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April 6, 2022
Rep. Brown, Sen. Brown Introduce Bill To Quadruple The Educators' Tax Deduction
Anthony Brown, ...
Oct. 27, 2021
Congressman Anthony Brown Urges Bold Action On The Build Back Better Agenda
Anthony Brown
Oct. 26, 2021
Congressman Anthony Brown Urges The Inclusion Of Universal Pre-K In Build Back Better Plan
Anthony Brown
Oct. 6, 2021
Maryland Congressional Delegation Statement Regarding Maryland's $2.5B Budget Surplus
Anthony Brown
April 29, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Betty McCollum, Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and Ken Calvert, Ranking Member - Emmer Encourages Funding for STEM Education
Anthony Brown, ...
April 13, 2021
Congressman Anthony Brown: With Secretary Cardona And The American Rescue Plan, Help Is Here For Our Schools
Anthony Brown
March 10, 2021
Congressman Brown: "Today, President Biden And Congressional Democrats Have Delivered For The American People. More Help Is On The Way"
Anthony Brown
Feb. 3, 2021
Cardin, Trone Introduce Bicameral True Equity Act to Strengthen Federal-state-local Educational Partnerships
Anthony Brown, ...
Feb. 3, 2021
Brown Joins Cardin And Trone To Introduce Bicameral TRUE EQUITY Act To Strengthen Federal-State-Local Educational Partnerships
Anthony Brown
April 29, 2020
Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces New COVID-19 Emergency Nutrition Assistance For Students Missing Free or Reduced-Price Lunches at School Due to COVID-19 Closures
Anthony Brown, ...
April 24, 2020
Rep. Trone, Maryland Congressional Delegation Announce More than $200 Million in COVID-19 Relief for School Districts
Anthony Brown, ...
Jan. 1, 2020
Issue Position: Early Childhood Education
Jeff Jackson
Aug. 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - House Democrats to Secretary DeVos: Don't Spend Education Money on Guns
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos - Don't Spend Education Money on Guns
Anthony Brown, ...
July 17, 2018
Hearing of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee of the (House/Senate) Education and the Workforce Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Rokita, Hearing on Examining the Summer Food Service Program
Todd Rokita
May 11, 2018
​Brown Introduces Bill to Double Teacher Tax Deduction
Anthony Brown
March 13, 2018
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Fully Fund School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention Services
Anthony Brown, ...
March 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Increased Funding to Boost School Security and Support Local Law Enforcement
Todd Rokita, ...
March 12, 2018
Rep. Rokita Releases New School Safety Report, Implores Hoosiers to Get Involved in School Communities
Todd Rokita
Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Answers on Disciplinary Protections for Minority Students
Anthony Brown, ...
Oct. 24, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Department of Education, and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, White House Office of Management & Budget - Provide Relief to Schools in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Anthony Brown, ...
Oct. 12, 2017
Celebrating Charter Schools
Todd Rokita
Sept. 18, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Elizabeth DeVos, US Department of Education - Indiana Delegation Write to Secretary DeVos Regarding Indiana Graduation Rate
Todd Rokita, ...
Sept. 14, 2017
Rokita, DeVos--Allies on School Choice
Todd Rokita
July 26, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Reducing Excessive Discipline in Schools
Keith Ellison, ...
July 19, 2017
Letter to Chairman Frelinghuysen, Ranking Member Lowey, Chairman Cole, and Ranking Member DeLauro - Supporting Instruction State Grant Program in FY 2018
Anthony Brown, ...
May 22, 2017
Chairman Rokita Doubles Down on School Choice
Todd Rokita
April 26, 2017
Rokita on President Trump's Executive Order on Education
Todd Rokita
Feb. 7, 2017
House Votes to Rein in Federal Role in Education
Todd Rokita, ...
Feb. 7, 2017
Providing For Congressional Disapproval of Rule Submitted by the Department of Education Relating to Accountability and State Plans
Todd Rokita
Feb. 7, 2017
Congressional Progressive Caucus: DeVos Confirmation Puts Public Education at Risk
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 2, 2017
Hearing of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee of the House Education and the Workforce Committee - Opening Statement by Rep. Rokita, Hearing on "Helping Students Succeed Through the Power of School Choice"
Todd Rokita
Feb. 2, 2017
Chairman Rokita Leads Hearing on School Choice
Todd Rokita
Jan. 24, 2017
Rokita Re-Introduces CHOICE Act to Empower Parents and Help Students in Need
Todd Rokita
Jan. 19, 2017
Red Tape Rollback Victory: Department of Education Withdraws Proposed K-12 Rule
Todd Rokita
Jan. 18, 2017
Committee Leaders Respond to Education Department's Withdrawal of Proposed K-12 Regulation
Todd Rokita, ...
