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Chairman Good to Conduct Oversight of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, March 20, 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 taxpay... Read more »

Chairs Foxx, Steil Blast 'Bidenbucks', New Policy Aimed to Tilt the Scales, and Federalize Elections

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WASHINGTON –Today, Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05), Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01), Committee on Education and the Workforce Vice Chair Mary Miller (IL-15), and Elections Subcommittee Chair Laurel Lee (FL-15) sent a letter blasting the Biden administration's new policy allowing Federal Work-Study funds to be used to support... Read more »

Chair Owens Delivers Opening Remarks at Joint Hearing on Student Athletes

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WASHINGTON – Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing titled "Safeguarding Student-Athletes from NLRB Misclassification": "The world of college sports is in a transformational period. In 2021, the Supreme Court decided NCAA vs Alston and ushered college s... Read more »

Chair Good Delivers Opening Remarks at Joint Hearing on Student Athletes

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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 joint subcommittee hearing titled "Safeguarding Student-Athletes from NLRB Misclassification": "Like most Americans, I love college athletics. I love supporting my alma mater, Liberty University, where I worked in athletics administrati... Read more »

Columbia University President and Board Chairs to Testify at Antisemitism Hearing

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On Wednesday, April 17, 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 ... Read more »

Foxx on Julie Su's Failed Year as "Acting Labor Secretary"

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor to mark the one-year anniversary of Julie Su's tenure as "Acting Secretary of Labor" and requested once again that President Biden withdraw Julie Su’s nomination for Secretary of Labor. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks (as prepared for delivery): "Today marks the one-year anniversary of Julie Su’s ... Read more »

Foxx: Biden’s FY25 Budget Is a Menagerie of Failed Policies

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the release of President Biden’s FY 2025 budget proposal: “President Biden’s FY25 budget is not a fiscal panacea – it will make the nation keel over from shouldering more unsustainable and irresponsible debt. Under his proposal, the Departments of Education, Labor, and... Read more »

Chairs Good, Owens to Hold Joint Hearing on Student Athletes — 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), and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a joint hearing titled "Safeguarding Student-Athletes from NLRB Misclassification." "The weaponized NLRB consistently misinterprets the National Labor R... Read more »

Foxx Subpoenas UAW Local 2325 After It Obstructs Committee Inquiry into Divisive, Antisemitic Resolution

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) served a subpoena on Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW Local 2325 (Local 2325) President Lisa Ohta after the union failed to respond to Committee oversight inquiries relating to the contentious vote and subsequent adoption of the “Resolution Calling for a Ceasefire in Gaza, an End to the Israeli Occupati... Read more »

Foxx to Cardona and Su: The Pandemic is Over, Taxpayers Demand Federal Employees Return to the Office

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su raising concerns about the agencies’ extremely low utilization of in-person office space and failure to return to pre-pandemic attendance levels. In the letter to Cardona, Foxx writes: “The Govern... Read more »

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