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Foxx Reacts to Biden-Harris Rewarding Organization Riddled with Child Abuse

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration announced a final rule for Head Start, a program with a history of fundamental problems: “By finalizing the Head Start rule, the Biden-Harris administration insists on trying to overfund a program with over a thousand known incidents of child abuse... Read more »

Foxx on Columbia President’s Resignation

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in response to reports that Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik is resigning: “During Shafik’s presidency, a disturbing wave of antisemitic harassment, discrimination, and disorder engulfed Columbia university’s campus. Jewish students and faculty have been mocke... Read more »

Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member Cassidy React to New Report Showing Less than Half of Student Loan Borrowers Are Making Payments

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WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), issued statements on the new Government Accountability Office report showing that as of January of 2024, only 40 percent of student loan borrowers were making payments on their loans. The Biden-Harris adminis... Read more »

Foxx Threatens Subpoena After DOL Fails to Answer Questions about Biden-Harris Attempts to Eliminate Independent Contractor Model

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is continuing to fight for the 70 million Americans who provide for themselves and their families as independent contractors. Today, Chairwoman Foxx is threatening to subpoena Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su following her failure to provide responses and data regarding worker misclassification, w... Read more »

Chair Foxx: “About time” Columbia deans resign

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released the following statement regarding the resignations of three Columbia University deans who exchanged disparaging text messages about Jewish students and colleagues. “About time. Actions have consequences, and Columbia should have fired all four of these deans months ago. Instead, the University continu... Read more »

Foxx: No More Excuses, Students Deserve Certainty

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WASHINGTON – The following may be attributed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) with regards to the Biden-Harris administration’s delay for the second straight year in launching the 2024 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form by October 1: “Ensuring a working, timely, and accurate FAFSA should have been the Biden-Harris administration’s p... Read more »

Foxx, Good Demand DOJ Ensure Recovery of Taxpayer Dollars Paid to Pension Plans for Deceased Participants

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chair Bob Good (R-VA) are continuing their oversight of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) by probing Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for answers regarding efforts to hold PBGC accountable for recovering taxpay... Read more »

Foxx Opposes Unworkable Mental Health Parity Rules

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today called on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su, and Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to oppose the Biden-Harris administration’s current proposed rules on mental health parity. In a letter, Chairwoman Foxx urges the hea... Read more »

Chair Foxx Demands Answers from Columbia University

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today continues to demand accountability from Columbia University, the home to some of the most egregious displays of antisemitism on a college campus since October 7. Once again, the Committee is renewing its push for information and documents that Columbia has failed to produce despite repeated requests. The lette... Read more »

Chair Foxx Discusses Importance of Title IX on Eve of Disastrous Biden-Harris Rule Implementation

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today joined key backers of Title IX to discuss the landmark law and the importance of preserving it for future generations. The discussion comes one day before the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous rule is set to take effect. Chairwoman Foxx delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery: “Since t... Read more »

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