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Education & Labor Committee Republicans

Subcommittee on Higher Education & Workforce Training

Members

Virginia Foxx, North Carolina
(Chairwoman)
John Kline, Minnesota
Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California
Judy Biggert, Illinois
Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania
David P. Roe, Tennessee
Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania
Richard L. Hanna, New York
Larry Bucshon, Indiana
Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania
Joseph J. Heck, Nevada

Rubén Hinojosa, Texas
(Ranking Member)
John F. Tierney, Massachusetts
Timothy H. Bishop, New York
Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey
Susan A. Davis, California
Raul M. Grijalva, Arizona
David Loebsack, Iowa
George Miller, California
Jason Altmire, Pennsylvania

 


Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training has jurisdiction over education and training beyond the high school level including, but not limited to, higher education generally, postsecondary student assistance and employment services, and the Higher Education Act; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; all domestic volunteer programs; all programs related to the arts and humanities, museum and library services, and arts and artifacts indemnity;  postsecondary career and technical education, apprenticeship programs, and job training including the Workforce Investment Act, vocational rehabilitation, and training programs from immigration funding; science and technology programs; adult basic education (family literacy); all welfare reform programs including work incentive programs and welfare-to-work requirements; poverty programs including the Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); the Native American Programs Act; the Institute of Peace; and all matters dealing with programs and services for the elderly including nutrition programs and the Older Americans Act.

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