 |
Richard Simmons on Capitol Hill Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 350 seconds 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. Related: capitol, child, childhood, children, congress, education, health, hill, obesity, physical, richard, simmons |
 |
Phil Mickelson Congressional Testimony Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 388 seconds 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. Related: capitol, congress, golf, hill, mickelson, pga, phil, teacher |
 |
Improving Public Schools Hearing: Arne Duncan Part 1 Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 451 seconds 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. Related: arne, chicago, duncan, education, mayor, public, school, schools, superintendent |
 |
Teen Abuse Hearing: Jon Martin-Crawford Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 438 seconds 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. Related: abuse, child, depression, drug, family, foundation, school, substance, teen, treatment |
 |
Wage and Hour Law Enforcement: Kim Bobo Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 384 seconds 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. Related: cash, gao, hour, interfaith, job, justice, labor, money, paid, pay, paycheck, salary, wage, worker |
 |
Improving Public Schools Hearing: Arne Duncan Part 2 Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 249 seconds 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. Related: arne, chicago, duncan, education, mayor, public, school, schools, superintendent |
 |
The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (HR 980) Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 211 seconds 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. Related: assosciation, firefighter, fireman, fop, fraternal, house, hoyer, iaff, international, nancy, officer, order, pelosi, police, steny |
 |
College Opportunity and Affordability Act Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 112 seconds 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. Related: affordability, aid, college, cost, financial, grant, loan, opportunity, student, textbook |
 |
Whistleblower Protection Hearing: Jeffrey Wigand Testimony Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 599 seconds Dr. Jeffrey Wigand testifies about his experience as a whistleblower at a Workforce Protections subcommittee hearing on whistleblower protections on May 15, 2007. Related: education, house, insider, jeffrey, labor, osha, protection, representatives, the, whistleblower, wigand |
 |
The Higher Education Opportunity Act Is Coming Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 28 seconds 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. Related: act, education, heoa, higher, opportunity |
 |
Tim Brown, former Oakland Raider, on Capitol Hill Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 414 seconds 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. Related: capitol, child, childhood, children, congress, education, health, heisman, hill, obesity, physical, trophy, winner |
 |
Childhood Obesity Hearing: Dr. Russell Pate Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 469 seconds 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. Related: capitol, child, childhood, children, congress, education, health, hill, obesity, physical |
 |
Improving Public Schools Hearing: Michelle Rhee Part 1 Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 585 seconds 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. Related: chancellor, dc, education, mayor, michelle, public, rhee, school, superintendent, washington |
 |
Social Work Hearing: Gary Bailey Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 368 seconds 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. Related: child, children, college, family, kids, simmons, social, work |
 |
Home Visitation Hearing: Julie Fenley Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 354 seconds 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. Related: child, children, home, parent, parenting |
 |
Improving Public Schools: Mayor Michael Bloomberg Part 1 Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 589 seconds 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. Related: bloomberg, city, education, mayor, michael, new, public, school, superintendent, york |
![HBCU Hearing: The Honorable Hazel R. O\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/-td5OwJxhkU/2.jpg "HBCU Hearing: The Honorable Hazel R. O\") |
HBCU Hearing: The Honorable Hazel R. O'Leary Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 482 seconds 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. Related: and, black, colleges, committee, education, hbcu, historically, house, institutions, minority, serving, universities |
 |
Paycheck Fairness Act: Reps. George Miller Robert Andrews Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 281 seconds 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. Related: 1338, act, andrews, fairness, george, miller, paycheck, robert |
 |
Teen Abuse Hearing: Chairman George Miller Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 377 seconds 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. Related: abuse, child, depression, drug, substance, teen, treatment |
 |
College Cost Reduction and Access Act Enrollment Ceremony Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 792 seconds 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. Related: college, congressman, edward, george, house, kennedy, loan, miller, nancy, pelosi, representatives, senator, speaker, student, ted |
 |
Home Visitation Hearing: Heather B. Weiss Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 442 seconds 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. Related: child, children, home, parent, parenting |
 |
Combustible Dust Hearing: Amy Spencer Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 331 seconds 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. Related: combustible, dust, education, george, georgia, house, imperial, labor, miller, port, representatives, sugar, wentworth |
 |
Construction Safety Hearing: Robert LiMandri Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 394 seconds 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. Related: collapse, construction, crane, death, osha, safety |
 |
Combustible Dust Hearing: Tammy Miser Posted by: EdLaborDemocrats
Video duration: 373 seconds 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. Related: combustible, dust, education, george, georgia, house, imperial, labor, miller, port, representatives, sugar, wentworth |
