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A hearing was held on the effect of the financial crisis on pension funds and workers' directed retirement accounts, such as 401(k) plans. Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag s…

The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing titled “Building an Economic Recovery Package: Creating and Preserving Jobs in America.” Witnesses testified about strategies to stimul…

A hearing on childhood obesity focused on the benefits of physical education. Representatives Wamp and Kind, who co-sponsored childhood obesity legislation, were the first witnesses. Fitness…

A hearing examined how rising food costs are making it harder for the nation’s child nutrition and school meal programs to provide healthy, low-cost meals for children. State and local nutri…

A hearing was held to examine the causes of recent construction and crane incidents, particularly in New York City and Las Vegas, and the role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administr…

A hearing was held on the report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. The panel was established in 2006 to advise the president and the secretary of Education on the results of resear…

A field hearing, titled “Environmental Education: Educating our Children, Preserving our Future,” was held at the National Wildlife Visitor Center of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge in…

A hearing was held on the future of historically black colleges and universities. Topics included the financial challenges facing traditionally black colleges and universities, the need for …

A hearing was held on the plans of the Department of Education to ensure the continued availability of funds for student loans. Topics included the availability of federal and private studen…

Experts testified about improving school nutrition and the safety of food in schools. Topics included the largest recall of meat in the nation’s history in February after investigations reve…

Witnesses testified about treatment of children at private residential treatment facilities and institutions, charges of child abuse at the facilities, and several incidents detailed in a go…

The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on the August 6, 2007, disaster at Utah’s Crandall Canyon Mine, focusing on the fact that such accidents continue to occur more than 30…

A hearing was held on the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, which would require health insurance companies to put mental illnesses on equal footing with physical ailment…

Lilly Ledbetter and others testified about the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear. Ms. Ledbetter had sued Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for employment …

Witnesses testified about educational achievement, methods for improved learning, and retention of high quality teachers. Topics included the effect of the No Child Left Behind Act, performa…

Secretary Spellings testified about the Department of Education’s Reading First and the management of student loan programs. The administration and management of several college student loan…

House Education and Labor Committee chairman Rep. Miller, New York Attorney General Cuomo, and others talked to the press after a committee hearing on an investigation into abuse of student …

New York Attorney General Cuomo testified about an investigation into abuse of student loan distribution and procedures. He talked about allegations of kickbacks and perks given by commercia…

Witnesses testified about equal pay for women. Among the topics they addressed were the amount of time a woman works to earn the equivalent of a man for one year, proposed legislation to str…

The House Education and Labor Committee held an investigative hearing into alleged mismanagement of the Reading First program and conflicts of interest with authors and publishers. Topics in…