Richard Simmons, Fitness Expert and Advocate, testified before the Committee on Education and Labor at a hearing concerning childhood obesity and physical health and education on July 24, 2008.
Phil Mickelson, professional golfer and Co-Founder of the Mickelson Exxon Mobil Teachers Academy, testifies at an Education and Labor Committee hearing concerning the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math education on July 22, 2008.
Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, testifies at an Education and Labor Committee hearing concerning mayor and superintendent partnerships in education on July 17, 2008.
Jon Martin-Crawford, Former Program Participant at the Family Foundation School in Hancock, NY, testifies at a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor hearing concerning child abuse and deceptive marketing by residential programs for teens on April 24, 2008.
Kim Bobo, Founder and Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice, testified at an Education and Labor Committee hearing which asked if the Department of Labor is effectively enforcing our wage and hour laws on July 15, 2008.
Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, testifies at an Education and Labor Committee hearing concerning mayor and superintendent partnerships in education on July 17, 2008.
H.R. 980, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan 314-97 vote on July 17, 2007.
Congressman George Miller, Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, speaks about the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, which passed the House on February 7, 2008.
Dr. Jeffrey Wigand testifies about his experience as a whistleblower at a Workforce Protections subcommittee hearing on whistleblower protections on May 15, 2007.
A college education continues to be the best path to the middle class. But more and more, high college prices and other obstacles are putting a college degree further out of reach for America's students. The Higher Education Opportunity Act will continue this Congress' effort to make college more affordable and accessible.
Tim Brown, former Oakland Raider wide receiver and nine time Pro-Bowler, testified before the Committee on Education and Labor at a hearing concerning childhood obesity and physical health and education on July 24, 2008.
Dr. Russell Pate, Associate Vice President for Health Sciences & Professor at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, testified before the Committee on Education and Labor at a hearing concerning childhood obesity and physical health and education on July 24, 2008.
Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of DC Public Schools, testifies at an Education and Labor Committee hearing concerning mayor and superintendent partnerships in education on July 17, 2008.
Gary Bailey, Associate Professor at the Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work, testifies at an Education and Labor Committee Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee hearing concerning the state of social work in America on July 29, 2008.
Julie Fenley, participant in the Parents as Teachers Home Visitation Program at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, testifies at an Education and Labor Committee hearing concerning H.R. 2343, the Education Begins at Home Act, on June 11, 2008.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg testifies at an Education and Labor Committee hearing concerning mayor and superintendent partnerships in education on July 17, 2008.
The Honorable Hazel R. O'Leary, President of Fisk University, testifies at a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor hearing concerning Historically Black Colleges and Universities on March 13, 2008.
Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller and Subcommittee Chairman Robert Andrews argue in favor of passing HR 1338, the Paycheck Fairness Act on July 31, 2008.
Rep. George Miller, Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, makes an opening statement at a hearing concerning child abuse and deceptive marketing by residential programs for teens on April 24, 2008.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressman George Miller, and Senator Edward Kennedy, along with students and other members of the House of Representatives, participate in an enrollment ceremony for the College Cost Reduction and Access Act on September 18, 2007.
Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D., Founder and Director of the Harvard Family Research Project and Senior Research Associate and Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, testifies at an Education and Labor Committee hearing concerning H.R. 2343, the Education Begins at Home Act, on June 11, 2008.
Amy Spencer, Senior Chemical Engineer for the National Fire Protection Association, testifies at a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor hearing concerning legislation to help prevent worksite explosions like the one at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, in early February that killed 12 workers and critically injured 11 others.
Robert LiMandri, Acting Building Commissioner for New York City, testifies at a hearing asking if OSHA is failing to adequately enforce construction safety rules on June 24, 2008.
Tammy Miser, sister of a victim of a 2003 combustible dust explosion in Huntington, IN, testifies at a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor hearing concerning legislation to help prevent worksite explosions like the one at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, in early February that killed 12 workers and critically injured 11 others.
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