WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final overtime rule, which would negatively impact workers, small businesses, nonprofits, colleges, and universities: “Any way you cut it, Biden’s overtime rule is a bad deal for American employers and workers. This administration thinks it’s... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final fiduciary rule: “DOL failed to learn from its own past blunders. This final fiduciary rule mirrors its shameful predecessor that was vacated by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2016. The final rule once again encroache... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Columbia President Dr. Minouche Shafik, Columbia Trustees Co-Chair David Greenwald, and Columbia Trustees Co-Chair Claire Shipman demanding the administration immediately take action to crack down on the violent, antisemitic protests occurring on campus. In the letter, Foxx writes: “I am gravely concerned... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), joined by Reps. Burgess Owens (R-UT), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rick Allen (R-GA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), and Brandon Williams (R-NY), sent a letter to Department of Education Se... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
