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Formed | March 21, 1867 |
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Chair | Tim Walberg (R) Since January 3, 2025 |
Ranking member | Bobby Scott (D) Since January 3, 2023 |
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Seats | 45 members |
Political parties | Majority (25)
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The Committee on Education and Workforce (also known as Committee on Education and the Workforce) is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. There are 45 members of this committee. Since 2025, the chair of the Education and Workforce committee is Republican Tim Walberg of Michigan.
Attempts were made to create a congressional committee on education and labor starting with the early congresses but issues over Congress's constitutional ability to oversee such issues delayed the committee's formation. Finally, on March 21, 1867, the Committee on Education and Labor was founded following the end of the Civil War and during the rapid industrialization of America. On December 19, 1883, the committee was divided into two, the Committee on Education and the Committee on Labor. The committees again merged on January 2, 1947, after the passage of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, becoming the Committee on Education and Labor again.
On January 4, 1995, when the Republicans took over the House, the committee was renamed the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. It was renamed again as the Committee on Education and the Workforce two years later on January 7, 1997. On January 4, 2007, with the Democrats once again in the majority, the committee's name was changed back to Committee on Education and Labor. [1] After Republicans recaptured the House majority in the 2010 elections, they returned to the name, Committee on Education and the Workforce, effective with the opening of the 112th Congress in 2011. [2] After Democrats recaptured the House majority in the 2018 elections, they similarly returned to the previous name, Committee on Education and Labor, effective with the opening of the 116th Congress in 2019.[ citation needed ] With the passing of the new House Rules associated to the Speaker negotiations in January of 2023, the 118th Congress renamed the committee as the Committee on Education and the Workforce again. [3]
Majority | Minority |
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Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 13 (Chair), H.Res. 14 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 38 (R), H.Res. 40 (D), H.Res. 107 (Moylan), H.Res. 300 (Fine), H.Res. 430 (Ansari)
Subcommittee | Chair [4] | Ranking Member [5] |
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Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education | Kevin Kiley (R-CA) | Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) |
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions | Rick Allen (R-GA) | Mark Desaulnier (D-CA) |
Higher Education and Workforce Development | Burgess Owens (R-UT) | Alma Adams (D-NC) |
Workforce Protections | Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) | Ilhan Omar (D-MN) |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Jehu Baker | Republican | IL | 1867 | 1860 |
Samuel Cary | Republican | OH | 1869 | |
Samuel Arnell | Republican | TN | 1869 | 1871 |
Legrand W. Perce | Republican | MS | 1871 | 1873 |
James Monroe | Republican | OH | 1873 | 1875 |
Gilbert Walker | Democratic | VA | 1875 | 1877 |
John Goode | Democratic | VA | 1877 | 1881 |
Jonathan T. Updegraff | Republican | OH | 1881 | 1882 |
John C. Sherwin | Republican | IL | 1882 | 1883 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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D. Wyatt Aiken | Democratic | SC | 1883 | 1887 |
Allen D. Candler | Democratic | GA | 1887 | 1889 |
James O'Donnell | Republican | MI | 1889 | 1891 |
Walter I. Hayes | Democratic | IA | 1891 | 1892 |
David B. Brunner | Democratic | PA | 1892 | |
Benjamin A. Enloe | Democratic | TN | 1892 | 1895 |
Galusha A. Grow | Republican | PA | 1895 | 1903 |
George N. Southwick | Republican | NY | 1903 | 1909 |
James Burke | Republican | PA | 1909 | 1911 |
Frank Lever | Democratic | SC | 1911 | 1913 |
Dudley Hughes | Democratic | GA | 1913 | 1917 |
