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Stronger, Not Weaker, Protections Needed for U.S. and Foreign Agricultural Workers
09.14.11 WASHINGTON - During these economic times, Congress should be working on ways to ensure that the nation's temporary agricultural guestworker program encourages the recruitment of U.S. workers and also provides sufficient protections for all agriculture workers, the Workforce Protections Subcommittee learned today. "We don't need a race to the bottom. We need to administer the H-2A program to ensure that U.S. workers have the first chance at employment and foreign workers aren't exploited," s… Continue Reading
Miller Requests Immediate Hearings on Job Creation Proposals
09.09.11 WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, today requested that Chairman John Kline (R-MN) immediately schedule hearings into the job creation proposals outlined by President Obama yesterday. The Education and the Workforce Committee has legislative jurisdiction over a number of the proposals contained in the American Jobs Act. "The American people share the President's sense of urgency that Congress must act together … Continue Reading
Miller Applauds Obama’s Call for Putting Partisanship Aside and Getting Americans Back to Work
09.08.11 WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama’s speech this evening on job creation before a Joint Session of Congress. “Tonight, President Obama laid down a foundation to help get Americans back to work - starting this year and continuing into the future. The President’s proposals have enjoyed wide bipartisan support in the past and I applaud many of the specific … Continue Reading
Miller Announces Jobs Plan
08.25.11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - With families and local communities struggling especially hard in this economy, U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the Education and the Workforce Committee, introduced a jobs bill today. The bill, the Local Jobs for America Act, will save and create jobs quickly in both the public and private sectors and help restore vital services that families and local communities rely on. It is similar to legislation Miller introduced last year with the support of hund… Continue Reading
Miller Signals Alarm That American Jobs At Risk from Looming Political Threats
08.05.11 WASHINGTON - Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following statement after today's jobs report showed that 156,00 private sector jobs were created in July and more private sector jobs were created in May than previously estimated. "The positive July jobs report is welcome news at a very difficult time in the lives of middle class Americans, even as we recognize that the economy needs to produce many more jobs than this a… Continue Reading
GOP Rams through Major Rollback of Workers Rights that will Help Ship Jobs Overseas
07.20.11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Special interest legislation that will render workers' rights unenforceable and allow more jobs to be shipped overseas was pushed through the House Education and the Workforce Committee on a party line vote today."The legislation is nothing more than a rush to protect one special interest to the detriment of all American workers," said Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the committee. "This bill presents American workers with a choice: you can have your rights o… Continue Reading
Miller Calls on Kline to Cancel Thursday Markup of GOP’s ‘Eviscerate Workers’ Rights and Ship Jobs Overseas” Bill
07.18.11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) issued the following statement today after House Education and Workforce Republicans announced that the committee will vote on legislation in less than 48 hours that would strip the National Labor Relations Board's ability to enforce the law to protect workers against unfair labor practices. The bill was introduced late this afternoon."I am deeply disappointed that the Republicans have chosen to take such reckless action, ramming a far-reaching b… Continue Reading
Rep. George Miller Statement on June Jobs Report
07.07.11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on the June jobs report released today. "The June jobs report is sobering and of course very disappointing. Hopefully it will wake up those in Washington who still have not made job creation their priority. "Tragically, the Tea Party Republicans came into town saying that we can cut our way into new jobs. As the June report and reports over th… Continue Reading
Rep. Hinojosa Opening Statement on “Removing Inefficiencies in the Nation's Job Training Programs”
05.11.11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Below are the prepared remarks of U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), the senior Democrat of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for the hearing on "Removing Inefficiencies in the Nation's Job Training Programs".***I am pleased that we are having a hearing on the critically important work of our nation's employment and workforce training programs. I would like to thank our distinguished panel of witnes… Continue Reading
Members Ask Obama Administration to help Safeguard American Workers in Colombia Trade Agreement
03.17.11 Six Democratic members of the House, led by U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) today issued a detailed memo to the Obama Administration outlining several necessary conditions before the President submits the Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to the House for consideration. In an accompanying letter to President Obama, the Members write, "[a]t a time of economic uncertainty, with millions of families across our country struggling to support themselves, it is ou… Continue Reading
Rep. George Miller Statement on U.S. Trade Rep. Kirk’s Senate Testimony
03.09.11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk testified on the status of several trade agreements today before the Senate Finance Committee today. “I applaud the U.S. Trade Representative for embracing the principle that trade agreements must keep faith with American workers. Regrettably, the administration’s embrace of the Korea-U.S. Free … Continue Reading
GOP Spending Bill Eliminates Worker Job Training and Workplace Safety Programs
02.16.11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Republican spending bill on the House floor would end vital workforce services like job training for returning veterans, local business services to help match them with qualified workers and even shut down a website that helps employers keep their workers safe, a congressional committee learned today. “No one is in favor of wasteful spending or outdated government regulations that don’t work. Instead of indentifying real government waste - like subsidies for big oil or ta… Continue Reading
Job Creation Must be the Top Priority for Congress
02.04.11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the senior Democrat on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, said that while the economy is moving in the right direction, job creation must be at the top of Congress' agenda. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the nation's unemployment rate dropped from 9.4 percent to 9.0 percent in January. The nation also logged another month of private-sector job creation. In the last year, 1.1 million private-sector jobs h… Continue Reading
Miller: Republicans Block Aid to Unemployed Workers
11.18.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement after House Republicans blocked an emergency extension of unemployment insurance today. On November 27, two million workers stand to lose unemployment insurance benefits unless Congress extends them. Millions more will lose this lifeline in the weeks and months to follow. “Unfortunately, millions of Americans out of work through no fault of their own will fac… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on 9th Month of Private Sector Job Growth and the Republican Recession
10.08.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 64,000 private sector jobs were created in September, the ninth straight month of private sector job creation. “Today’s jobs report shows just how much our economy has improved since the Republican Recession began. When President Obama took over, we were losing nearly 800,000 jobs a month. Thanks larg… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Responds to Schwarzenegger Decision to Withhold California Education Funding
09.09.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following statement in response to Governor Schwarzenegger's decision to withhold $1.2 billion in federal school jobs grants for the state of California. Miller fought for almost a year for additional aid to keep teachers in the classroom, funding that Congress approved last month in a rare emergency session. "By withholding $1.2 billion in education funding, the governor is d… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on Labor Day and August Jobs Numbers
09.03.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, released the following statement in honor of Labor Day and the announcement that the economy created 67,000 private sector jobs in August, the eighth straight month of private sector job growth. “Labor Day is a time to reflect on the achievements of the American worker and our nation’s commitment to helping all families pursue the American Dream. “As today’s jobs numbers show, while there ar… Continue Reading
Pelosi and Miller Announce $1.2 Billion in Emergency Education Jobs Funding for California
08.27.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Congressman George Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following joint statement announcing that the U.S. Department of Education approved California’s application to receive $1.2 billion as part of the recently passed Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act, which will fund an estimated 16,500 teacher jobs in California.“As soon as today, California will have access to more than $1.2 billion dol… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Responds to Boehner Economic Speech
08.24.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following statement in response to House Republican Leader John Boehner’s remarks at the City Club of Cleveland.“This morning Leader John Boehner gave a campaign speech advocating a return to the failed, Bush-era domestic agenda that ran our economy into a ditch and left us in the worst downturn since the Great Depression.“With Mr. Boehner’s assistance, House Republicans stall… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on $487 Million in Recovery Funds for California
08.17.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following statement after U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that California will receive more than $487 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The recovery dollars will fund teacher jobs and strengthen ongoing education reform efforts in California public elementary and secondary schools. Chairman Miller authored key education portions o… Continue Reading