Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration overturned a Trump-era rule protecting opportunities for faith-based contractors to seek federal government contracts: “Under the Biden administration, faith-based contractors are losing invaluable protections which safeguarded their ability to compete for fede... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the fate of the (PRO) Union Bosses Act in the 118th Congress: “The PRO Act is a key tenet of the Left’s agenda, a radical wish list of union boss priorities which undermines the rights of workers. To my Democrat colleagues and their union allies, I have one simple message: The era of Big ... Read more »
Today, the House will vote on H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s rule encouraging retirement plan fiduciaries to consider or choose investments based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. On the House Floor, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), delivered the following remarks (as prepared for... Read more »
The Biden administration is putting the retirement security of millions of Americans at risk. The Biden administration’s new rule—which enables and encourages retirement fiduciaries to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors—will allow activist investors to funnel retirees’ savings into progressive, left-wing causes. Moreover, ESG funds are notorious underperformers and relati... Read more »
Yesterday, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Congressman Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona blasting the Department for its attempted cover-up of the real cost of President Biden’s illegal student loan bailout. In the letter, the lawmakers request documents from the Department on the development of its... Read more »
Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding Biden’s illegal student loan debt scheme. Here’s a look at the most commonly heard myths, and the facts this administration is leaving behind. Myth: Student loan forgiveness is critical to ensuring millions of Americans are not buried under a mountain of debt. Fact: There is no such thing as “forgiveness,” and student loan debt does not go away... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a scathing report on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) implementation of the taxpayer-funded bailout of multiemployer pension plans: “From the failure to conduct an adequate fraud risk assessment to the absence of certa... Read more »
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Biden administration’s student loan bailout which, if enacted, would cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. Here’s what you need to know about President Biden’s illegal and radical student loan scam: BACKGROUND: President Biden is violating his oath of office and exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to push through his radical free colleg... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA), and Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to conduct oversight of the agency’s failure to investigate the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) for holding classified documen... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to request that his office retain records to ensure DOL staff have the necessary materials to respond to the Committee’s oversight inquiries. In the letter, Foxx writes: “As you prepare to leave federal employment, I remind you that your office—whether it be ... Read more »
