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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration announced additional illegal student loan actions: “I didn't think this administration could get any more devious or stoop any lower. “The Biden-Harris administration continues to dangle loan ‘forgiveness’ in front of millions of borrowers across t... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is expanding the investigation into the Biden-Harris administration’s attempt to leverage pension assets to support Big Labor. Today, Chairwoman Foxx sent letters to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel and California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) President and Vice Chair of Inve... Read more »

Since the first day the Biden-Harris administration proposed its new Title IX rule, the Committee has been on the frontlines fighting against it. Title IX is the bedrock legal protection for women, yet the Biden-Harris proposal would gut the law and, in fact, achieve the opposite of its intention. By redefining the word “sex,” the administration blurs the line between a man and a woman and effecti... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) fights for students across the country as the U.S. Department of Education (DeptEd) continues to stonewall Congressional inquiries about the botched rollout of the 2024 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Chairwoman Foxx today issued a subpoena for DeptEd’s communications and documents associated with ... Read more »