House workforce panel to hold hearing on easing rules for U.S. workers and businesses

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The House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing titled 'Less Red Tape, More Opportunity' on September 2, 2026, focused on deregulation.
Witnesses from Americans for Prosperity, National Federation of Independent Business, AFL-CIO, and the American Action Forum will testify on labor and regulatory policy impacts.
The hearing addresses potential reduction of federal labor and safety regulations that businesses argue increase compliance costs, with implications especially for small businesses.

Hearing agenda and witness lineup

According to House Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections holds a hearing at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, titled "Less Red Tape, More Opportunity: Unleashing American Workers and Job Creators." The session takes place in Room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building and is chaired by Rep. Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania.

The witness list includes Austen Bannan, employment policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity; Elizabeth Milito, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center; Rebecca L. Reindel, director of occupational safety and health at the AFL-CIO; and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum. The hearing is open to the press and is being live-streamed on the committee's YouTube page.

Policy stakes for employers and workers

The hearing centers on efforts to reduce regulatory requirements that some lawmakers and business advocates say constrain job creation and raise compliance costs. By assembling representatives from employer groups, organized labor and policy think tanks, the panel is positioning the session as a debate over how workplace oversight affects both business operations and worker protections.

The issue is likely to resonate across sectors that face federal labor and safety requirements, particularly small businesses that often argue they have fewer resources to manage legal and administrative obligations. The inclusion of labor and occupational safety testimony also indicates that the discussion is likely to weigh the economic case for deregulation against arguments for maintaining worker safeguards.

In our earlier article, we covered a House education subcommittee hearing that examined state-led approaches to expanding child care access as a workforce and cost-of-living issue. Lawmakers and witnesses discussed how staffing shortages, regulatory complexity, and limited reach of federal support can constrain parents’ ability to work, while highlighting public-private partnerships and state flexibility as potential ways to reduce the broader economic drag from inadequate child care.

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