Earlier this week, Arizona made headlines with a significant win for school choice. Under a new law, every Arizona student will soon be eligible for an education savings account (ESA). Parents across the United States are working to end the vise grip teachers unions and progressive school boards exercise over schools. Over the past two years the education bureaucracy ignored parental concerns over... Read more »
Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a rescheduled joint subcommittee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE): “BIE has long been plagued by problems and has been on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) high-... Read more »
While members of Congress and talking heads are distracted by what Biden might do on student loans, they’re missing the widespread debt cancellation happening right before their eyes—and that’s exactly what the President wants. In Case You Missed it via Fox News, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx writes about the Biden administration’s blanket student loan forgiveness a... Read more »
Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC); Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC); Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA); and Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee Republican Leader Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh urging the Department of Labor (DOL) to withdraw its Wagner-Peyser proposed rule, which will harm state efforts to fill the 11 million unfilled jobs across America. Th... Read more »
Empowering job creators to play a more influential role in our nation’s workforce system will help equip workers with the right tools to participate successfully in the free market. This will improve workers’ lives and grow our economy. Yet, the Biden administration is actively working to limit job creators’ input. In Case You Missed It, via a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Paul Winfree and Rachel Gre... Read more »
Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) are requesting an explanation from Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona following reports that a radical lobbying group is influencing higher education policies. In the letter, the Members write: “It is very trou... Read more »
Today, the House passed the Keep Kids Fed Act, bipartisan legislation that will provide temporary and targeted relief for school meal programs as schools struggle with inflation and supply chain issues. Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in support of the bill and the need to rein in our nation’s school meal programs: “Evidence is clear th... Read more »
Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on examining the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service: "Committee Republicans understand the importance of ensuring children are well fed during the school day and we reco... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Education released its proposed Title IX regulations: “The Biden administration’s unabashed embrace of bomb-throwing activism has clearly been taken to heart at the Department of Education. Today’s proposed Title IX regulations are nothing more than a conduit for the L... Read more »
