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Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers | CNN Business President Donald Trump has fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whom he accused of manipulating the monthly jobs reports for “political purposes.”

President Trump’s firing of Commissioner Erika McEntarfer comes without evidence of any misconduct after BLS reported that the economy showed poor job growth for three consecutive months – a fact with which too many Americans are aware.

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Ranking Member Scott Introduces Bill to Lower Cost of College | Education & Workforce Committee Democrats Education & Workforce Committee Democrats

College is far too expensive. Democrats are reintroducing a plan to lower the cost of college for students & families.

The LOAN Act:
🏫Doubles the Pell Grant
📝Improves Public Service Loan Forgiveness
⬇️Lowers interest rates
💸Makes loans cheaper
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The job market is showing signs of weakness as Trump's tariffs take effect U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday, as the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%. Job gains for May and June were also revised sharply ...

JUST IN: The most recent jobs report shows rising unemployment & slowing wage growth. Americans are struggling—yet Republicans pushed tax cuts for the wealthy over hardworking families.

Democrats are fighting for a fairer economy.
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Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Friday.

The Trump Administration is finally releasing billions of dollars in education grant funding that schools expected to receive on July 1st, weeks after I joined Rep. McBath and Ranking Member Scott in demanding the administration disperse the funding to schools. apnews.com/article/trum...

As Nation Marks 35th Anniversary Of The ADA, Advocates Warn Of Backslide More than three decades after passage of the landmark ADA, advocates worry progress is slipping amid attacks on disability rights and uncertainty over the future of services and supports.

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a bipartisan law to ensure that all people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else.

Despite our progress, there is still more work to be done. www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/07/24/a...

Housing costs keep rising.
Food costs keep rising.
Child care costs keep rising.
Health care costs keep rising.

Yet, workers earning the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour, have not gotten a raise since 2009.

Today I planned to offer an amendment to a bill on human trafficking that would require the Department of Labor to release the files it has on Jeffrey Epstein, but the Republican majority canceled consideration of the bill rather than vote on the amendment.

All Republicans just voted against Rep. @repyassansari.bsky.social amendment.

This would require coaches to report to Title IX coordinators anytime they have reason to believe a student is being abused, which could have prevented the abuse of many athletes at Ohio State University.

Markup: H.R. 1319, H.R. 1320, H.R. 4366, H.R. 4312, H.R. 4307 YouTube video by Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats

Committee Republicans are continuing their attacks on working people.

Democrats are fighting back. Republicans are advancing bills that are out of step with America’s workers, making it harder to get care, keep coverage, and make ends meet. 📺Watch now www.youtube.com/live/-zyO0kr...

YouTube video by Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats “Restoring Trust: Enhancing Transparency and Oversight at EBSA”

The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration is charged with protecting 153 million workers’ hard-earned health and retirement benefits.

Congress must protect EBSA to keep working families physically and financially healthy. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz9j...

Graphic of letters to insurance company heads.

NEWS: As RFK, Jr. attacks lifesaving vaccines, Congressional Democratic leaders are stepping up and demanding insurance companies protect vaccine coverage and keep them affordable & accessible for everyone.

GOP senators urge Trump administration to reverse $6 billion education funding freeze The letter, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is a rare rebuke by GOP senators of the Trump administration's education policies.

Reheating Democrats' nachos.

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Heat remains the leading weather-related killer, yet there is still no federally enforceable heat standard.

Today, a group of bipartisan, bicameral lawmakers reintroduced the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act to protect workers from heat.

The high cost of child care is a burden on families and the economy.

Under @bobbyscott.house.gov and @murray.senate.gov Child Care for Working Families Act, the typical family will pay no more than $15 a day for child care.

In 41 states, child care costs more than tuition at an in-state university.

Today, Democrats introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act to help working families access affordable, quality child care and raise child care workers' wages.

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"Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology" YouTube video by Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats

Republicans are holding their 9th hearing about antisemitism on campus while the Administration is undermining the very systems that protect these students.

Committee Democrats are fighting for students and to protect institutions' independence. 📺 ⤵️
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The Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the Education Department will have tragic consequences for our students, families, and communities.
 
The Supreme Court's decision now paves the way for the Trump administration to roughly fire half of the staff at the Department.

Understanding the Older Americans Act This important law is the quiet backbone of American aging policy. It funds many services and supports for older Americans, including job training, home-delivered meals, transportation assistance, and...

Today, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Older Americans Act, a landmark law that has empowered and protected older adults for decades.

Unfortunately, Republicans' “Big Ugly Bill” undermines many of the programs seniors rely on. www.ncoa.org/article/why-...

‘Our doors would have to close’: Trump’s proposed cuts threaten tribal colleges The threat of federal cuts is already impacting students and staff.

Tribal colleges offer Native students a quality, affordable education that also embraces and uplifts their culture.

Now, the Trump Administration's drastic cuts may force many of these schools to shut their doors. Read more: montanafreepress.org/2025/07/03/o...

Congress Passes a National School Voucher Program

Republicans’ “Big Ugly Bill” allows states to funnel public dollars into private schools— leaving rural, low-income, and students of color behind.
 
Without time or access to switch schools, students pay the price while their public schools are drained of resources.
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The Trump Administration Department of Education and OMB are illegally withholding $7 billion in education funding, jeopardizing the success of millions of students.

I'm leading 150 House Democrats in demanding answers.

The Mental-Health Stigma That Won’t Go Away: Getting Paid Time Off to Heal Workers struggling with mental illness are denied disability benefits more often than those with physical conditions, data show.

Millions of Americans deal with mental illness or substance use disorders every day.

Now, with Republicans brutal Medicaid cuts looming, the fight for basic care and benefits gets even harder.

Workers can't wait. The mental health stigma costs lives.

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Workers with disabilities deserve to be paid a fair minimum wage to live independently and participate fully in their community.

Now, DOL is halting progress and refusing to repeal a rule which allows employers to pay workers with disabilities far below the minimum wage.

Punching In: DOL’s Quiet Regulation Rollback Raises Eyebrows The Department of Labor is rolling out plans to cut regulations and Trump’s pick to be the NLRB’s general counsel languishes.

The Trump administration has decided to push sweeping deregulations, threatening the safety of workers and protections for children.

These quiet rollbacks speak volumes, our workers and kids deserve better.

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The NLRA Under Attack The historic labor act faces unprecedented assaults in the Trump era. Here’s what that means for our democracy.

When unions are strong, America is strong.

Today is the 90th anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act, which empowers workers to organize for higher pay, safer workplaces, and better benefits.

Congress must pass the #PROAct to strengthen the NLRA! democracyjournal.org/magazine/77/...

Republicans have just voted to:
❌Give billionaires massive tax breaks
❌Rob 17 million people of their health insurance
❌Reduce access to nutrition programs
❌Make it more expensive to attend college
❌Add $3 trillion to the national debt

And they call their bill “beautiful.”

The Senate’s reconciliation bill could end North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion, jeopardize food assistance for 1.4 million people, risk the well-being of farmers and rural grocery stores, and roll back the economic progress we’ve made in our clean energy sector.

Since returning to office, President Trump has routinely prioritized the wealthy over the needs of working people. And the results are clear.

During President Biden’s first five months in office, the economy created 2.9 million jobs. Comparitively, Trump has created 671,000.

Trump and republicans are gambling with people’s lives. Their ‘Big Ugly Bill’ guts Medicaid, stripping health care from millions.

The human cost could be deadly.

Important message from @NABTU who know that President Trump’s budget bill will stop energy projects from coming online, and threaten *one million* union jobs across America.