’ Subcommittee on Employment and Work Place Safety
Ranking Member Tammy Baldwin.
September 28, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting information
on the Department’s involvement in the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention’s issuing and withdrawal of a site visit
memorandum and recommendations for the Smithfield Food’s
Sioux Falls Pork Plant. This was a joint letter with House Com-
mittee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Workforce
Protections Chair Alma Adams, Senate Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray,
and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions’ Subcommittee on Employment and Work Place Safety
Ranking Member Tammy Baldwin.
September 28, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, providing input on the De-
partment’s proposed information collection titled Higher Edu-
cation Emergency Relief Fund Data Collection Form. This was a
joint letter with House Committee on Education and Labor
Ranking Member Virginia Foxx.
September 29, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting an extension of the
comment period on the Department’s Notice of Proposed Rule-
making tiled Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair
Labor Standards Act.
October 1, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, urging the Secretary to imme-
diately extend COVID–19 emergency child nutrition program
waivers for the 2020–2021 school year and issue guidance on the
extension of the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program
that were both extended in the Continuing Appropriations Act,
2021 and Other Extensions Act. This was a joint letter with Sen-
ate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Ranking
Member Debbie Stabenow.
October 2, 2020—Letter to Ms. Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson, Acting
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, opposing the proposed regulation ti-
tled Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder
Rights, which imposes restrictions and requirements on a plan fi-
duciary when it comes to proxy voting. This was a joint letter
with Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
October 5, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information on the Depart-
ment’s involvement in the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention’s issuance and withdrawal of a site visit memorandum
and recommendations for the Smithfield Food’s Sioux Falls Pork
Plant. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chair
Alma Adams, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray, and Senate Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions’ Subcommittee
on Employment and Work Place Safety Ranking Member Tammy
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October 6, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor, following up on the Committee’s Sep-
tember 22, 2020, letter requesting information and documents
about outside entities that participated in drafting the Depart-
ment’s proposed rule titled Independent Contractor Status Under
the Fair Labor Standards Act. This was a joint letter with House
Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Chair Alma Adams.
October 6, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the
Honorable Eugene Scalia, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor,
requesting that the Departments take steps to support access to
COVID–19 diagnostic testing, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention release recommendations for routine COVID–19
diagnostic testing in the workplace, and HHS dedicate available
funding from the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care
Enhancement Act and the Families First Coronavirus Response
Act to expand access to COVID–19 testing for essential workers.
This was a joint letter with House Committee on Energy and
Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, Jr.
October 6, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding faith-based organiza-
tions’ distribution of food boxes as part of the Farmers to Fami-
lies Food Box program that are including religious messages and
conducting religious activity as part of the distribution of boxes
in a manner that violates the Department’s own regulations.
October 7, 2020—Letter to Ms. Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson, Acting
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, highlighting recent reports of misuse
of hospital indemnity and other fixed indemnity insurance prod-
ucts. This was a joint letter with House Committee on Education
and Labor’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and
Pensions Chair Frederica Wilson.
October 13, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO),
requesting a GAO review of the U.S. Department of Labor’s im-
plementation of its revised black lung liability self-insurance
process.
October 14, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting information from
the Department regarding its guidance on Occupational Safety
and Health Administration reporting requirements for severe
work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths regarding work re-
lated COVID–19 infections.
October 14, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comp-
troller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, request-
ing to join as addressees on the Government Accountability Of-
fice’s two studies related to nutrition programs under the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: Nutrition
Assistance COVID–19 and School Meals Pandemic. This was a
joint letter with House Committee on Education and Labor’s Sub-
committee on Civil Rights and Human Services Chair Suzanne
Bonamici.
October 14, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sandra Bruce, Deputy
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fice of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Education, re-
questing the Department’s Office of Inspector General audit the
Department’s monitoring of states’ and localities’ compliance
with the equitable services requirement of Education Stabiliza-
tion Funds grants. This was a joint letter with House Committee
on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human
Services, and Related Agencies Chair Rosa DeLauro and Sen.
Patty Murray in her capacity as Ranking Member on both the
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
and the Senate Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related
Agencies.
October 22, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Department’s ob-
struction of the Committee’s investigation into Dream Center
Education Holdings.
October 27, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, requesting the Department
withdraw its proposed rule titled Independent Contractor Status
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This was a joint letter with
105 Democratic Members of Congress.
October 29, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Education, regarding the Department’s re-
cent actions to prevent public discussion of systemic racism and
critical race theory. This was a joint letter with House Com-
mittee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights
and Human Services Chair Suzanne Bonamici.
November 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Eugene Scalia, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Labor, regarding the agency’s duties
to preserve all records under the Federal Records Act during the
Presidential Transition.
November 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Janet Dhillon, Chair,
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, regarding the
agency’s duties to preserve all records under the Federal Records
Act during the Presidential Transition.
