The coronavirus relief and government funding legislation includes an important bipartisan solution to protect patients from surprise medical bills. Key details about this provision can be found here and pasted below: Key Points: No American should delay care or face financial ruin because of surprise medical bills. The Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor hav... Read more »
On Friday, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined a letter led by Reps. Banks (R-IN) and Tiffany (R-WI) requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on how states and school districts have used federal CARES Act funding to reopen elementary and secondary schools. The letter follows a recent report which recommended this action. In the lett... Read more »
Republican Leader of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), spoke on the House floor today about the Chinese Communist Party’s alarming efforts to infiltrate America's college campuses. Republican Leader Foxx’s remarks: "There has been a lot of news coverage lately on coordinated efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate America’s institutions. "I’m parti... Read more »
Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Representative Ben Cline (R-VA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, sent a comment letter to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Janet Dhillon regarding EEOC’s proposed updated guidance on religious discrimination. In the letter, the Members write: “Rel... Read more »
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a long, troubling, anti-democratic history, but the full extent of the CCP’s malicious activities gained particular attention this past year, thanks to the China Task Force which released a detailed report highlighting the generational threat China poses to our nation’s democratic values. The China Task Force Report came amid numerous reports revealing efforts... Read more »
The Trump administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) has spearheaded a positive agenda to free businesses from burdensome government overreach. So it came as welcome news when Secretary Scalia made the decision to drop an Obama-era DOL lawsuit against Oracle after an administrative law judge found that DOL did not establish any of its claims and recommended dismissal of the case. Unfortunately, a ... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement commending the Trump administration’s new rule to safeguard the religious liberties in faith-based organizations: “Too often religious organizations are targeted by leftist politicians and organizations who seek to strip them of their Constitutional rights. The Trump administ... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement after reports circulated that the Justice Department reached a civil settlement regarding widespread corruption within the United Auto Workers (UAW): “While I am encouraged to hear the Justice Department has set up a system to help monitor and combat fraud and corruption within ... Read more »
Today, key House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies. The deal was agreed to by House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott... Read more »
It’s been a busy news week, but one item hasn’t received the attention it deserves. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) at the Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance earlier this week regarding the use of “Pay for Performance” funds under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). What is WIOA? WIOA is bipartisan, bicameral legislation that streamlines America’s workforce... Read more »
