Today, Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at the joint subcommittee hearing on successful models for protecting communities from COVID-19: “It’s an important discussion to have: how do we manage and mitigate pandemic risks, look at them comprehensively, and stop politicizing serious government decisions to play politics with people’s l... Read more »
The Wall Street Journal aptly described the Democrats' socialist spending spree as “one of the greatest fiscal cons in history.” Democrats claim their reckless spending spree will cost taxpayers $3.5 trillion, but the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget puts the real cost around $5 trillion. In Case You Missed It via the Wall Street Journal, $3.5 trillion isn’t the true cost of Biden’s spen... Read more »
Joe Biden’s promise not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year is hitting a major snag: inflation. Our economy should be booming. Low-income Americans are experiencing an unprecedented 4.8 percent wage growth.* But rampant government spending, combined with lingering COVID-19 hardships, have decreased employees’ real wages by half a percent. Inflation is a tax on hardworking Ame... Read more »
Democrats’ totalitarian tendencies are putting American values, freedoms, and livelihoods at stake. They promise to know what is best for America while they push for more government interference and less freedom. In Case You Missed It via the Washington Times, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote an op-ed about the harm Democrats are inflicting on our economy ... Read more »
The Biden administration is still colluding with teachers unions. After the nation’s largest teachers union sent the White House a threatening email on school masking policies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just-so-happened to announce that wearing a mask, regardless of vaccination status, would remain necessary in schools. The CDC is supposed to be a leader in the scientifi... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Committee Democrats voted to advance their radical, reckless $780 billion budget reconciliation package: “Democrats keep referring to this bill as ‘life-changing legislation.’ They’re right – every American’s life is at risk of becoming worse if this bill becomes law. It is embarrassing... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the White House announced it will be ordering the Department of Labor to issue a national regulation on worker vaccination: “Biden has no business issuing a burdensome vaccine regulation that will further harm overworked and struggling businessowners. This is a Hail Mary attempt by... Read more »
Today, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, opposing the Democrat's Fiscal Year 2022 Education and Labor budget reconciliation package: "In their reporting on the Democrats’ socialist spending bill, the New York Times said it would [quote] 'touch virtually every American’s life, from conception to aged infirmity.' [end quote] "I would take that statemen... Read more »
At the opening of today's markup of the Democrats' Fiscal Year 2022 Education and Labor budget reconciliation package, Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, slamming Democrats' socialist, reckless, and un-American spending proposals: "2021 is already one of the most expensive years on record for working Americans. Inflation is up more tha... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services and the White House unveiled their drug pricing scheme: “The costs of prescription drugs are a major concern for workers and families, especially now as Biden’s failed economic policies are raising the cost of just about everything. “We know w... Read more »
