WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Representative Michelle Steel (R-CA) today sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona asking for an investigation into the alarming pattern of antisemitism among senior officials of the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD). The letter builds upon the Committee’s work to fight against antisemitism a... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today denounced Harvard University for its refusal to hold those responsible for the antisemitic protests that consumed its campus accountable with meaningful discipline. New documents provided to the Committee as part of its ongoing investigation into campus antisemitism show that Harvard failed to discipline the o... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su after the Biden-Harris administration botched the August release of job numbers. The numbers, which required a downward adjustment of 818,000 jobs, were released 30 minutes later than... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) today chaired a hearing titled, “Innovative Teacher Preparation: Properly Equipping America’s Educators,” and offered the following statement, as prepared for delivery: "Have you ever been in your car when you get an alert notifying you something is wrong? Let’s face it. There is no such thing... Read more »
The struggle in communities around the country to hire and retain good teachers took center stage at today’s Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee hearing. The hearing, led by Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL), identified the shortcomings in the teacher preparation system and examined potential ways to fix it. In the post Covid era, the struggles facing K-12 education are well... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA) issued the following statements after the House passed H.R. 5646, the bipartisan Stop Campus Hazing Act, which combats hazing on college campuses and protects students across the nation: “Postseco... Read more »
WASHINGTON — Tomorrow, September 25, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled “Innovative Teacher Preparation: Properly Equipping America’s Educators.” “Communities across the U.S. are facing teacher shortages. In the 2023-2024 school year, 86 percent of public schools struggled to hire te... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) today chaired a hearing titled, “GAO Uncovers Biden-Harris FAFSA Failures,” and offered the following statement, as prepared for delivery: "Thank you all for being here today, but, frankly, I wish this hearing had not been necessary. Once again, the Committee is addressing the ongoing failure of the ... Read more »
Today, the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee met to address the ongoing failure of the Biden-Harris administration’s attempt to implement the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). FAFSA is an essential resource for all students, especially low-income students, to know their financial aid eligibility. In 2020 and 2021, Congress enacted legislation setting July ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Following a year-long investigation, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) uncovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal research funding over the last decade has contributed to China’s technological advancements and military modernization. Through ... Read more »