William J. Sears | Democratic | FL | 1917 | 1919 |
Simeon D. Fess | Republican | OH | 1919 | 1923 |
Frederick W. Dallinger | Republican | MA | 1923 | 1925 |
Daniel Reed | Republican | NY | 1925 | 1931 |
John J. Douglass | Democratic | MA | 1931 | 1935 |
Vincent Palmisano | Democratic | MD | 1935 | 1937 |
William Larrabee | Democratic | IN | 1937 | 1943 |
Graham Barden | Democratic | NC | 1943 | 1947 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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James Hopkins | Democratic | PA | 1883 | 1885 |
John O'Neill | Democratic | MO | 1885 | 1889 |
William H. Wade | Republican | MO | 1889 | 1891 |
John Tarsney | Democratic | MO | 1891 | 1893 |
Lawrence E. McGann | Democratic | IL | 1893 | 1895 |
Thomas Phillips | Republican | PA | 1895 | 1897 |
John J. Gardner | Republican | NJ | 1897 | 1911 |
William Wilson | Democratic | PA | 1911 | 1913 |
David Lewis | Democratic | MD | 1913 | 1917 |
James P. Maher | Democratic | NY | 1917 | 1919 |
John M. C. Smith | Republican | MI | 1919 | 1921 |
John I. Nolan | Republican | CA | 1921 | 1922 |
Frederick Zihlman | Republican | MD | 1922 | 1925 |
William F. Kopp | Republican | IA | 1925 | 1930 |
Richard Welch | Republican | CA | 1930 | 1931 |
William P. Connery Jr. | Democratic | MA | 1931 | 1937 |
Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | NJ | 1937 | 1947 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Fred Hartley | Republican | NJ | 1947 | 1949 |
John Lesinski | Democratic | MI | 1949 | 1950 |
Graham Barden | Democratic | NC | 1950 | 1953 |
Samuel McConnell | Republican | PA | 1953 | 1955 |
Graham Barden | Democratic | NC | 1955 | 1961 |
Adam Clayton Powell | Democratic | NY | 1961 | 1967 |
Carl D. Perkins | Democratic | KY | 1967 | 1984 |
Augustus Hawkins | Democratic | CA | 1984 | 1991 |
William D. Ford | Democratic | MI | 1991 | 1995 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Bill Goodling | Republican | PA | 1995 | 1997 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Bill Goodling | Republican | PA | 1997 | 2001 |
John Boehner | Republican | OH | 2001 | 2006 |
Buck McKeon | Republican | CA | 2006 | 2007 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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George Miller | Democratic | CA | 2007 | 2011 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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John Kline | Republican | MN | 2011 | 2017 |
Virginia Foxx | Republican | NC | 2017 | 2019 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Bobby Scott | Democratic | VA | 2019 | 2023 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Virginia Foxx | Republican | NC | 2023 | 2025 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Tim Walberg | Republican | MI | 2025 | present |
The committee keeps a record of party leadership for all its predecessors, including the ranking minority members. [6]
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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David A. De Armond | Democrat | MO | 1889 | 1903 |
Willard Vandiver | Democratic | MO | 1903 | 1905 |
Edwin Y. Webb | Democratic | NC | 1905 | 1907 |
Frank Lever | Democratic | SC | 1907 | 1911 |
James Burke | Republican | PA | 1911 | 1915 |
Caleb Powers | Republican | KY | 1915 | 1919 |
William J. Sears | Democratic | FL | 1919 | 1921 |
William B. Bankhead | Democratic | AL | 1921 | 1923 |
Bill G. Lowrey | Democratic | MS | 1923 | 1929 |
Loring M. Black Jr. | Democratic | NY | 1929 | 1931 |
Daniel Reed | Republican | NY | 1931 | 1933 |
James L. Whitley | Republican | NY | 1933 | 1935 |
Albert E. Carter | Republican | CA | 1935 | 1937 |
George Dondero | Republican | MI | 1937 | 1947 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Jasper Talbert | Democratic | SC | 1889 | 1903 |
Ben F. Caldwell | Democratic | IL | 1903 | 1905 |
William Randolph Hearst | Democratic | NY | 1905 | 1907 |
Henry T. Rainey | Democratic | IL | 1907 | 1911 |
John J. Gardner | Republican | NJ | 1911 | 1913 |
John M. C. Smith | Republican | MI | 1913 | 1919 |
James P. Maher | Democratic | NY | 1919 | 1921 |
Eugene Black | Democratic | TX | 1921 | 1923 |
William D. Upshaw | Democratic | GA | 1923 | 1927 |
William P. Connery Jr. | Democratic | MA | 1927 | 1931 |
