Press Releases

Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), issued statements on the new Government Accountability Office report showing that as of January of 2024, only 40 percent of student loan borrowers were making payments on their loans. The Biden-Harris administration has s... Read more »

Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is continuing to fight for the 70 million Americans who provide for themselves and their families as independent contractors. Today, Chairwoman Foxx is threatening to subpoena Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su following her failure to provide responses and data regarding worker misclassification, which the Bide... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released the following statement regarding the resignations of three Columbia University deans who exchanged disparaging text messages about Jewish students and colleagues. “About time. Actions have consequences, and Columbia should have fired all four of these deans months ago. Instead, the University continu... Read more »

The following may be attributed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) with regards to the Biden-Harris administration’s delay for the second straight year in launching the 2024 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form by October 1: “Ensuring a working, timely, and accurate FAFSA should have been the Biden-Harris administration’s priority from ... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chair Bob Good (R-VA) are continuing their oversight of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) by probing Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for answers regarding efforts to hold PBGC accountable for recovering taxpay... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today called on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su, and Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to oppose the Biden-Harris administration’s current proposed rules on mental health parity. In a letter, Chairwoman Foxx urges the hea... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today continues to demand accountability from Columbia University, the home to some of the most egregious displays of antisemitism on a college campus since October 7. Once again, the Committee is renewing its push for information and documents that Columbia has failed to produce despite repeated requests. The lette... Read more »

Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today joined key backers of Title IX to discuss the landmark law and the importance of preserving it for future generations. The discussion comes one day before the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous rule is set to take effect. Chairwoman Foxx delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery: “Since the first day ... Read more »

Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration announced additional illegal student loan actions: “I didn't think this administration could get any more devious or stoop any lower. “The Biden-Harris administration continues to dangle loan ‘forgiveness’ in front of millions of borrowers across the nation. Th... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is expanding the investigation into the Biden-Harris administration’s attempt to leverage pension assets to support Big Labor. Today, Chairwoman Foxx sent letters to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel and California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) President and Vice Chair of Inve... Read more »