Press Releases

Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) celebrated a federal court’s decision to overrule an attempt by the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Education to rewrite Title IX. The proposed rewrite would have enabled biological males to compete against women and girls in athletic competitions, allow biological males into traditionally female venues, and threaten ... Read more »

Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement on recent Title VI antisemitism complaints being met with toothless agreements in an obvious effort to shield universities from real accountability by the incoming Trump administration: “It’s disgraceful that in the final days of the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of Education is letting unive... Read more »

Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (MI-05) announced the Committee’s senior staff for the 119th Congress: RJ Laukitis, Staff Director RJ Laukitis will serve as Staff Director for the House Committee on Education and Workforce. RJ will execute the Committee’s policy goals, so students, parents, workers, and job creators have opportunities to succeed. RJ has served in the ... Read more »

In Case You Missed It, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) joined U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) in reintroducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. This legislation allows women and girls a fair playing field in competitive sports by ensuring that school athletics comply with the Title IX recognition of a person’s reproductive biology and genetics a... Read more »

Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released a critical report on one of the Biden-Harris administration’s largest student loan forgiveness schemes: borrower defense. “There’s no surprise here: the Biden-Harris administration has refused to admit that its student loan schemes are illegal, and instead has tried to stretch every possible law to deliver on its ... Read more »

Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today issued the following statement on the Committee’s efforts to hold Governor Tim Walz’s administration accountable for what has been called the “largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the nation”: “A taxpayer-funded program to help hungry children was abused. As a result, children and taxpayers were negatively impacted. This is un... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and several Republican committee members today are pushing Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to extend the public comment period for the Department of Labor’s (DOL) misguided and irresponsible rule proposed for the 14(c) program. The program provides meaningful rehabilitation and skills to workers with severe... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent another letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) jobs data release issues including its historic revisions to jobs data released in August. The letter comes afte... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su urging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to abandon its proposed federal heat rule. Not only does the proposed rule adopt one-size-fits-all mandates that are unworkable, but it also imposes massive paperwork burdens that will... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration announced it was withdrawing a rule that would hurt women’s sports: “The Biden-Harris administration’s proposed rule to hurt women’s sports is antithetical to the cornerstone of sports—fairness. Allowing men to compete against women undermines and ... Read more »