Richard Welch | Republican | CA | 1931 | 1947 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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John Lesinski | Democratic | MI | 1947 | 1949 |
Samuel McConnell | Republican | PA | 1949 | 1953 |
Graham Barden | Democratic | NC | 1953 | 1955 |
Samuel McConnell | Republican | PA | 1955 | 1957 |
Ralph W. Gwinn | Republican | NY | 1957 | 1959 |
Carroll D. Kearns | Republican | PA | 1959 | 1963 |
Peter Frelinghuysen | Republican | NJ | 1963 | 1965 |
William Ayres | Republican | OH | 1965 | 1971 |
Al Quie | Republican | MN | 1971 | 1979 |
John M. Ashbrook | Republican | OH | 1979 | 1982 |
John N. Erlenborn | Republican | IL | 1982 | 1985 |
Jim Jeffords | Republican | VT | 1985 | 1989 |
Bill Goodling | Republican | PA | 1989 | 1995 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Bill Clay | Democratic | MO | 1995 | 1997 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Bill Clay | Democratic | MO | 1997 | 2001 |
George Miller | Democratic | CA | 2001 | 2007 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Buck McKeon | Republican | CA | 2007 | 2009 |
John Kline | Republican | MI | 2009 | 2011 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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George Miller | Democratic | CA | 2011 | 2015 |
Bobby Scott | Democratic | VA | 2015 | 2019 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Virginia Foxx | Republican | NC | 2019 | 2023 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Bobby Scott | Democratic | VA | 2023 | 2025 |
Name | Party | State | Start | End |
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Bobby Scott | Democratic | VA | 2025 | present |
Majority | Minority |
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Sources: H.Res. 6 (Chair), H.Res. 7 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 45 (D), H.Res. 51 (R), H.Res. 59 (D), H.Res. 131 (R)
Majority | Minority |
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Sources: H.Res. 24 (Chair), H.Res. 25 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 42 (D), H.Res. 68 (R), H.Res. 73 (D), H.Res. 481 (R), H.Res. 596 (R), H.Res. 801 (R)
Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Civil Rights and Human Services | Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) | James Comer (R-KY) |
Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education | Gregorio Sablan (I-MP) | Rick W. Allen (R-GA) |
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions | Frederica Wilson (D-FL) | Tim Walberg (R-MI) |
Higher Education and Workforce Investment | Susan Davis (D-CA) | Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) |
Workforce Protections | Alma Adams (D-NC) | Bradley Byrne (R-AL) |
Majority | Minority |
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Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 9 (Chair), H.Res. 10 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 62 (D), H.Res. 63 (R), H.Res. 72 (removing Rep. Greene), H.Res. 92 (D), H.Res. 111 (D), H.Res. 311 (R), H.Res. 902 (D), H.Res. 1340 (R), H.Res. 1404 (D)
Subcommittee [10] | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Civil Rights and Human Services | Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) | Russ Fulcher (R-ID) |
Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education | Gregorio Sablan (I-MP) | Burgess Owens (R-UT) |
Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions | Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) | Rick W. Allen (R-GA) |
Higher Education and Workforce Investment | Frederica Wilson (D-FL) | Greg Murphy (R-NC) |
Workforce Protections | Alma Adams (D-NC) | Fred Keller (R-PA) |
Majority | Minority |
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Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 14 (Chair), H.Res. 15 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 80 (R), H.Res. 87 (D)
Subcommittee | Chair [11] | Ranking Member [12] |
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Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education | Aaron Bean (R-FL) | Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) |
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions | Bob Good (R-VA) | Mark Desaulnier (D-CA) |
Higher Education and Workforce Investment | Burgess Owens (R-UT) | Frederica Wilson (D-FL) |
Workforce Protections | Kevin Kiley (R-CA) | Alma Adams (D-NC) |