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@EdWorkforceCmte Antisemitism Investigation Continues with Letter to Rutgers University

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway, Rutgers Board of Governors Chair William E. Best, Rutgers University-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University-Camden Chancellor Antonio D. Tillis, and Rutgers University-New Brunswick Chancellor Francine Conway requesting documents and... Read More »

Foxx Subpoenas PBGC After It Impedes Committee Investigation into $127 Million in Overpayments for Dead Teamsters

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WASHINGTON –Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) served a subpoena on Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Director Gordon Hartogensis after PBGC failed to provide adequate responses to the Committee’s previous inquiries regarding the agency’s gross negligence in overpaying $127 million in taxpayer money to the Central States Pension Fund for decease... Read More »

Foxx Bites Back, Slams White House Workplace Safety “Rules for Thee, but Not for Me”

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a follow-up letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su requesting information about workplace safety protocols in the White House following reports that the number of dog bite incidents involving President Biden’s dog, Commander, has risen to 24. In the letter Foxx writes: "The Committ... Read More »

Foxx: ED’s FAFSA Fallout Continues

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Education’s continued blunders in its rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): "Biden’s Education Department is at it again—today announcing it botched hundreds of thousands of aid packages for families with no timeline on fixing thos... Read More »

@EdWorkforceCmte Advances Bills to Help Students and Workers Succeed

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WASHINGTON –Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee advanced four bills to support students and workers: H.J. Res. 116, a Congressional Review Act(CRA) resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s independent contractor rule; H.R. 6418, the Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act; H.R. 3724, the Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2023; and H.R. 7683, the Respecting the ... Read More »

Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Markup to Bolster Workforce and Advance Academic Freedom

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup of H.J. Res. 116, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s independent contractor rule; H.R. 6418, Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act; H.R. 3724, Accreditation for College Excell... Read More »

@EdWorkforceCmte Will Mark Up Bills to Bolster Workforce and Academic Freedom — Tomorrow at 10:15 AM

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WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will mark up H.J. Res. 116, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s independent contractor rule; H.R. 6418, the Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act; H.R. 3724, the Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2023; and H.R. 7683, the Respecting the First Amendment on Campus A... Read More »

Chair Good Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing Conducting Oversight of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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WASHINGTON –Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled: "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation": "Mr. Hartogensis, as you near the end of your five-year term as the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the da... Read More »

Hearing Recap: Pension Fraud Edition

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Today’s Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee hearing covered the gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The hearing featured a lone witness, PBGC Director Gordon Hartogensis. PBGC was created to protect private pension plans from insolvency and was intended to be solely funded by employer premiums. However, under poor leadership ... Read More »

Chair Foxx Applauds @EdWorkforceCmte Action to Hold PBGC Accountable for Fleecing Taxpayer Dollars

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WASHINGTON –Today on the House Floor, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) highlighted the Committee’s extensive oversight efforts that resulted in the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) taking action to recover $127 million in taxpayer money sent to pension plans for dead participants. Chairwoman Foxx’s remarks (as prepared for delivery): “A Biden agency... Read More »

UC Berkeley Next in @EdWorkforceCmte’s Antisemitism Probe

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WASHINGTON –Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) Chancellor Dr. Carol T. Christ, President Michael V. Drake, and Board of Regents Chair Richard Leib requesting documents and information regarding UC Berkeley’s response to numerous antisemitic incidents on campus and its administration’s failu... Read More »

Chairman Good to Conduct Oversight of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation — Tomorrow at 10:15 AM

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WASHINGTON — Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled: "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation." "The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) represents some of the worst of the Biden administration’s incompetence and misuse of taxpayer dollars," s... Read More »

@EdWorkforceCmte Will Mark Up Bills to Bolster Workforce and Academic Freedom

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WASHINGTON – On Thursday, March 21, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will mark up H.J. Res. 116, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s independent contractor rule; H.R. 6418, the Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act; H.R. 3724, the Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2023; and H.R. 7683, the Respecting the First Amendmen... Read More »

Foxx, Committee Members Object to Biden’s Federal Apprenticeship Power Grab

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a comment letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su requesting DOL withdraw the proposed apprenticeship rule. The over 600-page rule expands federal power over apprenticeships, injects political ideology into the apprenticeship system, and imposes significant new burdens on apprentices... Read More »

Chair Foxx Investigates 12 Unions for Recent Fraud, Corruption

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to the presidents of: Service Employees International Union; International Brotherhood of Teamsters; United Steelworkers; International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Communications Workers of Ame... Read More »

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