House Hearing Highlights Potential of Skills Transcripts
Katherine Knott
December 11, 2025
To one House Republican, learning and employment records “are the future.” Democrats are also on board but want safeguards to protect workers.
Republicans and Democrats showed rare agreement in a House committee meeting on Wednesday, putting their support behind digital skills transcripts that they say will make the economy more efficient and make education more skills-centered.
“This is a game changer,” said Rep. Burgess Owens, the Utah Republican who chairs the subcommittee.
The hearing shined a spotlight on the wonky world of learning and employment records, or LERs, and explored how to ensure they are available nationwide. It also progressed the conversation on workforce readiness, a bipartisan topic and an issue that has received heightened attention from House Republicans.
