It may no longer be Halloween, but it is still a frightening time to be an independent contractor or a franchisee. The Biden administration recently unveiled two new proposed rules which jeopardize the independent contractor and franchise models. As usual, the president wants to satisfy the progressive policy demands of Big Labor and to push as many workers as possible into unions, regardless of t... Read more »
The Biden administration is practically asking for fraud. The rushed rollout of the student loan cancelation application fails to provide any kind of income verification—despite making the handout contingent on earning less than $125,000 annually. But we’ve seen similar scenarios before. During the pandemic, identity verification requirements for unemployment insurance were significantly loosened,... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Department of Education announced final regulations which fail to address major problems in the federal student loan system: “The Department of Education’s new regulations to ‘streamline and improve’ student loan programs do nothing of the sort. Instead of addressing the root caus... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to declines in the reading and math scores of fourth and eighth grade students: “When I saw that fourth-grade math scores dropped five points since 2019 and the eighth-grade math scores fell 8 points, my heart dropped, too. These students have fallen behind due to no fault of thei... Read more »
In his speech today at Delaware State University, President Biden continued to tout his illegal student loan scam. Erasing up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt may sound like an act of compassion, but this gambit is a transfer of wealth from hardworking Americans to college educated elites—many of whom can afford to pay back their loans. By labeling this program as federal student loan “forg... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to rulings from Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and a federal judge in Missouri regarding the Biden administration’s student loan debt scheme: “This is an illegal action and there are multiple pending lawsuits. We will continue to support those challenges and protect taxpayer dol... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) Chairman Lauren M. McFerran requesting the agency return to manual, onsite, secret-ballot elections. In the letter, Foxx and Allen write: “We write to express our conc... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter yesterday to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh to oppose DOL’s new rule which could severely restrict the free speech of federal contractors. In the letter, Foxx and Allen write: “The information the Office of ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to a memorandum from Dave Berry, the Inspector General for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), announcing the start of an audit of mail ballot elections and representation decisions within the agency: “Following the charge that NLRB officials engaged in gross misconduct dur... Read more »
Parents are fed up: fed up with bullying from school district officials, fed up with teachers unions being put ahead of their children, and fed up with a lack of transparency regarding their child’s education. Instead of staying fed up, parents are standing up. Yet parents who dare speak out are being attacked. The education bureaucracy is labeling these parents “domestic terrorists” and “extremis... Read more »
