Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats

Republicans’ cuts to SNAP are leaving children more likely to go hungry at lunch so that millionaires, billionaires, and corporations can enjoy bigger tax breaks. Kids can’t learn on an empty stomach. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

While Trump’s DOJ turns its back on workers and students by abandoning entire categories of discrimination cases and ending the fight against school desegregation, Committee Democrats will keep fighting to protect the civil rights of every person in America. www.commondreams.org/news/departm...

Getting into college is a major accomplishment, but for many students, it's only the start of an uphill battle. A new report reveals how policymakers can help students reach the finish line and receive their hard-earned diplomas. democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-...

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

Congratulations, @shawnfainuaw.bsky.social, on your decisive victory to lead @uaw.org! Under your leadership, UAW is challenging corporate greed and lifting up American workers. We look forward to continuing the fight for workers together.

You aren’t crazy. The reason you feel like your paycheck isn’t going as far is that it isn’t. Because of Trump’s chaotic tariffs and the Iran war, inflation has outpaced wage growth for 6 months in a row. While the price of everything else is going up, your wages can’t keep up.

This raid follows a disturbing pattern of abusing the criminal justice system to seek retribution against political opponents. President Trump has repeatedly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric that has contributed to threats of violence against her.

The public deserves to know if HHS lied in active litigation. HHS's failure to cooperate with requests for information about DOGE's access to sensitive information is alarming. @bobbyscott.house.gov is demanding HHS's internal watchdog investigate the matter now. thehill.com/policy/healt...

NEW: Ranking Members @bobbyscott.house.gov and @repmarkdesaulnier.bsky.social are demanding a detailed accounting of the damage DOGE has done to the Employee Benefits Security Administration’s ability to protect the hard-earned benefits of 155 million workers. 🔗: fedscoop.com/employee-ben...

Ranking Members @bobbyscott.house.gov and @sanders.senate.gov, joined by nearly 200 Members of Congress, demand that the Trump Administration end its attack on Head Start families and children. abcnews.com/Politics/dem...

Since Trump returned to office, Black unemployment has risen nearly a full percentage point. This Administration’s choices are having real world consequences on families’ ability to make ends meet and workers’ ability to receive equal pay for equal work.

Last night, I joined AFL-CIO President @LizShuler to honor the late, great Bill Spriggs Bill championed working people and economic justice. His legacy will live on in the hearts and minds of those of us who had the opportunity to learn from and work with him over the years

As the new Secretary of Labor, Sonderling must finally comply with all our oversight requests. Answering to the American people is part of the job, and Ranking Member @bobbyscott.house.gov will continue to demand cooperation with our investigations.

Once again, the jobs report is telling Americans what they already knew — the economy is not working for them. Trump's economic policies are crushing the American worker. Rising inflation, wage stagnation, and slow hiring make it clear that we need a different direction.

Public dollars should fund public education. If just 20% of eligible donors participate in the voucher scheme, the cost to taxpayers would exceed all federal spending on Title I and IDEA combined. Imagine what we could do if we used this money to improve all of America’s public schools instead.

Chronic underfunding of community colleges is jeopardizing their ability to support their students and communities. America's College Promise Act would waive tuition for eligible students at community colleges and two-year Tribal Colleges and Universities.

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

Direct care workers show up for our families every day. @bobbyscott.house.gov, Rep. Grijalva, & Rep. Susie Lee are reintroducing the Direct CARE Opportunity Act to invest in training & create more opportunities for the workers who care for our nation. democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-...

A new report from the Government Accountability Office found key data is missing in the effort to combat child labor violations, including for more than half of the child workplace fatalities in the US from 2013 to 2023 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

🚨 A new government watchdog report shows that after the Trump Administration stopped collecting key child labor data, its enforcement became less effective. Child labor should be a lesson taught in history class, not an ongoing crisis. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We know DOGE had access to sensitive data. Yet, after more than a year of investigation and numerous accommodations, the Trump Administration still refuses to tell the public whether Musk did anything with Americans' data. The Administration should be accountable to the taxpayers, not Musk.

A government watchdog found that ED stopped monitoring $27 billion in K-12 funding for low-income schools. Without oversight, taxpayer money is now at risk of waste, fraud, and abuse. Maybe, instead of dismantling ED, it should focus on doing its actual job. www.gao.gov/products/gao...

It's time! Students and their families can now fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to make college more affordable. File your FAFSA and see what aid you are eligible for here. abcnews.com/US/weve-simp...

Why is the Republican answer to every problem the same? Kick people off their health insurance. Need to pay for billionaire tax cuts? Kick people off health insurance. Need to pretend to care about fraud while still attending Don Jr.'s wedding? Kick people off health insurance.

NEW: @bobbyscott.house.gov is urging the Employee Benefits Security Administration to stop plans to make it harder for patients to access critical, time-sensitive information needed to appeal wrongful health claims denials. democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-...

Americans are struggling to choose between buying groceries and making student loan payments. Meanwhile, Committee Republicans have done nothing to address the rising cost of college. Priorities.

Republicans have too often sided with corporate interests over working people, and that includes attacking unions, which give workers a voice in the workplace, for fighting back against Trump's anti-worker agenda. The real threats to workers are not unions, but a rigged economy.

The House just passed the Science of Reading Act. Championed by Ranking Member @bobbyscott.house.gov and @congressmannion.bsky.social, this bill puts decades of research on how kids learn to read—phonics, fluency, & comprehension—into action and ensures federal literacy dollars follow the evidence.

Under the Trump Administration, the lowest-paid workers made less in 2025 than they did in 2024, with their paychecks eaten up by the rising cost of *EVERYTHING.*   Meanwhile, Trump has made more than $2 billion since his second term began. thehill.com/business/per...

When families need Head Start most, the Trump Administration is trying to rip it away.  Americans deserve better.   This morning, I joined advocates from @nwlc.org to rally to strengthen Head Start and make child care accessible for all.

The Trump administration is waging war on public education. Not on our watch. Today, I stood with AFGE, AFT, and NEA and the educators, staff, and students they serve. We are fighting to ensure every student can access a quality public education.

When workers organize a union, they can bargain for higher pay, better benefits, and safer workplaces. Today, Committee Democrats defended unions' power to check corporations and wealthy special interests.

NEW: @bobbyscott.house.gov and @mcbath.house.gov released a GAO report revealing DOD’s abuse of a loophole which allowed it to bypass a federal law that guarantees government contractors fair wages and benefits: washingtonsun.com/defense/pent...

Trump's "solution" to the child care crisis is to reward "normal" married stay-at-home parents.    And he'd pay for it by taking money from a program that overwhelmingly helps single, working mothers afford child care.