Oct. 4, 2016
Campbell Sets Populist, Positive Tone: Launches Statewide T.V., Digital, and Radio Ads in Senate Race
Foster Campbell
Sept. 21, 2016
Witnesses: Department's Actions Will Harm Students, Schools, and Local Flexibility
Todd Rokita
Sept. 21, 2016
Rokita Statement: Hearing on "Supplanting the Law and Local Education Authority Through Regulatory Fiat"
Todd Rokita
Sept. 1, 2016
Kline, Rokita Statement on New Head Start Performance Standards
Todd Rokita, ...
June 23, 2016
Rep. Rokita Co-Chairs Hearing On Every Student Succeeds Act Implementation
Todd Rokita
June 15, 2016
Rep. Rokita Addresses The National School Boards Association
Todd Rokita
May 18, 2016
A Matter of Fact: Improving Child Nutrition
Todd Rokita
May 18, 2016
A Matter Of Fact: Improving Child Nutrition
Todd Rokita
May 13, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Mandate Treats Children As Pawns In Political Agenda; Urge Withdrawal
John Fleming, ...
Feb. 10, 2016
Hearing of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee of the House Education and the Workforce Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Rokita, Hearing on "Next Steps for K-12 Education: Implementing the Promise to Restore State and Local Control"
Todd Rokita
Feb. 3, 2016
Rokita Continues Fight for Student Choice
Todd Rokita
Jan. 19, 2016
Rokita Addresses Indiana General Assembly
Todd Rokita
Dec. 10, 2015
Rokita's Landmark Education Bill Signed Into Law
Todd Rokita
Dec. 2, 2015
Conference Report on S. 1177, Student Success Act
Todd Rokita
Dec. 2, 2015
Rokita Bill Is the Largest Transfer of Federal Authority to States and Localities in 25 Years
Todd Rokita
Nov. 18, 2015
Rokita Appointed to Negotiating Team to Overhaul Education Law, Fights to Include His Conservative Student Success Act Reforms
Todd Rokita
Oct. 21, 2015
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act
Todd Rokita
Sept. 21, 2015
Letter to Superintendant Glenda Ritz, Indiana Department of Education - All public school students should be treated fairly
Todd Rokita, ...
July 22, 2015
Rokita, Fudge Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Update Student Privacy Protections
Todd Rokita, ...
July 22, 2015
Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Update Student Privacy Protections
Todd Rokita, ...
July 8, 2015
Rep. Ellison Statement on Student Success Act
Keith Ellison
July 8, 2015
Student Success Act
Todd Rokita
July 8, 2015
Rokita - Fighting for Schools; Putting Parents and Education Leaders Back in Charge
Todd Rokita
July 8, 2015
Kline, Rokita Applaud House Passage of the Student Success Act
Todd Rokita, ...
July 8, 2015
Providing for Further Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act, and Providing for Consideration of H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015
Todd Rokita
June 25, 2015
Rokita Report - Fighting for Conservative Change
Todd Rokita
June 25, 2015
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Todd Rokita
June 24, 2015
Hearing of the House Education and Workforce Committee - Child Nutrition Assistance: Looking at the Cost of Compliance for States and Schools
Todd Rokita
June 24, 2015
Education Leaders: Restore "Local Leadership and Flexibility' to Child Nutrition Programs
Todd Rokita
June 20, 2015
Rokita Report - School Nutrition, Protecting Health Care, & More
Todd Rokita
June 10, 2015
Letter to Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate HELP Committee - Every Child Achieves Act
Keith Ellison, ...
May 21, 2015
Rokita Report - Protecting Workers, Nutrition Oversight, & More
Todd Rokita
May 19, 2015
Hearing of the House Education and Workforce Committee - Addressing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Federal Child Nutrition Programs
Todd Rokita
May 15, 2015
Rokita Report - Arsenals of Democracy Flyover, Standing for Life, & More
Todd Rokita
May 1, 2015
Rokita Report - Balanced Budget, Indiana's Teacher of the Year, & More
Todd Rokita
April 21, 2015
Rokita Addresses National Gathering of Education Journalists
Todd Rokita
April 17, 2015
Rokita Report - Budget Conference, School Visits & More
Todd Rokita
April 15, 2015
Rokita, House Education Committee Assess Child Nutrition
Todd Rokita
April 8, 2015
The Bemidji Pioneer - Congressmen Tour 'The School with the Killer Hallways'
Todd Rokita, ...
