WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the College Board’s updated African-American studies course: “This spring, the College Board released an Advanced Placement (AP) African-American studies course that was chock-full of woke dogma and troubling teachings. After a public outcry, the College Board pro... Read more »
WASHINGTON–Today, the House passed H.R. 5933, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act, bipartisan legislation that brings much-needed transparency, accountability, and clarity to foreign gift reporting requirements for colleges and universities across the nation. This is the first in a series of bills to reform the Higher Ed... Read more »
While it’s not uncommon for American institutions to have research and financial partnerships with foreign institutions, we know that our adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party often hijack these legitimate partnerships to steal research, indoctrinate students, and undermine our nation’s interests. H.R. 5933, the DETERRENT Act is a bipartisan solution to combat this problem and bring much ne... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of Rep. Michelle Steel's DETERRENT Act to protect American education from malicious foreign interference and increase accountability and transparency surrounding foreign donations to American universities: "I rise today in support of the DETERRENT Act, H.R. 5933. "The Repu... Read more »
A discussion draft containing technical corrections and other clarifications with respect to the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, has been released by House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), along with House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) and Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA). Senate Finance ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, December 13, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled “Protecting Workers and Small Businesses from Biden's Attack on Worker Free Choice and Economic Growth.” “The Biden administration’s radical union agenda is a threat to our most fundamental freedoms, including the right to w... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduced H.R. 6585, the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act. The legislation provides o... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, December 6 at 10 a.m. in 2261, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (R-VA) will participate in a brief photo/video spray at the beginning of a bipartisan briefing with Israel’s Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism, Michal Cotler-Wunsh. As Special Envoy, Cotler-Wunsh has tracked the antisem... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology presidents accountable for antisemitism on their campuses. Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the hearing titled "Holding Campus Leader Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism": "Before ... Read more »
Today, the Committee called on the presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT to answer for the rampant antisemitism engulfing their campuses and threatening their Jewish students. Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) opened with a moment of silence for the victims of the bloody war launched by Hamas on October 7th, then transitioned to scalding opening remarks which charged academia’s radical Left ideologi... Read more »