November 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable John Ring, Chair, Na-
tional Labor Relations Board, regarding the agency’s duties to
preserve all records under the Federal Records Act during the
Presidential Transition.
November 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable James Sullivan Jr.,
Chair, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, re-
garding the agency’s duties to preserve all records under the Fed-
eral Records Act during the Presidential Transition.
November 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding the agency’s
duties to preserve all records under the Federal Records Act dur-
ing the Presidential Transition.
November 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, regarding the
agency’s duties to preserve all records under the Federal Records
Act during the Presidential Transition.
November 9, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Education, regarding the agency’s du-
ties to preserve all records under the Federal Records Act during
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November 10, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Marco Rajkovich,
Chair, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, re-
garding the agency’s duties to preserve all records under the Fed-
eral Records Act during the Presidential Transition.
November 12, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Honorable
Steven Mnuchin, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury,
the Honorable Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medi-
care and Medicaid Services, and the Honorable Charles Rettig,
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, expressing concern re-
garding the Trump Administration’s recent approval of waivers
submitted by Georgia under Section 1115 of the Social Security
Act and Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act. This was a joint
letter with House Committee on Energy and House Commerce
Chair Frank Pallone, Jr., Committee on Ways and Means Chair
Richard Neal, Senate Committee on Finance Ranking Member
Ron Wyden, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray.
November 23, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Emily Murphy, Ad-
ministrator, General Services Administration (GSA), requesting
that GSA grant the Biden-Harris Transition Team immediate ac-
cess to services and facilities as required by the Presidential
Transition Act and detailing the negative consequences in the
health, education, and labor areas resulting from a delay in
doing so.
December 17, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Janet Dhillon, Chair,
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Ms. Ber-
nadette Wilson, Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, providing com-
ments on the Commission’s draft updated guidance titled Pro-
posed Updated Compliance Manual on Religious Discrimination.
December 22, 2020—Letter to the Honorable Sonny Perdue, Sec-
retary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, commenting on the pro-
posed rule titled Restoration of Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium
Flexibilities. This was a joint letter with Rep. Susan Davis (CA),
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (AZ), Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan
(MP), Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL), Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR),
Rep. Mark Takano (CA), Rep. Alma Adams (NC), Rep. Mark
DeSaulnier (CA), Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ), Rep. Pramila
Jayapal (WA), Rep. Joseph Morelle (NY), Rep. Kim Schrier (WA),
Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT), Rep. Andy Levin (MI), Rep. David
Trone (MD), and Rep. Susie Lee (NV).
OFFICIAL COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED ENTIRELY
REMOTELY OR WITH REMOTE PARTICIPATION
The following were conducted pursuant to House Resolution 965
and the Remote Committee Proceedings Regulations Pursuant to
House Resolution 965.
May 27, 2020—Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Non-Public
Rehearsal of Remote Hearing.
Purpose: To provide Members a non-public rehearsal opportunity
pursuant to section B(4) of the Remote Committee Proceedings
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Participants: Members of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protec-
tions.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
May 28, 2020—Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Hearing ti-
tled ‘‘Examining the Federal Government’s Actions to Protect
Workers from COVID–19.’’
Purpose: To evaluate the adequacy of worker protections and en-
forcement actions by the Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration regarding the COVID–19 pandemic, and to assess the data
gathered on the extent of the COVID–19 pandemic and the actions
taken to improve protections by the National Institute for Occupa-
tional Safety and Health.
Witnesses: The Honorable Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy As-
sistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Washington, DC; and Dr. John Howard, Director, National Insti-
tute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted in person in 2175 Rayburn House Office
Building with remote participation via Cisco Webex Meetings.
June 2, 2020—Full Committee Non-Public Rehearsal of Remote
Hearing.
Purpose: To provide Members a non-public rehearsal opportunity
pursuant to section B(4) of the Remote Committee Proceedings
Regulations Pursuant to House Resolution 965.
Participants: Members of the Committee on Education and
Labor.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
June 8, 2020—Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and
Pensions Non-Public Rehearsal of Remote Hearing.
Purpose: To provide Members a non-public rehearsal opportunity
pursuant to section B(4) of the Remote Committee Proceedings
Regulations Pursuant to House Resolution 965.
Participants: Members of the Subcommittee on Health, Employ-
ment, Labor, and Pensions.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
June 9, 2020—Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce
Investment Non-Public Rehearsal of Remote Hearing.
Purpose: To provide Members a non-public rehearsal opportunity
pursuant to section B(4) of the Remote Committee Proceedings
Regulations Pursuant to House Resolution 965.
Participants: Members of the Subcommittee on Higher Education
and Workforce Investment.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
June 9, 2020—Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and
Secondary Education Non-Public Rehearsal of Remote Hearing.
Purpose: To provide Members a non-public rehearsal opportunity
pursuant to section B(4) of the Remote Committee Proceedings
Regulations Pursuant to House Resolution 965.
Participants: Members of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood,
Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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June 9, 2020—Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services
Non-Public Rehearsal of Remote Hearing.
