Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division released a proposed rule to update Davis-Bacon Act regulations regarding prevailing wages on federal construction projects: “Despite what the Biden administration touts, this proposal will do nothing to create good jobs or improve infrastructu... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement slamming Education Secretary Cardona’s response to the passage of the Parental Rights in Education bill, in the Florida State Legislature: “The Department of Education is a bureaucratic monolith that clearly has no understanding of federalism—nor its own jurisdiction. Overstepping its bounds and int... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh warning that the recommendations of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment (Task Force) will harm workers and taxpayers by exclusively focusi... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor about college enrollment decreases and the opportunities it presents for students and the workforce. Excerpts from Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: “College enrollment decreased this year by a million students. Although many claim dropping enrollment is a crisis, this is a once-in-a-generation opp... Read more »
The Biden administration’s reinterpretation of Title IX has weakened this landmark legislation and its protection of women. For fifty years this legislation has increased women’s access to athletic programs in schools, yet Democrats’ dangerous re-interpretation of Title IX is putting women’s sports in jeopardy. In Case You Missed It via Family Research Council, Education and Labor Committee Republ... Read more »
Modern union bosses are more akin to political magnates than workers’ rights advocates. This week, Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh traveled to North Carolina to tout their pro-union agenda in the right-to-work state. In Case You Missed It via Carolina Journal, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has a clear message for union bosses: hit... Read more »
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the vital role of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs): “Minority Serving Institutions are important contributors to the postsecondary education landscape. These institutions should be applauded for... Read more »
More parents than ever want school choice, yet President Biden didn’t mention it once in his State of the Union. Clearly President Biden isn’t willing to stand up to the teachers unions who want to keep their stranglehold on K-12 education. Good thing parents are standing up instead. Parent activists, disillusioned with traditional public schools during the pandemic, are embracing school choice in... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement reacting to President Biden’s State of the Union in crisis: “Tonight, the American people did not watch a State of the Union address. They did not see a resolute leader provide an accurate assessment of our country’s trajectory. What they watched was the leader of the free world draw a caricature of... 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 future of our retirement system: “Our retirement system is healthier than it has been in decades. Employer-based retirement savings are thriving, and more Americans are saving for their future. “Committee Repub... Read more »
