Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after reports of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) misconduct surfaced, specifically NLRB personnel interfering in ongoing union elections and collaborating with union organizers: “When a statutorily neutral agency actively informs organizers which employees should be targeted and coerced... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) recently submitted a comment letter to the Department of Education urging the Department to rescind its proposed rule regarding borrower defense to repayment and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The letter also points out the Department does not have the authority to move forward with these changes. In the letter, Fo... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 5376, the Democrats’ Inflation Expansion Act: “Democrats have used every opportunity to tilt the playing field in favor of union bosses. Today’s bill is no exception—they’ve included more handouts to Big Labor, punishing job creators and workers who have decided no... Read more »
Democrats’ reconciliation bill implements socialist price-setting controls on prescription drugs and expands spending on Obamacare. These inflationary subsidies are a threat to employer-sponsored insurance and will ultimately raise the price of health care. H.R. 5376, or the Inflation Expansion Act, moves our country closer to a socialist health care system. Drug price controls are a known barrier... Read more »
The nation’s student loan system is unsustainable and has resulted in more than 40 million Americans collectively owing over $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt. Republicans have a solution to help borrowers most in need while protecting taxpayers. Here’s what you need to know… Unfortunately, President Biden wants to enact sweeping student debt cancelation by executive fiat and leave taxpay... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN) announced they will introduce the Responsible Education Assistance through Loan (REAL) Reforms Act, a bill that offers commonsense and fiscally responsible reforms to benefit students and borrowers in our coun... Read more »
A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office revealed that the Department of Education’s estimates on the cost of the federal student loan program were off by hundreds of billions of dollars. The report concludes that the massive budget mistake was due to irresponsible changes to student loan programs and incorrect assumptions about borrowers’ repayment choices and economic cir... Read more »
The Department of Education (ED) misled taxpayers for decades. Progressive policymakers have claimed that the federal student loan program would pay for itself—this is utterly false. In fact, because of faulty budgeting, this system has been costing taxpayers billions each year. Despite this, Democrats are still lobbying the Biden administration to enact massive loan forgiveness. Here’s what you n... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC), Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC), and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report which found the Department of Education underestimated the cost of student loans... Read more »
School administrators and the education establishment are bullying parents. From CRT to gender politics, schools are pushing the Left’s radical social agenda when they should be focusing on reading and math. In Case You Missed It via the Daily Signal, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) pulls back the curtain on the Left’s attempt to indoctrinate students in school... Read more »