Purpose: To provide Members a non-public rehearsal opportunity
pursuant to section B(4) of the Remote Committee Proceedings
Regulations Pursuant to House Resolution 965.
Participants: Members of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and
Human Services.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
June 15, 2020—Full Committee Hearing titled ‘‘Budget Cuts and
Lost Learning: Assessing the Impact of COVID–19 on Public
Education.’’
Purpose: To examine the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on
public K–12 education financing and student learning and discuss
actions Congress must take to mitigate the negative impact of
forthcoming state and local budget shortfalls.
Witnesses: Dr. Michael Leachman, Vice President for State Fis-
cal Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC;
Ms. Rebecca Pringle, Vice President, National Education Associa-
tion, Washington, DC; Mr. Mark Johnson, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Ra-
leigh, NC; and Mr. Eric Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland
Metropolitan Schools, Cleveland, OH.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
June 22, 2020—Full Committee Hearing titled ‘‘Inequities Exposed:
How COVID–19 Widened Racial Inequities in Education,
Health, and the Workforce.’’
Purpose: To examine persistent racial inequities across edu-
cation, health, and workforce systems, the impact of the COVID–
19 pandemic in deepening such inequities, and actions Congress
must take to lessen such inequities as the nation recovers.
Witnesses: Dr. Camara Jones, Senior Fellow and Adjunct Asso-
ciate Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;
Dr. Valerie Rawlston Wilson, Director, Program on Race, Ethnicity,
and the Economy, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC; Mr.
Avik Roy, Co-Founder and President, The Foundation for Research
on Equal Opportunity, Austin, Texas; and Mr. John King, Jr.,
President and CEO, The Education Trust, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
July 7, 2020—Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce
Investment Hearing titled ‘‘A Major Test: Examining the Impact
of COVID–19 on the Future of Higher Education.’’
Purpose: To examine how institutions of higher education are ad-
justing practice and services to support students during the
COVID–19 pandemic.
Witnesses: Dr. Sharon J. Pierce, President, Minneapolis College,
Minneapolis, MN; Dr. Timothy White, Chancellor, The California
State University, Long Beach, CA; Ms. Scott Pulsipher, President,
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT; and Dr. Shaun
Harper, President, American Educational Research Association,
Los Angeles, CA.
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July 23, 2020—Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and
Secondary Education Hearing titled ‘‘Underfunded and Unpre-
pared: Examining How to Overcome Obstacles to Safely Reopen
Public Schools.’’
Purpose: To examine the need for additional federal funding to
support the safe return to teaching and learning for the 2020–2021
academic year, in line with public health guidelines amid the
COVID–19 pandemic.
Witnesses: Dr. Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas Inde-
pendent School District, Dallas, TX; Ms. Leslie Boggs, President,
National PTA, Alexandria, VA; Dr. Penny Schwinn, Commissioner
of Education, Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, TN;
and Dr. Sean O’Leary, Vice Chair, Committee on Infectious Dis-
eases, American Academy of Pediatrics, Aurora, CO.
Platform: Conducted in person in 2175 Rayburn with remote par-
ticipation via Cisco Webex Meetings.
September 10, 2020—Full Committee Business Meeting.
Purpose: To approve new subcommittee assignments and a sub-
committee Ranking Member.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
September 10, 2020—Civil Rights and Human Services Sub-
committee Hearing titled ‘‘On the Basis of Sex: Examining the
Administration’s Attacks on Gender-Based Protections.’’
Purpose: To examine the Trump Administration’s many discrimi-
natory actions taken on the basis of sex, their negative impacts,
and the future of gender-based protections considering the Su-
preme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County.
Witnesses: Ms. Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow, Center for American
Progress, Washington, DC; Ms. Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney,
Lambda Legal, Washington, DC; Ms. Fatima Goss Graves, Presi-
dent and CEO, National Women’s Law Center, Washington, DC;
and Ms. Samantha Harris, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Indi-
vidual Rights in Education, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Cisco Webex Meetings.
September 22, 2020—Full Committee Non-Public Rehearsal of
Markup Conducted with Remote Participation.
Purpose: To provide Members a non-public rehearsal opportunity
pursuant to section B(4) of the Remote Committee Proceedings
Regulations Pursuant to House Resolution 965.
Participants: Members of the Committee on Education and
Labor.
Platform: Conducted in person in 2175 Rayburn House Office
Building with remote participation via Cisco Webex Meetings.
September 24, 2020—Full Committee Markup of H.R. 8294, the Na-
tional Apprenticeship Act of 2020.
Sponsor: Rep. Susan Davis (CA).
Disposition: H.R. 8294 was ordered to be favorably reported to
the House, as amended, by a vote of 26 Yeas and 16 Nays.
Committee Report: House Report 116–567 was filed on November
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Platform: Conducted in person in 2175 Rayburn House Office
Building with remote participation via Cisco Webex Meetings.
