118th Congress Membership on Education Committees
HELP Committee Membership in the 118th Congress
The Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) has announced its Membership for the 118th Congress. The Democrats have the majority in the Senate. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will Chair the Committee as Patty Murray (D-WA) the prior Chair has moved to the Appropriations Committee. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) will serve as the Ranking Member of the Committee. There are three new members of the Committee, one Democrat and two Republicans.
Democrat Members of the HELP Committee
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Patty Murray (D – WA)
Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Tina Smith (D-MN)
John Hickenlooper (D - CO)
Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
Edward Markey (D–MA)
Republican Members of the HELP Committee
Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Rand Paul (R-KY)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Mike Braun (R-IN)
Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Mitt Romney (R-UT)
Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
Ted Budd (R-NC)
House Education and Workforce Committee Members in the 118th Congress
On January 31, 2023, House Education and Workforce Committee held its organization meeting and announced the Committee membership. The Republicans have the majority in the U. S. House of Representatives. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has been named Chair of the Committee with Bobby Scott (D-VA) becoming Ranking Member. The Chair of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment will be Burgess Owens (R-UT) and the Ranking Member will be Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL). Burgess Owens is a new Chair for the Subcommittee. Thirty percent of the Republican Members of the Committee are new to the House and to the Committee. Forty percent of the Republicans did not serve on the Committee last Congress. All the Democrat Members are returning Members of the Committee.
Education and the Workforce Committee Republican Members:
Virginia Foxx (NC-05) Chair
Joe Wilson (SC-02)
Glenn Thompson (PA-15)
Tim Walberg (MI-05)
Glenn Grothman (WI-06)
Elise Stefanik (NY-21)
Rick Allen (GA-12)
Jim Banks (IN-03)
James Comer (KY-01)
Lloyd Smucker (PA-11)
Burgess Owens (UT-04)
Bob Good (VA-05)
Lisa McClain (MI-09)
Mary Miller (IL-15)
Michelle Steel (CA-45)
Julia Letlow (LA-5)
Ron Estes (KS-4)
Kevin Kiley (CA-03)
Aaron Bean (FL-04)
Eric Burlison (MO-07)
Nathaniel Moran (TX-01)
John James (MI-10)
Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05)
Brandon Williams (NY-22)
Erin Houchin (IN-09)
Education and the Workforce Committee Democrat Members:
Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) Ranking Member
Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07)
Joe Courtney (CT-02)
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (NMI-At Large)
Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Mark Takano (CA-39)
Alma S. Adams (NC-12)
Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10)
Donald Norcross (NJ-01)
Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)
Susan Wild (PA-07)
Lucy McBath (GA-07)
Jahana Hayes (CT-05)
Ilhan Omar (MN-05)
Haley Stevens (MI-11)
Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03)
Kathy E. Manning (NC-06)
Frank J. Mrvan (IN-01)
Jamaal Bowman (NY-16)
U.S Department of Education Proposes Rulemaking for 2023
In January, the Biden administration announced its intent for the Department of Education (USDE) to hold negotiated rulemaking beginning this spring on a series of topics. Included in the topics mentioned in the notice are accreditation, state authorization and distance education and a range of other topics. The announcement did not include details about the specific items to be addressed in these broad categories. Possible items may include codifying in regulation some of the guidance USDE proposed in the wake of the Florida accreditation legislation. USDE’s agenda is ambitious since it has not finished promulgating rules from the last negotiated rulemaking. The list of topics to be considered are:
- Federal TRIO Programs
- Accreditation and Related Issues
- State Authorization
- Return to Title IV
- Cash Management
- Third-Party Servicers and Related Issues
- Improving use of Deferments and Forbearances
- Distance Education