Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will join Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tomorrow morning at 9:00 am ET for a live roundtable discussion on the Democrats’ plan to give the Biden administration the ability to approve early education standards, provide child care to wealthy families, and push small providers out of the market. From intimidating concerned... Read more »
Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Richard Burr (R-NC) recently sent three letters expressing grave concern over Loudoun County Public Schools’ (LCPS) and Superintendent Scott Ziegler’s mishandling of a female student’s allegation of rape by a fellow male stude... Read more »
Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to help ensure safe and healthful conditions for Americans in the workplace. But by ordering OSHA to enact a federal vaccine mandate, the Biden administration is bypassing congressional intent to impose a public health edict under the guise of workplace safety. This is simply an authoritarian power grab to control every aspe... Read more »
Democrats are shamelessly using the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program as a vehicle for their radical loan forgiveness agenda. Saddling American workers with billions of dollars in student loan debt for degrees they themselves don’t benefit from is unfair and unjust. As Republicans on the Education and Labor Committee pointed out in yesterday's Higher Education and Workforce Investment... 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), Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman Lauren McFerran concerning NLRB Member David Prouty’s improper swearing-in and a resulting 25 days at work ... Read more »
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Office of Federal Student Aid: "The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) is an important agency that is responsible for overseeing the disbursement of over $100 bill... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA), without any provisions safeguarding religious freedom: “The Democrats’ partisan proposal could harm the unborn and obstruct high-quality providers from offering services to domestic viole... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Jim Jordan (R-OH) in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that he suspend his unnecessary parent task force, as outlined by the October 4th memo threatening concerned parents at school board meetings. Th... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act, which tramples religious freedoms under the guise of serving victims: "I rise today in opposition to H.R. 2119, Family Violence Prevention and Services Impro... 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 joint subcommittee hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) likely unlawful federal vaccine mandate: "There’s no way around it. President Biden’s vaccine mandate is bad for workers, it's bad for business, and it's bad... Read more »
