WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement celebrating the nomination of U.S. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to serve in the Trump administration as ambassador to the United Nations: “Congresswoman Stefanik has proven that she’s a fighter and anyone who has seen her in action in our hearing room knows that. She refuses to ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is standing up against any potential last-minute efforts by the Biden-Harris administration to overregulate contracts and activities done by third-party providers, many of which support online education. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Foxx called any potential changes to guidance “u... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking it to evaluate the effectiveness of the H-2A visa program. The H-2A visa program allows employers to hire foreign workers only if U.S. workers are unavailable. From Fiscal Year 2018 to 202... Read more »
In a shocking report, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) highlighted the abysmal failures of several so-called elite universities in addressing antisemitism. From hummus boycotts to anti-Israel faculty members derailing disciplinary decisions, the findings have sent shockwaves through the nation and raised serious questions about the operations of and support for... Read more »
In Case You Missed It, last week, the Education and the Workforce Committee released its report “Antisemitism on College Campuses Exposed,” highlighting the systematic failure by universities and their leaders to implement and uphold policies to protect their Jewish communities. The report reveals an utter failure by cowardly administrators to combat antisemitism. Chairwoman Virginia Foxx penned a... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Based on a year-long investigation, the Committee on Education and the Workforce majority, under Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), has released findings on how antisemitism engulfed college campuses while administrators put the wants of terrorist sympathizers over the safety of Jewish students, faculty, and staff. “For over a year, the American people have watched antisemitic mobs rule... Read more »
WASHINGTON -- Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) continue to press Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su for answers regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s botched release in August of job numbers that adjusted downward by 818,000 jobs. This historic revision made it clear that Bi... Read more »
WASHINGTON – The following may be attributed to Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s latest attempt to force taxpayers to pick up the bill for its student loan giveaway: “Surprise, surprise, we’re eleven days out from an election, and the Biden-Harris administration announces another sham plan to shift responsibility for... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today bashed the Biden-Harris administration for its attempts to ram through its student loan debt scheme by any means possible. This time, a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows a shameless attempt to expand “borrower defense” to force taxpayers to foot the bill for others’ student loans... Read more »
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 requesting information about how the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) enforces disclosure requirements for “worker centers.” These so-called wor... Read more »
