Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats advanced H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, and H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, through the Committee without incorporating Republican amendments: “Time and time again, Democrats squander opportunities to implement common-sense sol... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor issued a proposed rule to eliminate a Trump-era reporting requirement to provide transparency of labor organization finances and union boss spending: “Secretary Walsh is in bed with Big Labor. Rescinding this rule is a slap in the face to hard-working unio... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a Committee markup of H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, and H.R. 2062, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act: “As I have said before, it is disappointing and unnecessary that we are having yet another remote markup, espe... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter, signed by every Republican Committee Member, to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, urging him to immediately stop work on an unnecessary and ill-advised Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). In the letter, Members write: “Given the latest and... Read more »
Following a briefing from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Education and Labor Committee Republican Members, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra today voicing concern about the Biden administration’s catch-and-release p... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter, signed by every Republican Committee Member, to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona voicing strong objection to the Education Department’s proposed priorities on the American History and Civics Education programs. Specifically, the Department’s action would violate prohibitions against the federal government’s... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on supporting students experiencing foster care and homelessness: "For over a year, students across our country have been negatively impacted by school closures. This has had an even greater impact o... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), led by Republican Leader of the Natural Resources Committee Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), calling on her to cease remote voting measures and return the House of Representatives to regular order. Committee ranking members and every member of the Republican leade... Read more »
Today, Democrats advanced H.R. 1065, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which does not include a long-standing provision from the Civil Rights Act which protects religious organizations from being forced to make employment decisions that conflict with their faith. Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said on the House floor prior to the vote: "House Republicans will not sta... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065), which delivers an unnecessary blow to religious organizations, potentially forcing them to make hiring decisions that conflict with their faith. On the House floor today, Foxx delivered the following remarks: "House Republicans have long supported protec... Read more »
