Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter signed by every Republican Committee Member to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding a Committee briefing regarding the administration’s recent threats against parents concerned about their children’s education. In the letter, the Members write: “Even when the... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) requesting a public hearing by the Committee to examine the Education Department’s unilateral action regarding the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. In the letter, Foxx writes: “This Committee is required to conduct rigorous oversight of the Department of Education (Department).... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on Historically Black Colleges and Universities: "Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are an important asset to the higher education landscape. For decades, these institutions have provi... Read more »
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 »
