Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) 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: "[T]he Biden administration has created uncertainty and confusion through its politicized COVID-19 policy. "President Biden has resorted t... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Doug Parker to run the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): “I am deeply concerned with Doug Parker’s ability to run OSHA. He was a key architect of the controversial and discredited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard in California,... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act. Now, more than ever, we need to advocate for flexible workplace policies that improve conditions for, and empower, working mothers. This bill is not a step in that direction. It takes a sweeping and more punitive route, creating extra hu... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced executive action to promote labor unions: “The Biden administration is exploiting federal authority to sell Americans on unions. Union bosses bought and paid for Democrat politicians, and now Biden is directing the fed... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement on Catherine Lhamon’s confirmation as assistant secretary for the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights: “It is unconscionable to confirm an assistant secretary who has already committed to violating her oath of office. Lhamon does not believe in the presumption of innocence for stu... Read more »
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial aptly points out that Democrats have a glaring double standard when it comes to conflicts of interest in cases before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Democrats are refusing to follow ethics standards they pushed for under the Trump administration. This blatant hypocrisy prompted Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and ... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting information on whether provisions in the nation’s primary elementary and secondary education law supporting parent engagement are being implemented. In the letter, the M... Read more »
When teachers unions have an outsized role in school districts, the well-being of students is not a priority. We can’t continue letting our children be treated like afterthoughts. It is time to rein in the power of these self-serving unions. In Case You Missed It via The Hill’s Congress Blog, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) published an op-ed reacting to Nation... Read more »
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that the health care policies in the House Democrats’ reckless $4.3 trillion tax and spending reconciliation bill will push Americans off the health plans they have and like and onto government-controlled coverage, at a steep expense to American taxpayers. On October 5th, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-N... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor about the Biden administration’s attack on parental rights. Republican Leader Foxx's remarks: "Democrats are politicizing the Justice Department and embarking on a witch hunt—this time to go after parents. "Parents across the country are bravely taking a stand to protect their children against ove... Read more »
