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 after the Biden-Harris administration botched the August release of job numbers. The numbers, which required a downward adjustment of 818,000 jobs, were released 30 minutes later than... Read more »
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) today chaired a hearing titled, “Innovative Teacher Preparation: Properly Equipping America’s Educators,” and offered the following statement, as prepared for delivery: "Have you ever been in your car when you get an alert notifying you something is wrong? Let’s face it. There is no such thing as a good ti... Read more »
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA) issued the following statements after the House passed H.R. 5646, the bipartisan Stop Campus Hazing Act, which combats hazing on college campuses and protects students across the nation: “Postsecondary educati... Read more »
WASHINGTON — Tomorrow, September 25, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled “Innovative Teacher Preparation: Properly Equipping America’s Educators.” “Communities across the U.S. are facing teacher shortages. In the 2023-2024 school year, 86 percent of public schools struggled to hire te... Read more »
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) today chaired a hearing titled, “GAO Uncovers Biden-Harris FAFSA Failures,” and offered the following statement, as prepared for delivery: "Thank you all for being here today, but, frankly, I wish this hearing had not been necessary. Once again, the Committee is addressing the ongoing failure of the Biden-Harris ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Following a year-long investigation, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) uncovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal research funding over the last decade has contributed to China’s technological advancements and military modernization. Through ... Read more »
WASHINGTON — Tomorrow, September 24, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “GAO Uncovers Biden-Harris FAFSA Failures.” “Even though the Education Department has refused to cooperate with the investigation, congressional watchdog GAO has uncovered new and troubling information about the Biden-H... Read more »
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today served a subpoena on the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Julie Su, seeking information about 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 has repeatedly claimed th... Read more »
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter today to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona lambasting the Biden-Harris administration for obstructing the Committee’s congressional oversight efforts regarding student loans. The letter follows the Committee’s subpoenas of five loan servicers. The Biden-Harris administration’s Education Department is claiming it h... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released a report detailing how unions put politics over members while pursuing antisemitic activism. The report includes a thorough accounting of rampant antisemitic activity within the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), a United Auto Workers local union, following ALAA’s passage of an anti-Israel resolution in D... Read more »
