Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh warning that the recommendations of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment (Task Force) will harm workers and taxpayers by exclusively focusi... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor about college enrollment decreases and the opportunities it presents for students and the workforce. Excerpts from Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: “College enrollment decreased this year by a million students. Although many claim dropping enrollment is a crisis, this is a once-in-a-generation opp... Read more »
The Biden administration’s reinterpretation of Title IX has weakened this landmark legislation and its protection of women. For fifty years this legislation has increased women’s access to athletic programs in schools, yet Democrats’ dangerous re-interpretation of Title IX is putting women’s sports in jeopardy. In Case You Missed It via Family Research Council, Education and Labor Committee Republ... Read more »
Our nation is in crisis, yet President Biden touted multiple radical bills during his State of the Union address that would double down on the failed economic policies that are hurting America’s workers, job creators, and students. Put together, the bills President Biden called out within the Education and Labor Committee’s jurisdiction would decimate our economy, obliterate the rights of workers,... Read more »
Modern union bosses are more akin to political magnates than workers’ rights advocates. This week, Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh traveled to North Carolina to tout their pro-union agenda in the right-to-work state. In Case You Missed It via Carolina Journal, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has a clear message for union bosses: hit... Read more »
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the vital role of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs): “Minority Serving Institutions are important contributors to the postsecondary education landscape. These institutions should be applauded for... Read more »
More parents than ever want school choice, yet President Biden didn’t mention it once in his State of the Union. Clearly President Biden isn’t willing to stand up to the teachers unions who want to keep their stranglehold on K-12 education. Good thing parents are standing up instead. Parent activists, disillusioned with traditional public schools during the pandemic, are embracing school choice in... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement reacting to President Biden’s State of the Union in crisis: “Tonight, the American people did not watch a State of the Union address. They did not see a resolute leader provide an accurate assessment of our country’s trajectory. What they watched was the leader of the free world draw a caricature of... Read more »
The Biden administration’s policies have created worldwide catastrophes. America’s job creators, workers, and students are being forced to deal with the fallout of this administration’s failures. Here’s our advice to President Biden ahead of tonight’s address: Blanket student loan forgiveness is not a solution This administration cares more about appeasing the progressive wing of the Democrat part... Read more »
Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the future of our retirement system: “Our retirement system is healthier than it has been in decades. Employer-based retirement savings are thriving, and more Americans are saving for their future. “Committee Repub... Read more »
