Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) decision to resume posting its votes on the EEOC website. The move comes after Foxx wrote EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows urging her to reinstate the EEOC’s practice of making members’ voting records public. “There was no reason for the EEOC to hide its votes... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Rick Allen (R-GA) submitted a comment letter to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Director Gordon Hartogensis regarding the interim final rule implementing the taxpayer-funded bailout of failing and insolvent multiemployer pe... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) denounced the Department of Education's decision to allow states to interfere in the administration of the federal student loan program: “Secretary Cardona’s decision to shirk responsibility will have disastrous consequences for student loan borrowers. Federal student loan servicers work for the federal government a... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) slammed the Department of Education for needlessly extending pandemic-era student loan repayment delays: “This extension does a grave disservice to borrowers across the country, and our children will pay the ultimate price for this irresponsible delay. Secretary Cardona is using the permanent pandemic narrative to w... Read more »
The Wall Street Journal wrote an editorial on a new McKinsey & Co. report confirming that school shutdowns severely harmed students, who on average were “four months behind in reading and five months behind in math.” Teachers unions bare a significant portion of the blame for those bleak statistics. The Wall Street Journal wrote, “teachers unions were the main architects of this calamity by first ... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the New York State Attorney General released a report backing the sexual assault claims made against Governor Andrew Cuomo: "The New York investigation into Cuomo confirms the necessity of proper investigations into sexual assault allegations. I wholeheartedly condemn his actions a... Read more »
Union boss Randi Weingarten said in a recent interview that she would ‘try’ to reopen schools fully in the fall for in-person learning. Republicans aren’t just trying to reopen schools – we’re actually doing it. The Biden administration took a victory lap in May for hitting its walked-back goal of reopening fifty percent of schools for in-person learning. Except, Biden’s policies were not responsi... 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 Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Department of Labor Secretary Martin Walsh highlighting the importance of employer-sponsored health insurance. Democrat health care schemes, such as Medicare-for-All, would drive up health care cost... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Cardona demanding transparency surrounding his plan to transition student loan borrowers back to repayment by October 1, 2021. In the letter, the Members w... Read more »
Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined ABC News to discuss left-wing proposals to use taxpayer dollars to bailout federal student loan borrowers. Here are the highlights: ON DEMOCRATS USING TAXPAYERS AS A PIGGYBANK: “It’s clear Senator Schumer cares nothing at all about the taxpayers of this country, because it was hardworking taxpayers who provided... Read more »
