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Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Education (Department) withdrew its proposal to end data collection on allegations and incidents of sexual assault by school staff members: “I was astounded when the Office for Civil Rights proposed removing questions related to incidents of sexual assaults by staff me... Read more »

Child care provisions in the Democrats’ House-passed spending bill discriminate against faith-based child care providers by excluding them from being able to access federal subsidies. This will push these private day care facilities out of the market, raise the cost of child care overall, and give parents less choice. The purpose of Democrats’ child care provisions is to get parents out of the way... Read more »

President Biden’s so-called Build Back Better agenda is a Big Labor payout. The Biden administration takes every chance it gets to bolster the power of union bosses, even signing an executive order to create a task force to force more workers into unions. Biden’s massive spending bill includes billions of dollars in green energy projects designed to benefit Big Labor. For example, under Democrats’... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement blasting Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the House Select Committee on the Economy’s press conference touting child care provisions in Democrats’ massive spending bill: “Democrats’ pipe dreams will make child care more expensive for many families. What Nancy Pelosi failed to say is that child... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Republican Leader Rick Allen sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh opposing DOL’s proposed rule, which prioritizes the interests of left-wing special interests, including the green lobby and union bosses, over those of American workers a... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report that the true cost of the so-called Build Back Better bill is over double what Democrats initially advertised. “Americans simply cannot afford Democrats’ $4.9 trillion so-called Build Back Better bill. This bill epitomize... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor on how Democrats' so-called Build Back Better Act will reduce the availability of new drugs and cures for diseases. Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: “The federal government cannot be given the ability to police innovators who create lifesaving products. Top-down, government-imposed drug pricing wo... Read more »

When students leave home to attend a college or university, few expect to have their freedom of expression stifled, but that is exactly what is happening on campuses across the country. Attending college is supposed to be about learning how to think critically and engage with diverse points of view. Yet too many college students are harassed or discriminated against by fellow students, faculty mem... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and every Republican Member of the Education and Labor Committee sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh expressing strong opposition to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) authoritarian vaccination-and-testing diktat. The letter urges the DOL to withdraw the deeply flawed an... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in response to the Senate passing the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to nullify President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers and workers. “Today is a victory for freedom and the rule of law. Despite knowing that he didn’t have the authority, President Biden is forcing ... Read more »