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 »
WASHINGTON – On Monday, September 23, at 6:30 p.m., Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) will speak on a panel at the Alexander Hamilton Society's event "Back in Class: Foreign Funding & Malign Influence on U.S. Higher Education." The panel discussion will focus on malign foreign eff... Read more »
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives' move to protect students from indoctrination on college campuses and return to a marketplace of ideas. The House voted in favor of H.R. 3724, the End Woke Higher Education Act, a bill to ensure colleges and universities are not forced to meet diversity, equity, and inclusion (D... Read more »
As part of House Republicans’ effort to ensure the next generation is able to engage meaningfully in the marketplace of ideas, today Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 3724, the End Woke Higher Education Act. The bill protects First Amendment freedoms on campuses and ensures that colleges and universities are not penali... Read more »