OTHER COMMITTEE ACTIVITY (BRIEFINGS) CONDUCTED ENTIRELY
REMOTELY OR WITH REMOTE PARTICIPATION
May 1, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Responding to the Im-
pact of COVID–19 on Students, Workers, and Health Care.’’
Purpose: To provide Committee Members an opportunity to dis-
cuss the impacts of COVID–19 in their districts and share solutions
to address this crisis.
Participants: Members of the Committee on Education and
Labor.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
May 7, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Remote Learning in
the Time of the COVID–19 Pandemic.’’
Purpose: To examine the learning challenges schools are facing
during the COVID–19 pandemic, including: (1) challenges to de-
liver remote learning and the effect on students; (2) how schools
are working to address both the equity gaps in remote learning and
quality issues when it comes to instruction; and (3) the importance
of federal emergency relief to help schools respond to the COVID–
19 pandemic.
Experts: Mr. Marlon Styles, Jr., Superintendent, Middletown
City School District, Middletown, OH; and Ms. Robin Lake, Direc-
tor, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Wash-
ington Bothell, Bothell, WA.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
May 14, 2020—Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Briefing ti-
tled ‘‘Protecting Workers from COVID–19.’’
Purpose: To assess the impact of COVID–19 on meatpacking
workers and other front line workers and to explore what actions
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration should be tak-
ing to protect frontline workers.
Experts: Mr. Ademola Oyfeso, Director of the Legislative and Po-
litical Action Department, United Food and Commercial Workers
Union, New York City, NY; and Dr. David Michaels, Professor, De-
partment of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Milken
Institute School of Public Health of the George Washington Univer-
sity, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
May 18, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Addressing the Im-
pact of COVID–19 on Seniors and Individuals with Disabil-
ities.’’
Purpose: To discuss the disproportionate impact of the COVID–
19 pandemic on seniors and individuals with disabilities, to learn
about how communities are responding, and to identify additional
needed solutions.
Experts: Ms. Shireen McSpadden, Executive Director of the De-
partment of Disability and Aging Services, City and County of San
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Director, National Council on Independent Living, Washington,
DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
May 26, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Child Care in Peril:
How COVID–19 is Pushing this Essential Sector to the Brink
of Collapse.’’
Purpose: To examine the effects of the COVID–19 Pandemic on
the child care sector with emphasis on: (1) temporary closures of
and decreases in enrollment and attendance in child care pro-
grams; (2) the rising cost of providing child care safely during the
COVID–19 pandemic; and (3) the importance of federal support to
help child care providers survive the COVID–19 pandemic so that
they are ready to care for children when parents go back to work.
Experts: Ms. Hannah Matthews, Deputy Executive Director for
Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), Washington, DC;
and Ms. Mary De La Rosa, Family Child Care Provider, Los Ange-
les, CA.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
June 4, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Building a Commu-
nity-Based Contact Tracing Workforce.’’
Purpose: To discuss the importance of contact tracing as a key
component in safely reopening the economy, the role of the public
workforce system in supporting the recruitment and training of
contact tracers, the skills and competencies needed for individuals
to successfully serve as contact tracers, and Congress’ role in sup-
porting a qualified, strong, community-based contact tracing work-
force.
Experts: Dr. Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor of Global Health, Har-
vard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Director of the Harvard
Global Health Institute, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard
Medical School, Cambridge, MA; and Ms. Abby Snay, Deputy Sec-
retary for the Future of Work, California Labor and Workforce De-
velopment Agency, San Francisco, CA.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
June 10, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Obstacles to Union
Elections in the Era of COVID–19.’’
Purpose: To examine the effects of the COVID–19 Pandemic on
the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) conducting union
representation elections with emphasis on: (1) the barriers to the
NLRB conducting elections electronically; (2) the effects of the
NLRB’s suspension of representation elections nationwide in
March; and (3) the importance of the NLRB conducting safe rep-
resentation elections in a timely manner.
Experts: Mx. Amanda Jaret, Assistant General Counsel, United
Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW),
Washington, DC; and the Honorable Linda Puchala, Chair, Na-
tional Mediation Board (NMB), Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
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June 18, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Relaunching Amer-
ica’s Workforce.’’
Purpose: To explore the needs of state and local workforce invest-
ment boards in the context of economic recovery from the COVID–
19 pandemic. The panelists discussed resource needs, including
provisions in the CARES Act (H.R. 748), The Heroes Act (H.R.
6800), and the Relaunching America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 6466).
Experts: Ms. Yvette Chocolaad, Policy Director, National Associa-
tion of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), Washington, DC; and
Ms. Nicole Sherard-Freeman, Executive Director, City of Detroit,
Workforce Development & Detroit at Work., Detroit, MI.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
June 23, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Reopening and Re-
building America’s Schools.’’
Purpose: To examine the infrastructure needs of K–12 public
schools, including infrastructure specific to reopening and resuming
teaching and learning after COVID–19.
