Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) announced the new and returning Republican Members appointed to serve on the Committee in the 119th Congress. The list has been recommended by the Republican Steering Committee and is expected to be officially adopted by the House. “Heading into the 119th Congress, America's families, workers, and job creators are hungry for oppo... Read more »
Wednesday, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and Workforce, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold its organizing meeting for the 119th Congress. What: Full Committee Organizing Meeting When: 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Where: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building Press: The meeting is open to the press and will be live-streamed on the Committee’s YouTube page. ### Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) celebrated a federal court’s decision to overrule an attempt by the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Education to rewrite Title IX. The proposed rewrite would have enabled biological males to compete against women and girls in athletic competitions, allow biological males into traditionally female venues, and threaten ... Read more »
Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement on recent Title VI antisemitism complaints being met with toothless agreements in an obvious effort to shield universities from real accountability by the incoming Trump administration: “It’s disgraceful that in the final days of the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of Education is letting unive... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (MI-05) announced the Committee’s senior staff for the 119th Congress: RJ Laukitis, Staff Director RJ Laukitis will serve as Staff Director for the House Committee on Education and Workforce. RJ will execute the Committee’s policy goals, so students, parents, workers, and job creators have opportunities to succeed. RJ has served in the ... Read more »
In Case You Missed It, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) joined U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) in reintroducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. This legislation allows women and girls a fair playing field in competitive sports by ensuring that school athletics comply with the Title IX recognition of a person’s reproductive biology and genetics a... Read more »
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released a critical report on one of the Biden-Harris administration’s largest student loan forgiveness schemes: borrower defense. “There’s no surprise here: the Biden-Harris administration has refused to admit that its student loan schemes are illegal, and instead has tried to stretch every possible law to deliver on its ... Read more »
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today issued the following statement on the Committee’s efforts to hold Governor Tim Walz’s administration accountable for what has been called the “largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the nation”: “A taxpayer-funded program to help hungry children was abused. As a result, children and taxpayers were negatively impacted. This is un... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and several Republican committee members today are pushing Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to extend the public comment period for the Department of Labor’s (DOL) misguided and irresponsible rule proposed for the 14(c) program. The program provides meaningful rehabilitation and skills to workers with severe... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent another letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) jobs data release issues including its historic revisions to jobs data released in August. The letter comes afte... Read more »
