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House Passes Emergency Legislation to Save Teacher Jobs
08.10.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives today approved legislation that will save or create 319,000 American jobs in local communities, including 161,000 teacher jobs, and also discourages American corporations from shipping jobs overseas. By a vote of 247 to 161, the House passed H.R. 1586, the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. President Obama indicated he would sign the legislation into law later today.“With this vote today, we’re taking decisive action to prevent our child… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on Senate Passage of the $10 Billion Education Jobs Bill and Additional State Aid
08.05.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 1586, the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. The House will reconvene for a rare August vote this coming Tuesday to approve the legislation and send it to President Obama for his signature. The bill is expected to save approximately 140,000 teacher jobs nationwide. “I applaud the Senate for passing this emergency legi… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on $10 Billion Education Jobs Bill and Additional State Aid
08.04.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following statement after Speaker Pelosi announced the House of Representatives will return to Washington next week to vote on legislation recently moved forward by the Senate to invest $10 billion to save teachers jobs. “I look forward to returning to Washington next week to ensure our teachers, principals, librarians, guidance counselors and countless other school profession… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on Final Approval of Extension of Unemployment Insurance
07.22.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement after the House gave final approval to an emergency extension of unemployment insurance.“After weeks of obstruction by Senate Republicans, more than 2.5 million Americans struggling to find work will now be able to breathe a small sigh of relief. Unemployment benefits are a proven way to boost our economy while delivering a much-needed lifeline for Americans look… Continue Reading
House Approves Legislation to Improve Public-Private Sector Economic Development
07.19.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives approved bipartisan legislation today on a voice vote that will help key industries, such as manufacturing, meeting their skilled workforce needs.The Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act (SECTORS), H.R. 1855, will help address local skills shortages by bringing employers in key industries together with education, labor, workforce, and other groups to identify and provide training tailored to meet the sector needs of th… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Calls on Senate GOP to Allow Vote on Summer Jobs and Unemployment Extension
07.16.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today demanding U.S. Senate Republicans allow a vote on important provisions on jobs and an unemployment benefits extension. “The Senate GOP’s continued obstruction shows once again that they are willing to play politics with the livelihoods of millions of Americans out of work and in desperate need of help. While Democrats are working to dig this country out of … Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on May Jobs Numbers
06.04.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the employment situation data for May 2010. “It is good news that our nation's economy is improving and headed in the right direction. Unemployment is down and the economy is creating jobs. In the first five months of 2010, the economy created nearly half a million new jobs, not including temporary census jobs. It i… Continue Reading
Report Warns of Severe Job Cuts in Local Communities
05.27.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Facing tight budgets as the result of recession, local communities are set to lay off another 222,500 workers beginning this summer, threatening to overwhelm the recovery, according to an analysis released today by the Economic Policy Institute. “This massive job loss will harm far more than the public servants who face unemployment. For one, our communities will be deprived of the vital services they deliver. Schools would see larger classes sizes, our homes would be less… Continue Reading
Nonpartisan CBO Analysis Proves Recovery Act Saved Economy from the Brink, Rep. Miller Says
05.26.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - An analysis released yesterday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office shows that the Recovery Act saved the economy from the brink by adding millions of jobs and increasing economic activity, U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) said today. “Before this Congress and President Obama took decisive action, our nation was losing more than 750,000 jobs a month. It is clear that without the Recovery Act, our nation would be still dealing with an economic catastrophe caused by the… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on Emergency Education Investments
05.26.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chair of the House Education and Labor Committee and author of the Local Jobs for America Act, today issued the following statement applauding U.S. Rep. Dave Obey (D-WI), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, for including key investments in education in the FY2010 Supplemental Appropriations Bill. Specifically, the legislation, which the House Appropriations Committee will vote on tomorrow, includes $23 billion to save education jobs in … Continue Reading