Experts: Ms. Jacqueline Nowicki, Director of Education, Work-
force, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office,
Washington, DC; and Ms. Randi Weingarten, President, the Amer-
ican Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
July 16, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Failing Retirement
Savers: Examining Three Recent Labor Department Actions.’’
Purpose: To assess the impact to retirement savers from three
Department of Labor (DOL) actions: (1) a final rule and proposed
rule on retirement investment advice (new fiduciary rule), (2) a
proposed rule on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) in-
vesting, and (3) an information letter allowing target date funds to
include private equity (PE) investments as part of the portfolio.
Experts: Ms. Barbara Roper, Director of Investor Protection, Con-
sumer Federation of America, Pueblo, CO; and Mr. Aron Szapiro,
Director of Research, Morningstar Research, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
July 24, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Looked Over and
Left Behind: How the Administration’s Failed COVID–19 Re-
sponse Has Hurt Native Students.’’
Purpose: To examine delays in federal support for Bureau of In-
dian Education-funded schools during the COVID–19 pandemic and
the negative impact of such delays on native students and commu-
nities.
Experts: Mr. Darrick Franklin, Second Vice President, National
Indian Education Association, Washington, DC; and Mr. Kevin
Allis, Chief Executive Officer, National Congress of American Indi-
ans, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via Microsoft Teams.
August 14, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘Empty Promises:
Comparing the President’s Executive Actions to The Heroes
Act.’’
Purpose: To examine the economic impacts of the recently ex-
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and assess the Trump Administration’s plan to use the Disaster
Relief Fund to fund $300 weekly payments, and to examine the im-
plications of the Administration’s Executive Order on deferring stu-
dent loans.
Experts: Mr. Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Co-Executive Director,
Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality and Adjunct Pro-
fessor of Law, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; and Mr.
Ben Miller, Vice President for Postsecondary Education, Center for
American Progress, Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via ZoomGov.
September 23, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘America’s
Child Hunger Crisis: Examining the Urgent Need for Federal
Action.’’
Purpose: To examine the impact of the COVID–19 public health
crisis on child hunger, the federal response to date, and the need
for further federal action.
Experts: Ms. Angela Richey, Nutrition Services Supervisor, Rose-
ville Area and St. Anthony/New Brighton Schools, Roseville, MN;
and Mr. Luis Guardia, President, Food Research and Action Center
(FRAC), Washington, DC.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via ZoomGov.
September 30, 2020—Full Committee Briefing titled ‘‘A Workforce at
Risk: Examining the Health and Financial Challenges Facing
Domestic Workers.’’
Purpose: To examine the economic challenges for domestic work-
ers during the COVID–19 pandemic and the policies needed to
strengthen workplace protections for this workforce.
Experts: Ms. Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Na-
tional Domestic Workers Alliance, Chicago, IL; and Ms. April
Verrett, President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU),
Local 2015, Los Angeles, CA.
Platform: Conducted entirely remotely via ZoomGov.
CONFERENCE REPORTS FILED WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS
APPOINTED AS CONFEREES
H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021, sponsored by Rep. Adam Smith (WA), conference report filed
on December 3, 2020 (House Report 116–617).
S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2020, sponsored by Sen. James Inhofe (OK), conference report filed
on December 9, 2019 (House Report 116–333).
ISSUE REPORTS WRITTEN BY THE COMMITTEE
October 10, 2019—Report detailing the U.S. Department of Edu-
cation’s failed implementation of the Public Service Loan For-
giveness program. This report describes and releases documents
demonstrating that the Department has been aware of program
implementation issues by the loan servicer it contracts with (the
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency) for this pro-
gram.
June 25, 2020—Report detailing the U.S. Department of Edu-
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rowers who were defrauded by predatory institutions. The report
captures nearly two years of congressional oversight and provides
a comprehensive look into how Secretary Betsy DeVos prevented
hundreds of thousands of defrauded borrowers from receiving the
relief they deserved.
July 28, 2020—Report examining Dream Center Education Hold-
ings’ (Dream Center) purchase, operation, and closure of three
for-profit college chains: Argosy University, South University,
and the Art Institutes. This report details the Committee’s con-
cerns with Dream Center’s operations and raises serious ques-
tions regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s oversight of
the relevant institutions.
October 13, 2020—Report chronicling the National Labor Relations
Board’s efforts under the Trump Administration to undermine
workers’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act through
rulemaking and adjudication. The report details the Committee’s
concerns with the Board’s ethics and recusal policies as well as
its response to the COVID–19 pandemic.
December 8, 2020—Report examining the ‘‘future of work,’’ explor-
ing how a flood of new technologies and business models is shap-
ing the American workforce. The report identifies challenges and
provides recommendations to Congress on how to address those
challenges in order to protect, promote, and prepare American
workers in the coming decades.
