Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) are continuing their investigation into whether Biden Administration officials who worked on the student loan bailout will personally benefit from this financial windfall. In a letter to the White House Counsel, Stuart Delery, Republican Lea... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats blocked Republican efforts to give the American people more transparency regarding the Biden administration’s decision to enact an illegal student loan debt scheme and collude with teachers unions to keep K-12 schools closed: “These resolutions will give the American people th... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a markup of three education-related resolutions of inquiry meant to hold the Biden administration accountable and provide transparency to the American people: “Democrats want unfettered control over our education system from kindergarten to college, and they’ll ... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) discussed America’s broken student loan system and Republican solutions to reform education after high school, so students, borrowers, and taxpayers are protected. Missed Tuesday’s discussion at the American Enterprise Institute? Below are a few key excerpts from Foxx’s speech. Democrats’ radical ‘free college’ agenda hurts Ameri... Read more »
Initiate investigation into the Department of Education allowing COVID relief funds to be used to indoctrinate America's children in leftist ideology Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), along with Republicans from both panels, are launching an investigation into the Department of Educat... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for an end to HHS’ interim final rule with comments (IFC) which mandates masking of children as young as two at Head Start programs across the country. In the letter, Rep. Foxx writes: “The goal of the Head Start program is to p... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on the Biden administration’s campaign to put all workers, regardless of their preference, under the thumb of union bosses: “Despite Democrats’ aggressive attempts to force union representation on workers, Republicans are committed to ensuring workers ... Read more »
American headlines are saturated with an outpouring of pro-union activity and support; major news outlets claim that interest in union organizing is increasing at companies across the country. In reality, a slim percentage of America’s workers are interested in joining a union even as Democrats and the Biden administration assemble task forces and mandate union support. To help cut through the non... Read more »
Today the Biden administration is celebrating the passage of its radical legislation that will increase taxes, advance job-killing climate control regulations, and institute more government control over our health care system. More government spending that will exacerbate inflation and bring our nation closer to a single-payer health care system is nothing to celebrate. The Biden administration ha... Read more »
Today at 4 p.m. ET, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will sit down with the American Enterprise Institute to discuss the Biden administration’s radical student loan debt scheme and present a conservative vision for postsecondary education in America. Foxx will tackle topics including: How can we rein in degree inflation and rising college costs? What is be... Read more »
