WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to President Biden requesting he not renominate Julie Su to head the Department of Labor (DOL) following her failure to garner enough support in the Senate to confirm her nomination. In the letter Foxx and Kiley write: “[T]he hig... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in response to Harvard President Claudine Gay stepping down from her role following her stark testimony during the Committee’s December 5th hearing on antisemitism: “What the world saw from President Gay on December 5 was repeated equivocation – and no one has forgotten it sin... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Reps. Bob Good (R-VA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rick Allen (R-GA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Erin Houchin (R-IN) and Aaron Bean (R-FL), sent a letter to Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su urging the agency to withdraw i... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Eric Burlison (R-MO), in sending a letter to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Acting Secretary, Julie Su, to urge caution before DOL makes changes to Section 14... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker demanding more information about the university’s handling of plagiarism allegations against President Claudine Gay and the unequal application of Harvard’s Honor Code. In the letter, Foxx writes: "The House Committee on Education and the Workforce (Committ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to Biden’s Department of Labor rescinding the Trump administration rule that expanded association health plans (AHPs). This proposed rule will gut choice and exacerbate health care costs for small businesses and the workers who are already being crushed by “Bidenomic... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Biden administration’s final rule implementing Executive Order 14063 that fattens the wallets of its union boss bedfellows through lopsided project labor agreements on federal construction projects: “Whenever union bosses call President Biden to do their bidding, h... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and all 24 Committee Republicans sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona blasting the Department’s decision to delay rulemaking under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 originally expected this month amidst a national crisis of campus antisemitism. The rulemaking would protect Jewish students by impleme... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on a newly released Congressional Budget Office report on S. 2488, the so-called Raise the Wage Act of 2023: “Bad ideas take their first breath in the Democrat-controlled Senate—that much is clear. S. 2488 might have a glossy exterior and a poll-tested title, but it’s nothing more than a bur... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s notice of proposed rulemaking that would turn registered apprenticeship regulations into a woke free for all: “It’s no secret that DOL has been trained like a dog to sit, shake, and roll over on command by leftist mobs. Look no further than the Depar... Read more »
