WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) newest report highlighting the numerous actions AmeriCorps must take to mitigate rampant deficiencies and fraud within the agency: "AmeriCorps’ legacy of incompetence and total disregard for taxpayer money has taken center s... Read more »
WASHINGTON –Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows, and National Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo as part of the Committee’s investigation into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) announced that the Committee will conduct a transcribed interview with Dr. Dara Horn, focusing on her service as a member of Harvard’s Antisemitism Advisory Group. The Antisemitism Advisory Group was announced on October 27, 2023, and has since been dissolved and replaced by the university’s Presidential Task... Read more »
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, March 20, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled: "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation." "The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) represents some of the worst of the Biden administration’s incompetence and misuse of taxpay... Read more »
WASHINGTON –Today, Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05), Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01), Committee on Education and the Workforce Vice Chair Mary Miller (IL-15), and Elections Subcommittee Chair Laurel Lee (FL-15) sent a letter blasting the Biden administration's new policy allowing Federal Work-Study funds to be used to support... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing titled "Safeguarding Student-Athletes from NLRB Misclassification": "The world of college sports is in a transformational period. In 2021, the Supreme Court decided NCAA vs Alston and ushered college s... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing titled "Safeguarding Student-Athletes from NLRB Misclassification": "Like most Americans, I love college athletics. I love supporting my alma mater, Liberty University, where I worked in athletics administrati... Read more »
On Wednesday, April 17, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing titled “Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University’s Response to Antisemitism.” “Some of the worst cases of antisemitic assaults, harassment, and vandalism on campus have occurred at Columbia University,” said Chairwoman Foxx. “Due to the severe and ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor to mark the one-year anniversary of Julie Su's tenure as "Acting Secretary of Labor" and requested once again that President Biden withdraw Julie Su’s nomination for Secretary of Labor. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks (as prepared for delivery): "Today marks the one-year anniversary of Julie Su’s ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the release of President Biden’s FY 2025 budget proposal: “President Biden’s FY25 budget is not a fiscal panacea – it will make the nation keel over from shouldering more unsustainable and irresponsible debt. Under his proposal, the Departments of Education, Labor, and... Read more »
