Press Releases

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (NC-05) cosigned Congressman Chris Jacobs’ (NY-27) letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on a proposed rule change to the Charter Schools Program that would limit school choice access for families. The letter was cosigned by 21 other Members of Congress. On March 14 the Department of Education published a Notice of ... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in filing an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in two landmark cases currently before the Supreme Court of the United States. The consolidated cases, Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissi... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Central States Pension Plan request for billions in bailout assistance from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC): “Democrats are operating under the presumption that throwing more money at failing and mismanaged multiemployer pension plans will cause them to stop hemo... Read more »

“People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not… that has to be an act of Congress,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. President Biden himself expressed skepticism about his own legal authority to forgive student loans. And an Obama-era Department of Education lawyer believes that President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan would face massiv... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding a recent report indicating that Facebook siphoned personal information of students and parents from the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) website: “No matter the day, week, or month, the Department of Education continues to prove that incompetence is the only stand... Read more »

The Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness agenda includes forcing taxpayers who never went to college to foot the bill. President Biden is recklessly pushing our economy towards a fiscal cliff—all to swindle more votes for the midterms and to save his failing presidency. In Case you Missed It via Fox News, Rep. Virginia Foxx and Sen. Richard Burr, Republican Leaders on the House and Sena... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on President Biden’s directive to the Department of Education to move forward with student loan forgiveness proposals: “You don’t need to be an expert in reading tea leaves to understand that President Biden is kneecapping taxpayers at every turn. His signaling that he is moving forward with ... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of strengthening employer-sponsored insurance, the backbone of our health care system. During the roundtable, Republican members of the Education and Labor Committee shared their concerns regarding the affordability of employer-sponsored plans. Members cited examples of how ... Read more »

Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on holding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) accountable for over-burdening job creators and not meeting the needs of American workers: “Congress... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in recognition of financial literacy month and to lament Democrats’ financially irresponsible policies. Republican Leader Foxx's remarks: “April is financial literacy month—the perfect time to remind Americans just how financially irresponsible Democrats are. “Democrats have used the pocketbooks of... Read more »