AMICUS BRIEF WRITTEN BY THE COMMITTEE
October 7, 2020—Brief submitted to the National Labor Relations
Board in Mountaire Farms, Inc., opposing modifications to the
contract bar rule, which prevents processing of representation
election petitions during the first three years of a valid collective
bargaining agreement. This was a joint brief with House Com-
mittee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Health, Em-
ployment, Labor, and Pensions Chair Frederica Wilson and
House Committee on Education and Labor’s Vice Chair Andy
Levin.
COMMITTEE ACTIVITY STATISTICS†
Total Number of Bills and Resolutions Referred to the Committee—
1267
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Committee—62
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Full Committee—15
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Early
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education (including 1
joint hearing)—6
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Higher
Education and Workforce Investment (including 1 joint hear-
ing)—12
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health,
Employment, Labor, and Pensions (including 2 joint hearings)—
9
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce
Protections (including 3 joint hearings)—12
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Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Civil
Rights and Human Services (including 1 joint hearing)—12
Total Number of Field Hearings (Held by the Subcommittee on
Higher Education and Workforce Investment jointly with the
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs’ Subcommittee on Eco-
nomic Opportunity)—1
Total Number of Markup Sessions Held by the Committee—13
Total Number of Markup Sessions Held by the Full Committee—
13
Total Number of Legislation Ordered Reported by the Full Com-
mittee—19
Total Number of Committee Reports Filed for Legislation Ordered
Reported by the Full Committee—19
Total Number of Legislation Referred to the Committee that
Passed the House (including each time legislation passed)—42
Total Number of Legislation Referred to the Committee that
Passed the House in Another Measure (including each time legis-
lation passed in another measure)—114
Total Number of Legislation Within Committee Jurisdiction Not
Referred to the Committee that Passed the House (including
each time legislation passed)—21
Total Number of Legislation Referred to the Committee Enacted
Into Law—7
Total Number of Legislation Referred to the Committee Enacted
Into Law in Another Measure—48
Total Number of Legislation Within Committee Jurisdiction Not
Referred to the Committee Enacted Into Law—9
Total Number of Committee Initiated Correspondence—287
Total Number of Official Committee Proceedings Conducted En-
tirely Remotely or with Remote Participation—8
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Committee Conducted En-
tirely Remotely or with Remote Participation—6
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Full Committee Conducted
Entirely Remotely or with Remote Participation—2
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Early
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Conducted En-
tirely Remotely or with Remote Participation
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Higher
Education and Workforce Investment Conducted Entirely Re-
motely or with Remote Participation—1
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health,
Employment, Labor, and Pensions Conducted Entirely Remotely
or with Remote Participation—0
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce
Protections Conducted Entirely Remotely or with Remote Partici-
pation—1
Total Number of Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Civil
Rights and Human Services Conducted Entirely Remotely or
with Remote Participation—1
Total Number of Markup Sessions Held by the Full Committee
Conducted Entirely Remotely or with Remote Participation—1
Total Number of Other Committee Activity (Briefings) Conducted
Entirely Remotely or with Remote Participation—14
Total Number of Conference Reports Filed with Committee Mem-
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Total Number of Issue Reports Written by the Committee—5
Total Number of Amicus Briefs Written by the Committee—1
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MINORITY VIEWS
Introduction
Committee Republicans in the 116th Congress stood firm in their
efforts to oppose the destructive policies that defined the majority
of the Committee Democrats’ legislative agenda. In stark contrast
to the hopeful words of bipartisanship the Chairman offered when
the 116th Congress began, the Committee Democrats pushed
through radical, one-size-fits-all legislation benefiting left-wing spe-
cial interests, including Big Labor and trial lawyers. These Demo-
crat-led efforts resulted in policies that would stifle the American
economy, reduce opportunities for workers, punish small busi-
nesses, and hurt students. In stark contrast, Committee Repub-
licans’ offered pro-growth, pro-worker, and pro-student reforms so
that all Americans have the opportunity to succeed.
Policy Goals
EDUCATION
Committee Republicans worked to promote access to high-quality
education and lifelong learning in order to prepare students to com-
pete in the 21st century economy.
Fighting for K–12 Students
In the 116th Congress, Democrats launched an all-out attack on
private and charter schools and consistently put the interests of
teacher unions above students. During Committee hearings on K–
12 issues, Republicans highlighted the benefits of allowing parents
to select the best school for their children. A high-quality education
is the path out of poverty for millions and provides students with
the tools and skills they need to build a successful life. Every child
should have access to an excellent education. No child should be
limited by circumstances out of their control like where they live.
On July 23, 2020, the Committee held a hearing titled ‘‘Exam-
ining How to Overcome Obstacles to Safely Reopen Public Schools.’’
The Democrats’ distaste for school choice was obvious from the title
of the hearing, and their rhetoric during the hearing doubled down
on the narrative that they believe money for public schools is the
only way to help families and without that money schools should
stay closed. Understanding that all school circumstances are
unique, Committee Republicans took a more balanced approach,
and emphasized that medical experts, like the American Academy
of Pediatrics, were telling the nation that schools can reopen if
proper safety precautions are taken.
