Over 150 million Americans prefer the comprehensive and cost-effective health care coverage they get from their employers. Yet, the Biden administration is actively trying to dismantle access and affordability of employer-sponsored plans in order to increase Obamacare enrollment numbers. In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) penned an op-ed fo... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced H.R. 8573, the Union Members Right to Know Act. The legislation requires labor unions to inform union members of their free speech rights and the right not to pay dues or fees to the union based on religious beliefs and practices for nonrepresentational activity. The introduction of this legislatio... Read more »
On Tuesday, June 4, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled "The Consequences of Biden’s Border Chaos for K-12 Schools." "Biden’s open borders agenda has had devastating effects across the country, but one of the steepest prices has been paid by America’s K-12 students," said Chairman Bea... Read more »
WASHINGTON –In a new letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, House Education and the Workforce Committee (E&W) Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee on Higher Education & Workforce Development Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT), along with House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), E&C Subcommittee on Health Chair Bre... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos": "In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Sun Also Rises, two characters are discussing bankruptcy. "'How did you go bankrupt?' asks Bill. "'Two ways,' Mike responds, 'Gra... Read more »
For the third time this Congress, the Committee held a hearing with university presidents to fight back against pervasive antisemitism on college campuses. Witnesses testifying included Mr. Michael Schill, President of Northwestern University; Dr. Jonathan Holloway, President of Rutgers University; and Dr. Gene Block, Chancellor of UCLA. Antisemitic encampments have broken out on campuses across t... Read more »
Tomorrow, at 9:45 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing with the presidents of Northwestern, Rutgers, and UCLA titled “Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos.” “The Committee has a clear message for mealy-mouthed, spineless college leaders: Congress will not tolerate your dereliction of your d... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Big Labor Lies: Exposing Union Tactics to Undermine Free and Fair Elections": "President Biden’s radical labor policies have damaged fair and open labor relations between employers and employees, and are fundamentally re... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent letters to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, Executive Director of the National Electrical Benefit Fund Investments (NEBF) Kevin McCormack, NEBF Trustees Lonnie R. Stevenson, David Long, Kenneth W. Cooper, and Dennis F. Qu... Read more »
The Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee convened today to shed light on the nefarious tactics used by Big Labor to unionize workplaces. Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) kicked off the hearing by sorting the array of unfair union tactics into three main buckets: corporate campaigns, neutrality agreements, and salting. Each of these tactics are intended to give Big Labor an unfair leg up in... Read more »
