Today, Committee on Education and Labor Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Committee on Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), and Oversight Committee Republicans are launching an investigation into the Biden administration's oversight of pandemic relief funds for school districts amid concerns funds are not being adequately targeted to remedy learning losses resulting fro... Read more »
Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC); Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC); House Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA); and Senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee Republican Leader Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to National Labor Rel... Read more »
In response to the Biden administration’s announcement today that it is initiating a plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for households earning up to $250,000, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (R-MO) released a fact sheet detailing the more than $330 billion cost of the Administration’s plan as we... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s announcement that it is extending the student loan repayment moratorium for a fifth time and forcing taxpayers to pay for certain borrowers to receive $10,000 in loan "forgiveness": “Confusion reigns in the Biden administration—borrowers have no clear... Read more »
Higher education is headed in the wrong direction. It is refreshing to see such a prominent leader in higher education acknowledge some of the biggest problems facing colleges and universities today. Jason Wingard, President of Temple University, in his new op-ed, rightly focuses on employers who are too often ignored by the academics and administrators perched in their ivory towers and importantl... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on Operation Fresh Start, a Biden administration plan to move defaulted student loan borrowers into good standing, which would qualify them for massive student loan forgiveness at the expense of taxpayers: “The Department’s so-called Operation Fresh Start plan gives delinquent student loan bo... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after reports of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) misconduct surfaced, specifically NLRB personnel interfering in ongoing union elections and collaborating with union organizers: “When a statutorily neutral agency actively informs organizers which employees should be targeted and coerced... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) recently submitted a comment letter to the Department of Education urging the Department to rescind its proposed rule regarding borrower defense to repayment and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The letter also points out the Department does not have the authority to move forward with these changes. In the letter, Fo... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 5376, the Democrats’ Inflation Expansion Act: “Democrats have used every opportunity to tilt the playing field in favor of union bosses. Today’s bill is no exception—they’ve included more handouts to Big Labor, punishing job creators and workers who have decided no... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN) announced they will introduce the Responsible Education Assistance through Loan (REAL) Reforms Act, a bill that offers commonsense and fiscally responsible reforms to benefit students and borrowers in our coun... Read more »
