House Committee on Education and Labor reclaims its name after the Republicans edited out labor in 1995. link

The current Committee on Education and Labor was established on January 4, 2007. The Committee's basic jurisdiction is over education and labor matters, generally.

The first Committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on Education and Labor was established on March 21, 1867 in the aftermath of the Civil War and the growth of American industry. On December 19, 1883, the Committee on Education and Labor was divided into two standing committees: Committee on Education and Committee on Labor. On January 2, 1947, the Legislative Reorganization Act again combined the Committees, renamed the Committee on Education and Labor. On January 4, 1995, the Committee was renamed the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. On January 7, 1997, the Committee was renamed the Committee on Education and the Workforce. Finally, on January 4, 2007, the Committee adopted its original name: the Committee on Education and Labor.

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