Date
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April 6, 2022
Rep. Brown, Sen. Brown Introduce Bill To Quadruple The Educators' Tax Deduction
Anthony Brown, ...
Oct. 27, 2021
Congressman Anthony Brown Urges Bold Action On The Build Back Better Agenda
Anthony Brown
Oct. 26, 2021
Congressman Anthony Brown Urges The Inclusion Of Universal Pre-K In Build Back Better Plan
Anthony Brown
Oct. 6, 2021
Maryland Congressional Delegation Statement Regarding Maryland's $2.5B Budget Surplus
Anthony Brown
April 29, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Betty McCollum, Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and Ken Calvert, Ranking Member - Emmer Encourages Funding for STEM Education
Anthony Brown, ...
April 13, 2021
Congressman Anthony Brown: With Secretary Cardona And The American Rescue Plan, Help Is Here For Our Schools
Anthony Brown
March 10, 2021
Congressman Brown: "Today, President Biden And Congressional Democrats Have Delivered For The American People. More Help Is On The Way"
Anthony Brown
Feb. 3, 2021
Cardin, Trone Introduce Bicameral True Equity Act to Strengthen Federal-state-local Educational Partnerships
Anthony Brown, ...
Feb. 3, 2021
Brown Joins Cardin And Trone To Introduce Bicameral TRUE EQUITY Act To Strengthen Federal-State-Local Educational Partnerships
Anthony Brown
April 29, 2020
Maryland Congressional Delegation Announces New COVID-19 Emergency Nutrition Assistance For Students Missing Free or Reduced-Price Lunches at School Due to COVID-19 Closures
Anthony Brown, ...
April 24, 2020
Rep. Trone, Maryland Congressional Delegation Announce More than $200 Million in COVID-19 Relief for School Districts
Anthony Brown, ...
Jan. 1, 2020
Issue Position: Early Childhood Education
Jeff Jackson
Aug. 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - House Democrats to Secretary DeVos: Don't Spend Education Money on Guns
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos - Don't Spend Education Money on Guns
Anthony Brown, ...
July 17, 2018
Hearing of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee of the (House/Senate) Education and the Workforce Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Rokita, Hearing on Examining the Summer Food Service Program
Todd Rokita
May 11, 2018
​Brown Introduces Bill to Double Teacher Tax Deduction
Anthony Brown
March 13, 2018
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Fully Fund School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention Services
Anthony Brown, ...
March 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Increased Funding to Boost School Security and Support Local Law Enforcement
Todd Rokita, ...
March 12, 2018
Rep. Rokita Releases New School Safety Report, Implores Hoosiers to Get Involved in School Communities
Todd Rokita
Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Answers on Disciplinary Protections for Minority Students
Anthony Brown, ...
Oct. 24, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Department of Education, and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, White House Office of Management & Budget - Provide Relief to Schools in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Anthony Brown, ...
Oct. 12, 2017
Celebrating Charter Schools
Todd Rokita
Sept. 18, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Elizabeth DeVos, US Department of Education - Indiana Delegation Write to Secretary DeVos Regarding Indiana Graduation Rate
Todd Rokita, ...
Sept. 14, 2017
Rokita, DeVos--Allies on School Choice
Todd Rokita
July 26, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Reducing Excessive Discipline in Schools
Keith Ellison, ...
July 19, 2017
Letter to Chairman Frelinghuysen, Ranking Member Lowey, Chairman Cole, and Ranking Member DeLauro - Supporting Instruction State Grant Program in FY 2018
Anthony Brown, ...
May 22, 2017
Chairman Rokita Doubles Down on School Choice
Todd Rokita
April 26, 2017
Rokita on President Trump's Executive Order on Education
Todd Rokita
Feb. 7, 2017
House Votes to Rein in Federal Role in Education
Todd Rokita, ...
Feb. 7, 2017
Providing For Congressional Disapproval of Rule Submitted by the Department of Education Relating to Accountability and State Plans
Todd Rokita
Feb. 7, 2017
Congressional Progressive Caucus: DeVos Confirmation Puts Public Education at Risk
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 2, 2017
Hearing of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee of the House Education and the Workforce Committee - Opening Statement by Rep. Rokita, Hearing on "Helping Students Succeed Through the Power of School Choice"
Todd Rokita
Feb. 2, 2017
Chairman Rokita Leads Hearing on School Choice
Todd Rokita
Jan. 24, 2017
Rokita Re-Introduces CHOICE Act to Empower Parents and Help Students in Need
Todd Rokita
Jan. 19, 2017
Red Tape Rollback Victory: Department of Education Withdraws Proposed K-12 Rule
Todd Rokita
Jan. 18, 2017
Committee Leaders Respond to Education Department's Withdrawal of Proposed K-12 Regulation
Todd Rokita, ...