White House Releases State-by-State Estimates of Jobs Funded Through the Education Jobs Bill
05.26.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the White House released state-by-state estimates of the number of jobs that will be saved or created through the $23 billion Education Jobs Fund, that is included as emergency spending in the FY2010 Supplemental Appropriations Bill. The $23 billion emergency investment will help fund an estimated 300,000 education jobs across the country, including teachers, librarians, principals, guidance counselors, school cafeteria workers, and janitors, among others. U.S. Rep. Geor… Continue Reading
Miller Jobs Bill Will Increase Revenues, Reduce Safety Net Spending, Independent Analysis Shows
05.18.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislation to create and save jobs in local communities would be partially offset by almost $39 billion in increased tax revenues and a reduction in social spending, according to an independent analysis released today by the Economic Policy Institute. EPI also calculated that the legislation would indirectly create an estimated 150,000 jobs - jobs supported by the spending of workers whose jobs were directly created or saved. “Our nation’s budding economic recovery can ill a… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on New Great City Schools Report
05.18.10 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 Council of Great City Schools released their report “Investing Wisely and Quickly -- Use of ARRA Funds in America's Great City Schools,” highlighting the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on urban school districts across the country. The report shows the law helped save jobs, build capacity and advance reforms in education.… Continue Reading
Miller on NYC Layoffs: Congress Must Act Now to Save Jobs
05.06.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - In response to an announcement earlier today that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s budget will cut the jobs of 11,000 city workers, including teachers, firefighters and police officers, U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) again called on Congress to act immediately on legislation that would save or create one million public and private sector jobs. Miller is the chair of the House Education and Labor Committee and the author of the legislation, the Local Jobs for America Act… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Praises Science Committee for Vote to Bolster U.S. Competitiveness
04.29.10 WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chair of the House Education and Labor Committee released the following statement after the House Science and Technology Committee voted last night to update and reauthorize the America COMPETES Act. Among other things, the COMPETES Act seeks to boost America’s competitiveness by strengthening the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. “As we rebuild our nation’s economy by putting Americans back to work, we must also strengthen… Continue Reading
House Committee Releases Job Creation Estimates for Local Jobs for America Act
04.20.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Education and Labor Committee today released estimates on how many jobs would be created or saved in local communities by the Local Jobs for America Act (H.R. 4812), legislation that would create jobs quickly in both the public and private sectors and help restore vital services that families rely on. The bill has 145 cosponsors to date. “Deep job cuts at the local level over the next couple of years threaten to derail our nation’s economic recovery,” said U.S. Rep.… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on Encouraging March Jobs Report
04.02.10 U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 162,000 jobs were created in March, the largest monthly job gain in three years. Excluding the expected bump in temporary census hiring, private sector hiring was still the highest last month since the recession began. “Today’s news that our nation created the most jobs in three years is a sign that our efforts are hel… Continue Reading
Congress and Mayors Announce New Jobs Plan
03.10.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - With states and municipalities facing more potential layoffs amidst budget squeezes, today House Democrats and a bipartisan group of mayors announced new legislation to create one million public and private sector jobs in local communities. (Listen to the audio of the press conference call introducing the legislation here.)The Local Jobs for America Act, authored by U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), will save and create jobs quickly in both the public and private sectors and hel… Continue Reading
Chairman Miller Statement on Recovery Act Anniversary
02.17.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and a key architect of the education pieces of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, issued the following statement today on the law's one-year anniversary: "One year ago, our nation was headed toward an economic collapse, shedding an average of 600,000 jobs a month. State and local budget cutbacks were putting teachers' jobs - and our students' education - in peril. Our economy was i… Continue Reading
Economy Headed in Right Direction, Senate Should Quickly Approve Jobs Bill, Chairman Miller Says
02.05.10 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the nation’s unemployment rate fell from 10.0 percent in December to 9.7 in January. “Today’s news that the rate of job loss continues to improve shows that the Obama administration’s efforts are moving our economy in the right direction. In the last months of the Bush administration we were losi… Continue Reading