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Fighting for Better Postsecondary Education
The nation’s postsecondary education system is in desperate need
of complete reform. Unfortunately, the Democrats’ legislation dou-
bles down on policies that hurt students. Republicans have sought
to advance innovative practices that help students transition from
the classroom to a career. In contrast, Democrats have advanced a
radical higher education agenda that cements the failed status and
does nothing to help set up the next generation of Americans for
career success.
During a three-day markup of the Democrats’ bill, H.R. 4674, the
College Affordability Act, Republicans highlighted the Democrats’
dangerous bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, a bill that
costs hundreds of billions of dollars, limits educational freedom, in-
creases the cost of postsecondary education, and does nothing to
close the skills gap. In opposing this bill, Committee Republicans
focused on the excessive bureaucracy reinforced in the bill and the
lack of support to help students in all programs—and this was be-
fore addressing the significant concerns with the astronomical cost
borne by hardworking taxpayers as a result of the legislation. The
Republicans’ concerns were supported by the countless educational
stakeholders who publicly opposed the legislation.
Fighting for a Better Workforce Development System
Building a more resilient workforce development system has long
been a priority for Committee Republicans. Fortunately, there is bi-
partisan support behind creating a strong workforce through earn-
and-learn programs like apprenticeships. Unfortunately, Democrats
destroyed any meaningful reform with their demands to include
kickbacks to unions in their apprenticeship bill.
On September 24, 2020, the Committee held a markup for H.R.
8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020. The Democrats’ bill
will force job creators to deal with overly prescriptive requirements
and will close pathways to new innovative apprenticeship models.
Committee Republicans offered an amendment that would create
more pathways to work for students and job seekers, by giving job
creators the flexibility to innovate and develop high-quality earn-
and-learn programs without overreach from Washington. Demo-
crats claimed the bill expanded apprenticeship opportunities while
maintaining a check on quality. However, giving the unions what
they want is not quality; their bill limits opportunities and stifles
innovation in the field. Alternatively, Republicans offered a com-
plete substitute bill that could have been signed into law and
would have actually delivered on the promise of expanding appren-
ticeship opportunities.
WORKFORCE
Committee Republicans are committed to providing the best out-
comes for workers, small businesses, and job creators through poli-
cies that will allow the workforce to flourish without overly burden-
some government intrusion.
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Fighting to Protect Small Businesses
Democrats consistently pander to union bosses and other special
interests at the expense of American workers. This was most ap-
parent in their bill, H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right to Organize
Act, a sweeping and socialist backwards-looking bill that would
harm the economy and provide a political gift to self-interested
labor-union leaders, while diminishing or extinguishing the rights
of workers and employers alike. This bill included a far-reaching
wish list of radical labor policy changes which benefit union bosses
and punish job creators, including a card-check style union election
voting scheme, provisions undermining the privacy rights of em-
ployees, nationwide adoption of California’s unworkable and dis-
credited ‘‘ABC’’ worker classification test, a repeal of 27 states’
right-to-work laws, and reinstatement of discredited, punitive
Obama-era regulations. To counter the harmful provisions included
in this bill, Committee Republicans offered 31 amendments during
the markup of H.R. 2474 that would keep power hungry and cor-
rupt union bosses, such as those at the United Auto Workers
(UAW), in check.
Ahead of House consideration of H.R. 2474, Republican Leader
Foxx and Rep. Tim Walberg (R–MI), Republican Leader of the Sub-
committee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, sent a let-
ter to Chairman Scott requesting a public hearing to examine the
growing corruption scandal within the UAW. This letter followed
two earlier letters asking that the Chairman and the Committee
take action to examine UAW corruption. The Republican requests
came after press reports that federal investigators had uncovered
more than a decade of rampant corruption among the senior ranks
of the UAW, which included money laundering, tax fraud, bribery,
and embezzling workers’ hard-earned union dues for lavish per-
sonal expenses. Committee Democrats have refused to call out
UAW’s widespread illegal activity, and Chairman Scott never re-
sponded to Committee Republicans’ requests to examine this trou-
bling behavior.
Committee Republicans also strongly opposed H.R. 582, the
Raise the Wage Act, which increases the federal minimum wage
from $7.25 to $15 per hour over a five-year period and indexes it
to the median hourly wage of all employees thereafter. When op-
posing this bill, Republicans emphasized that raising the federal
minimum wage to $15 would cause disruptive job losses and harm
entry-level workers in many regions around the country. In a com-
prehensive study issued in July 2019, the nonpartisan Congres-
sional Budget Office estimated that up to 3.7 million jobs would be
lost from a minimum wage increase to $15, with a median impact
of 1.3 million workers losing their jobs because of the mandated
wage hike.
Fighting to Protect Religious Organizations
On September 16, 2019, Republican Leader Foxx and Rep. James
Comer (R–KY), then-Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on
Civil Rights and Human Services, submitted a comment letter in
strong support of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule
protecting the religious liberty of federal contractors. DOL pub-
lished the final rule in the Federal Register on December 9, 2020.
