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House Rules Committee approves structured rules to advance five Education and Workforce bills
Summary
The House Rules Committee voted 8–3 to grant a structured rule that clears five Education and Workforce bills for floor consideration, rejecting two Democratic amendments that would have required further briefings and preserved ESG consideration for retirement plan fiduciaries.
The House Rules Committee on Thursday approved a structured rule that clears five bills from the Education and Workforce Committee for floor consideration after roughly two hours of debate and two failed Democratic amendments.
Chairwoman Fox opened the hearing and said the measures "allow for more agile, modern, and flexible workforce" policies. The package includes HR 2262 (Flexibility for Workers Education Act), HR 2270 (Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act), HR 2312 (Tipped Employee Protection Act), HR 2988 (Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act), and HR 4366 (Save Local Business Act). Representative Fishbach moved the rule; the motion was adopted on a roll call, 8 yeas to 3 nays.
Why it matters: Members debated how the bills would change overtime calculations, tipped-wage definitions and fiduciary duty rules for…
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