Dr. Jeffrey Wigand testifies about his experience as a whistleblower at a Workforce Protections subcommittee hearing on whistleblower protections on May 15, 2007.
Rep. George Miller, chairman of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, makes an opening statement at a committee hearing on unethical practices and conflicts of interest in the student loan industry and federal Reading First program on May 10, 2007.
Chevy Chase, actor and co-founder of the Center for Environmental Education Online,
testified about children's health issues before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities on May 10, 2007.
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.
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.
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.
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, chairwoman of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, makes an opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on OSHA Coverage for state and local employees on May 24, 2007.
Representative Patrick Kennedy from the First District of Rhode Island, testifies concerning mental health parity at a House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions hearing on July 10, 2007.
Representative George Miller, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor makes an opening statement at a hearing on the Miller/McKeon NCLB discussion draft on September 10, 2007.
Congressman Barney Frank, Representative of the district of Massachusetts, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions hearing on the Employment Non Discrimination Act on September 5, 2007.
Greg Kutz, Managing Director of Forensic Audits and Special Investigations at the Government Accountability Office, makes an opening statement at a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor hearing concerning cases of child neglect and abuse at private residential treatment facilities.
Paul Nunziato, New York/New Jersey Port Authority Police Officer and Vice-President of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, testified about collective bargaining rights for first responders, including police officers and firefighters, before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions on June 5, 2007.
Admiral Frank L "Skip" Bowman, President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute and member of the BP U.S. Refineries Independent Review Panel, testified about the BP-Texas City disaster and worker safety before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee on March 22, 2007.
Robert Newman, Actor on "The Guiding Light," testified about national and community service before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities on April 19, 2007.
Jamie Leigh Jones, a former employee of Halliburton/KBR in Iraq, testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions at a hearing concerning workplace discrimination on February 12, 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.
Kathryn Whitehead, Former Program Participant at Mountain Mission School in Condon, MT, 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.
Cynthia Clark-Harvey, mother of a 15-year-old girl who died at a wilderness program, makes an opening statement at a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor hearing concerning cases of child neglect and abuse at private residential treatment facilities.
Wendy Black, wife of miner Dale "Bird" Black, testified at a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor hearing about the perspective of the families at Crandall Canyon held on October 3, 2007.
Tom Devine, Legal Director at the Government Accountability Project, testifies at a Workforce Protections subcommittee hearing on whistleblower protections on May 15, 2007.
Eva Rowe, daughter of two workers killed in the BP-Texas City disaster, testified about the disaster and worker safety before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee on March 22, 2007.