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Foxx Statement: Republican Efforts to Provide a Better Way on Health Care

| Posted in Floor Statements

For years, Americans across the country have struggled under a government takeover of health care. Because of Obamacare, insurance markets are collapsing, health care costs are soaring, and patients’ choices are dwindling. Simply put, the flawed health care law is failing. It is hurting hardworking men and women across the country, and the American people deserve better. That’s why Republicans pr... Read more »

Foxx Statement: Consideration of H. J. Res. 57

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For years, the federal government operated under the flawed idea that Washington knows best when it comes to education. Policies put in place in recent decades vastly expanded the federal footprint into K-12 schools and prevented state and local education leaders from delivering the high-quality education all children deserve. Something needed to change, yet under the Obama administration the problem only got worse. Read more »

Rokita Statement: Consideration of H. J. Res. 57

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Under No Child Left Behind, states and school districts were forced into a rigid one-size-fits-all accountability system that heavily dictated how they would gauge and address school performance. Read more »

Guthrie Statement: Consideration of H. J. Res. 58

| Posted in Floor Statements

The purpose of the resolution under consideration is simple: Reining in the federal role in education and protecting the state and local control promised to students, parents, and education leaders. Read more »

Foxx Statement: Floor Debate to Block Blacklisting Rule

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We are here today to stand up for workers, taxpayers, and small businesses. We all agree employers who do business with the federal government should be held to high standards, and their employees deserve strong protections. That is why for decades, the federal government has had a system in place to deny contracts to employers who violate federal labor laws. Time and again, Republicans in Congre... Read more »

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