Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Education’s final Title IX rule that places the radical agenda of left-wing ideologues above the safety of women and girls across the nation: “The Department of Education has placed Title IX, and the decades of advancement and protections for women and girls that it has ... Read more »
In case you missed it, during congressional testimony, Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su inadvertently admitted to not giving taxpayers adequate notice for a hearing on the administration’s far-reaching regulatory changes that will impact countless retirement plans, retirees, and savers. On Wednesday, in testimony before the Appropriations Committee, Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) que... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the antisemitic protests engulfing Columbia University’s campus after President Shafik testified before the Committee on Wednesday: "For nearly two days, the pro-Hamas Gaza Solidarity Encampment has plunged Columbia’s campus into chaos and endangered its students.... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism": "Since October 7, this Committee and the nation have watched in horror as so many of our college campuses, particularly the most expensive, so-called elite sc... Read more »
Today, top members of Columbia leadership, including President Minouche Shafik, answered for the disturbing wave of antisemitic harassment and discrimination engulfing their university campus. Since the barbaric attack on October 7, antisemitism—verging on support for Hamas terrorism—has been pervasive at Columbia, and university administrators have been left paralyzed in response. In her opening ... Read more »
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing titled “Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University’s Response to Antisemitism.” “Some of the worst cases of antisemitic assaults, harassment, and vandalism on campus have occurred at Columbia University,” said Chairwoman Foxx. “Due to the severe and pervasive natu... Read more »
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: "ERISA's 50th Anniversary: the Path to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care": "Fifty years ago, President Ford signed into law the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, better known as ERISA. For half a cent... Read more »
WASHINGTON –Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) final silica rule: “The Department of Labor’s wrongheaded recklessness in pushing through this final rule serves as a serious detriment to the mining industry – the feedback of stakeholders has largely been ignored in this pr... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on President Biden’s latest student loan rulemaking scheme: “Like clockwork, the Biden administration continues to drag the nation into a debt spiral by forcing hardworking taxpayers—many of whom never stepped foot on a college campus—to foot the bill for this reckless and fisca... Read more »
Today’s Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee hearing commemorated the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). For the past 50 years, ERISA has served as the legislative bedrock for employer-sponsored benefits. Through key provisions such as ERISA preemption, the employer-sponsored benefits system continues to deliver health care val... Read more »
