WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following testimony by Virginia Gentles, director of education freedom and parental rights at the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, from a July 23, 2025, hearing entitled "K-12 Subcommittee Hearing on Choice and Literacy: Empowering Families for Better Educational Results": * * * Chairman Tuberville and Ranking Member Blunt Rochester, thank you f more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following written testimony by Anne Wicks, managing director of opportunity and democracy at the George W. Bush Institute, from a July 23, 2025, hearing entitled "K-12 Subcommittee Hearing on Choice and Literacy: Empowering Families for Better Educational Results": * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Blunt Rochester, and members of the Subcommittee, thank more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following written testimony by Imagine Media LLC editor Kim Kavin from a July 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Freedom to Work: Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers": * * * Thank you, Chairman Cassidy and Ranking Member Sanders, for the chance to speak on behalf of America's tens of millions of independent contractors today. My name is Kim Kavin. I'm from New Jersey. My parents were public schoolte more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Timothy J. Driscoll, president of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, from a July 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Freedom to Work: Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers": * * * Thank you Chairman Cassidy and Ranking Member Sanders, I am here today on behalf of BAC, the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers. Today's hearing is an  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following testimony by Tyler Barnett, CEO of New Schools for Alabama, from a July 23, 2025, hearing entitled "K-12 Subcommittee Hearing on Choice and Literacy: Empowering Families for Better Educational Results": * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Blunt Rochester and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the invitation to be here today to discuss sc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Karen Friedman, executive director of the Pension Rights Center, from a July 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Freedom to Work: Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and Committee members, thank you for the opportunity to testify today about expanding retirement plan coverage. I am here on behalf of the Pension Rights Center ("PR more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following written testimony by Richard Barrera, board vice president at San Diego Unified School District, from a July 23, 2025, hearing entitled "K-12 Subcommittee Hearing on Choice and Literacy: Empowering Families for Better Educational Results": * * * Good afternoon, my name is Richard Barrera, and I am a Trustee on the San Diego Unified School Board, where more PR