WASHINGTON – American workers and businesses will face more regulation, mismanagement, and waste from Washington should the Senate confirm Julie Su as Labor Secretary, warned House Republicans today. In a letter to President Biden, Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Representative Miche... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter sent to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona seeking information on whether colleges and universities are complying with reporting requirements under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which requires schools to report foreign gifts and contracts. The previous administration ... 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 comment letter to the Tri-Agencies (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury) in opposition to proposed rules regarding the enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive mandate. The Membe... Read more »
WASHINGTON – House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) are continuing their investigation into the misuse of pandemic-era education funds intended to address students’ historic learning losses. In multiple instan... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to the American Bar Association (ABA) Chair Joseph West urging the accreditor to make a determination whether Stanford Law School is out of compliance with the ABA’s academic freedom standard in light of the school’s tr... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) to provide clarity on oversight being conducted following information received by a whistleblower. The letter refutes Scott’s unfair, unfounded, and irrelevant assertions about the Committee’s subpoena. Foxx’s letter also follows Scott’s misleading social... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, 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 Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo to express strong disapproval of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the CHIPS Incentive Program, which strongly encourages companies seeking CHIPS fun... Read more »
Yesterday’s Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee hearing covered the degradation of constitutionally protected free speech on college campuses. Committee Republicans sent a strong message: It is our duty to uphold the First Amendment and stand strongly against campus free speech violations. The American university system has become a breeding ground for illiberal thought. Videos... Read more »
Yesterday's Education and the Workforce Committee hearing covered the Biden administration’s heavy-handed mandates and out-of-touch regulatory policies that have led to high inflation, shortages in skilled labor, and supply chain disruptions. The pandemic taught us many valuable lessons, including the importance of a strong and adaptive workforce. For the past two Congresses, Democrats turned a bl... Read more »
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on how free speech rights are continuously being violated on college campuses: "What our young men and women practice and learn at colleges and universities will impact our nations for generations to come far beyond their own careers. How... Read more »
