U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) is the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.

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The top Republican on the House education and labor committee, Rep. John Klein, R-Minnesota, expressed concern that tools to help students at struggling schools, such as tutoring, would move from required to optional.

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He and his wife, Amy Mickelson, launched the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy in 2005 and have testified before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee about the importance of math and science education.

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California Democrat George Miller, chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, says that even though conflicts of interest are pervasive in the industry, it wasn't his words particularly egregious that lenders would put active loan officials on the payroll.

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As for the Capitol Hill handout, Rachel Racusen, a spokeswoman for the House Committee on Education and Labor, says it's a non-issue.

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Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the powerful head of the House Committee on Education and Labor, says that's the heart of the problem.

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Both the House bill and health care legislation passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday contain these provisions.

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So far, the public option has been cleared by three committees in the House as well as by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

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Jeffords already chairs the Senate Education and Labor Committee and his relations with the White House have been strained in recent weeks because of fallout from a struggle over the senator's desire for more education funding than the Bush administration wants.

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Three House panels as well as the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions have cleared a government-sponsored health insurance option.

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Health care legislation has cleared three committees in the House of Representatives, as well as the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

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