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Foxx Pushes Back on “Unacceptable” Last-Ditch Efforts by Biden-Harris Dept. of ED to Regulate Provider Activities

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is standing up against any potential last-minute efforts by the Biden-Harris administration to overregulate contracts and activities done by third-party providers, many of which support online education. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Foxx called any potential changes to guidance “u... Read more »

Foxx, Thompson Ask Congressional Watchdog to Investigate Biden-Harris Regs Hurting Farmers

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking it to evaluate the effectiveness of the H-2A visa program. The H-2A visa program allows employers to hire foreign workers only if U.S. workers are unavailable. From Fiscal Year 2018 to 202... Read more »

Foxx Op-Ed: So-Called Elite Universities have a Glaring Antisemitism Problem

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In Case You Missed It, last week, the Education and the Workforce Committee released its report “Antisemitism on College Campuses Exposed,” highlighting the systematic failure by universities and their leaders to implement and uphold policies to protect their Jewish communities. The report reveals an utter failure by cowardly administrators to combat antisemitism. Chairwoman Virginia Foxx penned a... Read more »

Antisemitism on College Campuses Exposed, Education and the Workforce Committee Releases Report

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WASHINGTON – Based on a year-long investigation, the Committee on Education and the Workforce majority, under Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), has released findings on how antisemitism engulfed college campuses while administrators put the wants of terrorist sympathizers over the safety of Jewish students, faculty, and staff. “For over a year, the American people have watched antisemitic mobs rule... Read more »

Foxx, Good Continue to Press Biden-Harris for Answers on Botched Job Numbers

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WASHINGTON -- Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) continue to press Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su for answers regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s botched release in August of job numbers that adjusted downward by 818,000 jobs. This historic revision made it clear that Bi... Read more »

Foxx Reacts to Latest Biden-Harris Student Loan Scheme: Shameless Attempt to Bribe Voters

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WASHINGTON – The following may be attributed to Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s latest attempt to force taxpayers to pick up the bill for its student loan giveaway: “Surprise, surprise, we’re eleven days out from an election, and the Biden-Harris administration announces another sham plan to shift responsibility for... Read more »

Chair Foxx Reacts to GAO Report; Democrats Attempt to Manipulate Borrower Defense for Student Loan Scheme

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today bashed the Biden-Harris administration for its attempts to ram through its student loan debt scheme by any means possible. This time, a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows a shameless attempt to expand “borrower defense” to force taxpayers to foot the bill for others’ student loans... Read more »

Why is DOL Letting Front Groups for Big Labor Avoid the Law? 

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su requesting information about how the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) enforces disclosure requirements for “worker centers.” These so-called wor... Read more »

Foxx, Moolenaar Unveil Harvard Failed to Stand Up to CCP Influence on Campus

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WASHINGTON – As first reported by the Free Beacon, following a July investigation into possible transnational repression at an anti-CCP protest on Harvard University's campus, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) uncovered shocking documents that show Harvard placed anti-CCP protestors on disciplinary probation while taking no action to address the illegal behavior of the pro-CCP agitator who assaulted ... Read more »

Why is the Biden-Harris Admin Trying to Eliminate the Livelihoods of Millions of Workers?

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WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today sent a letter to Acting Secretary Su demanding the Department of Labor (DOL) respond to the Committee’s subpoena regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to undercut the livelihoods of tens of millions of Americans who choose to work as independent contractors. The Biden-Harris administration’s mult... Read more »

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