Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Education Department’s unilateral changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program: “Each year Americans take on more and more student debt and each year taxpayers are on the hook for more and more of it. Instead of stepping up to address the root causes... Read more »
Today, Republican Leaders Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Education and Labor Committee; Jason Smith (R-MO), Budget Committee; Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee; and Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel requesting a CBO analysis of the health care provisions in Democrats’ $4.3 trillion tax and spend... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging him to follow the law and work with Congress to reform the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. In the letter, the Members write: “The [PS... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after Attorney General Merrick Garland’s disgusting memo instructing the FBI to treat parents concerned about Critical Race Theory (CRT) as “domestic terrorists”: “I am shocked and appalled to see a President cave to terrorists overseas then threaten innocent American families seeking to... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to ensure ‘Buy America’ requirements for school meals are being followed. In the letter the Members write: “The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (... Read more »
When the state tries to take the place of parents, it is a clear sign that freedom and self-government are under attack at the most fundamental level. The American people know what is best for their kids—Democrats obviously do not. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona refused to say during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions that parents are the “primary stake... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after news reports surfaced that the Education Department plans to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program: “The PSLF program has been destined for failure from its inception. Democrats wrote this law alone and now are inappropriately attempting to ‘fix’ it alone. Th... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Biden administration announced updated rules on surprise out-of-network medical billing: “Congress came together last year to pass historic, bipartisan legislation banning surprise medical billing, a huge step towards alleviating financial and emotional hardships for sick and s... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Committee Greg Murphy (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on improving the closed school discharge process: "When a college closes, thousands of students are thrown off their academic path, some permanently. This often means students are left tens of thousands of doll... Read more »
Today, every Republican Member of the Education and Labor Committee, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh requesting he immediately suspend work on the inappropriate, unprecedented, and likely unlawful national mandate for COVID-19 vaccination and testing in the workplace. The Members write: “[W]e are deeply concerned about the i... Read more »
