Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in support of the Pacific Legal Foundation’s lawsuit against the Department of Education for its student loan debt scheme: “The Biden administration’s student loan bailout should be squashed by the heel of the law—its illegality must not be ignored. Millions of hardworking taxpayers will be f... 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) sent a letter to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows about the noticeable pattern of partisanship and mismanagement at the agency that has developed during the Biden administration. In t... Read more »
President Obama initiated a drastic federal takeover of the student loan program. The result? Rising college costs, declining return on investment, and ballooning student loan debt costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. President Biden is doubling down on these failed policies and enacting flat-out illegal student loan bailouts that will further exacerbate problems for students and tax... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a letter to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Assistant Secretary Douglas L. Parker to condemn OSHA’s forthcoming COVID-19 rule—which seeks to implement a permanent standard for health care industry employers, reviving the 2... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed a $400 billion cost estimate for President Biden’s illegal student loan debt scheme: “CBO’s $400 billion cost estimate shows this administration has lost all sense of fiscal responsibility. It is just the tip of the iceberg. It doesn’t inc... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement slamming the Biden administration’s new rule terminating employer-led apprenticeships: “The Biden administration is relentless. Instead of promoting employer-led apprenticeship programs—which allow job creators to provide workers with the tools for success—the Department of Labor is giving th... Read more »
Today, the House passed S. 1098, the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act, which delays support for borrowers, including victims of abuse, who have joint consolidation loans and need to separate their loans immediately. The bill also cedes more control to the Education Secretary and fails to protect taxpayers. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, sa... Read more »
Today, Democrats opposed a Republican amendment that would help student loan borrowers with joint consolidation loans, including abuse victims, separate their loans immediately without creating a bureaucratic mess or expanding the federal government’s foothold on student loans. Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia (R-NC), who offered the amendment, said on the House floor: “Th... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Agriculture Committee Republican Leader Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Republican Leader Andy Harris (R-MD) sent a letter to the White House Dir... 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 massive fraud and mismanagement in the unemployment insurance (UI) programs: “Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had economic shutdowns and the nation experienced historic levels of unemployment, job loss. In... Read more »