Oct. 4, 2016
Campbell Sets Populist, Positive Tone: Launches Statewide T.V., Digital, and Radio Ads in Senate Race
Foster Campbell
Sept. 21, 2016
Witnesses: Department's Actions Will Harm Students, Schools, and Local Flexibility
Todd Rokita
Sept. 21, 2016
Rokita Statement: Hearing on "Supplanting the Law and Local Education Authority Through Regulatory Fiat"
Todd Rokita
Sept. 1, 2016
Kline, Rokita Statement on New Head Start Performance Standards
Todd Rokita, ...
June 23, 2016
Rep. Rokita Co-Chairs Hearing On Every Student Succeeds Act Implementation
Todd Rokita
June 15, 2016
Rep. Rokita Addresses The National School Boards Association
Todd Rokita
May 18, 2016
A Matter of Fact: Improving Child Nutrition
Todd Rokita
May 18, 2016
A Matter Of Fact: Improving Child Nutrition
Todd Rokita
May 13, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Mandate Treats Children As Pawns In Political Agenda; Urge Withdrawal
John Fleming, ...
Feb. 10, 2016
Hearing of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee of the House Education and the Workforce Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Rokita, Hearing on "Next Steps for K-12 Education: Implementing the Promise to Restore State and Local Control"
Todd Rokita
Feb. 3, 2016
Rokita Continues Fight for Student Choice
Todd Rokita
Jan. 19, 2016
Rokita Addresses Indiana General Assembly
Todd Rokita
Dec. 10, 2015
Rokita's Landmark Education Bill Signed Into Law
Todd Rokita
Dec. 2, 2015
Conference Report on S. 1177, Student Success Act
Todd Rokita
Dec. 2, 2015
Rokita Bill Is the Largest Transfer of Federal Authority to States and Localities in 25 Years
Todd Rokita
Nov. 18, 2015
Rokita Appointed to Negotiating Team to Overhaul Education Law, Fights to Include His Conservative Student Success Act Reforms
Todd Rokita
Oct. 21, 2015
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act
Todd Rokita
Sept. 21, 2015
Letter to Superintendant Glenda Ritz, Indiana Department of Education - All public school students should be treated fairly
Todd Rokita, ...
July 22, 2015
Rokita, Fudge Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Update Student Privacy Protections
Todd Rokita, ...
July 22, 2015
Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Update Student Privacy Protections
Todd Rokita, ...
July 8, 2015
Rep. Ellison Statement on Student Success Act
Keith Ellison
July 8, 2015
Student Success Act
Todd Rokita
July 8, 2015
Rokita - Fighting for Schools; Putting Parents and Education Leaders Back in Charge
Todd Rokita
July 8, 2015
Kline, Rokita Applaud House Passage of the Student Success Act
Todd Rokita, ...
July 8, 2015
Providing for Further Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act, and Providing for Consideration of H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015
Todd Rokita
June 25, 2015
Rokita Report - Fighting for Conservative Change
Todd Rokita
June 25, 2015
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Todd Rokita
June 24, 2015
Hearing of the House Education and Workforce Committee - Child Nutrition Assistance: Looking at the Cost of Compliance for States and Schools
Todd Rokita
June 24, 2015
Education Leaders: Restore "Local Leadership and Flexibility' to Child Nutrition Programs
Todd Rokita
June 20, 2015
Rokita Report - School Nutrition, Protecting Health Care, & More
Todd Rokita
June 10, 2015
Letter to Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate HELP Committee - Every Child Achieves Act
Keith Ellison, ...
May 21, 2015
Rokita Report - Protecting Workers, Nutrition Oversight, & More
Todd Rokita
May 19, 2015
Hearing of the House Education and Workforce Committee - Addressing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Federal Child Nutrition Programs
Todd Rokita
May 15, 2015
Rokita Report - Arsenals of Democracy Flyover, Standing for Life, & More
Todd Rokita
May 1, 2015
Rokita Report - Balanced Budget, Indiana's Teacher of the Year, & More
Todd Rokita
April 21, 2015
Rokita Addresses National Gathering of Education Journalists
Todd Rokita
April 17, 2015
Rokita Report - Budget Conference, School Visits & More
Todd Rokita
April 15, 2015
Rokita, House Education Committee Assess Child Nutrition
Todd Rokita
April 8, 2015
The Bemidji Pioneer - Congressmen Tour 'The School with the Killer Hallways'
Todd Rokita, ...
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