Reckless Democrat policies and prolonged school closures have put our students behind academically. According to the Nation’s Report Card, average reading scores for 9-year-olds declined five points in 2022—the largest average reading score decline since 1990. Math scores didn’t fare much better. In fact, a report from Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research found students who le... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that the Biden administration’s rule implementing Democrats’ uncapped handout to multiemployer pension plans will cost $4.5 billion more than CBO’s initial estimate: “CB... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee Republican Leader Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Agriculture Committee Republican Leader Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), and Minnesota Republicans in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (U... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led eight letters to Biden administration agencies that fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee to denounce and call attention to multiple instances of executive overreach. The Members begin: “We write to bring to your attention West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, a recent Supreme Court decision that cla... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) highlighted the Biden administration’s hypocrisy by calling out the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for trying to implement a permanent COVID-19 standard for health care industry employers, reviving the previously withdrawn emergency temporary standard—despite President Biden’s admission that the pande... Read more »
Foxx and Banks Question Oberlin College’s Relationship with Iranian Regime Foreign influence on college campuses is a serious problem. Billions in federal funds are given to colleges and universities every year. Congress must exercise its authority to ensure these funds are not used to bolster our nation’s adversaries. Moreover, Congress has a responsibility to ensure that foreign money is never u... Read more »
After receiving an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report which found more than a thousand incidents of child abuse, lack of supervision, or unauthorized release at Head Start centers from October 2015 to May 2020, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement and demanded the majority hold an oversight hearing on the reports’ findings: “This... Read more »
Today, the House passed H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act, which opens a veritable Pandora’s box of new authority for the Department of Labor to attack job creators. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, said on the House floor prior to the vote: “Passing H.R. 7780 would do a disservice to students, workers, and job creators. This legislation has... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats opposed a Republican amendment to H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act, which would require schools to obtain parental consent before providing mental health or social and emotional services to students: “At every turn, the Left is attempting to undermine the rights of par... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office requesting it examine how taxpayer dollars are being used to subsidize Obamacare and how those costs compare to the costs of employer-sponsored plans. In the letter, Rep. Foxx writes: “Ensuring that workers and their families have access to affordable, high quality heal... Read more »