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On June 25, 2019, Committee Democrats convened a full Com-
mittee hearing on H.R. 1450, the Do No Harm Act, a radical bill
that substantially limits the application of the Religious Freedom
Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA). During the hearing, Committee
Republicans and the Republican-invited witnesses defended the
First Amendment and religious freedoms guaranteed to Americans
under the U.S. Constitution, and offered numerous reasons why
H.R. 1450 guts RFRA’s protections of religious liberty.
On December 17, 2020, Republican Leader Foxx and Rep. Ben
Cline (R–VA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Civil
Rights and Human Services, submitted a comment letter com-
mending the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) for taking steps to update its guidance on religious dis-
crimination. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits em-
ployment discrimination based on religion and protects the freedom
of religious organizations to make religiously-based employment de-
cisions. EEOC’s proposed updates to the compliance manual on re-
ligious discrimination addresses protections for employees and reli-
gious organizations and incorporates U.S. Supreme Court and
lower court decisions since 2008, which is the last time the manual
was updated.
Fighting to Empower Patients, Families, and the Employer-Based
Health Care System
Committee Republicans support affordable, employer-sponsored
health care options which cover 155 million Americans and have
rallied behind the Trump administration’s actions to expand access
to association health plans.
Committee Republicans are further committed to preserving pa-
tient access and promoting innovation through bipartisan drug
pricing reforms included in H.R. 19, the Lower Costs, More Cures
Act of 2019, and rejecting Democrats’ radical drug pricing scheme,
H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. The
Democrats’ health care proposal would impose a socialist mandate
on our health care industry and lead to fewer lifesaving cures.
Committee Republicans also fought against attempts by Democrats
on and off the Committee to create and expand government-run
health care through bills like H.R. 1010, H.R. 987, the Strength-
ening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, and
H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhance-
ment Act.
During the 116th Congress, Republicans also worked in a bipar-
tisan fashion to advance legislation (H.R. 5800, the Ban Surprise
Billing Act) to protect consumers from the financially crippling
practice of surprise billing.
Committee Procedures
When the country is hurting its elected leaders need to step up,
not shrink from hard work and tough decisions. Following the pas-
sage of H. Res. 95, a partisan resolution which radically altered the
rules of the House of Representatives by upending more than 200
years of precedent and jeopardizing the deliberative process of the
‘‘People’s House,’’ Republican Leader Foxx took to the House floor
and said, ‘‘Today is a dark day in the history of our country . . .’’
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Committee Republicans stood firm in their belief that in order to
carry out the important job of serving as the people’s representa-
tives, all Members should be physically present just as America’s
Founders intended. That is why Committee Republicans traveled to
Washington to participate in person from the Committee’s hearing
room.
Committee Democrats remained at home while hardworking
Americans on the front lines stepped up and continued to work
during this difficult time in America’s history. Democrats’ virtual
roundtables, briefings, and hearings let Members check a box with-
out truly working together and collaborating as the American peo-
ple have hired them to do.
In addition, dysfunction persisted throughout the Democrat-run
virtual hearings and hybrid markups and valuable time was wast-
ed as Committee Democrats struggled to resolve several technical
difficulties.
Furthermore, Committee Democrats trampled on the rights of
the minority during the 116th Congress. During markup of H.R.
397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, Democrats
shut down debate on the bill and prevented Committee Repub-
licans from offering any amendments to the bill. This nearly un-
precedented action prevented Committee Republicans from offering
any constructive and meaningful proposals to help workers and re-
tirees in multiemployer pension plans that are in desperate need
of a responsible, bipartisan solution. It was shameful and hypo-
critical coming from a majority who had previously proclaimed an
interest in working together in ‘‘good faith.’’
Conclusion
Committee Democrats’ priorities during the 116th Congress in-
cluded dangerous, socialist policies that amounted to little more
than a government endorsed power grab.
While Committee Democrats continue to pursue Washington-
knows-best policies that limit choice, opportunity, and freedom,
Committee Republicans will continue to offer policies that give stu-
dents the choice to learn in a classroom that fits their needs, em-
power workers with the tools they need to succeed, and give job
creators the flexibility they need to thrive.
VIRGINIA FOXX,
Ranking Member.
DAVID P. ROE, M.D.
GLENN ‘‘GT’’ THOMPSON.
TIM WALBERG.
BRETT GUTHRIE.
BRADLEY BYRNE.
GLENN GROTHMAN.
ELISE M. STEFANIK.
RICK W. ALLEN.
LLOYD SMUCKER.
JIM BANKS.
MARK WALKER.
JAMES COMER.
BEN CLINE.
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RUSS FULCHER.
RON WRIGHT.
DANIEL MEUSER.
DUSTY JOHNSON.
FRED KELLER.
GREGORY F. MURPHY.
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