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On International Women's Day, we're celebrating the women who have impacted the world. Watch as Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) shares about the strong women who made a difference in her life. To watch, click here. Read more »

Thank you for yielding. The looming insolvency of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) multiemployer insurance program is one of the greatest challenges facing American workers who participate in multiemployer pension plans. Collectively, 95 percent of multiemployer plan participants are in plans that are less than 60 percent funded. This large-scale breakdown of the multiemployer pla... Read more »

At a subcommittee hearing on multiemployer pensions, members on both sides of the aisle came together to discuss the severe challenges facing the multiemployer pension system and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). “Extreme levels of plan underfunding are an urgent concern. Workers and retirees must have peace of mind when it comes to their hard-earned retirement benefits and employer... Read more »

What happened to liberal pragmatism? Truly, I’m asking: what happened to it? In the past, I could appreciate the positions of my colleagues across the aisle, and I understood their reasoning for much of the legislation they proposed. I disagreed with many of those proposals, but the arguments followed some degree of logic. There is no logic in this legislation. We’re here to mark up a socialist ca... Read more »

Today, Committee Democrats held a markup on H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act. If enacted, this legislation to more than double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour will result in millions of job losses for vulnerable Americans, small business closures, and significant losses to the U.S. economy. During the markup, Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said: “H.R. 582 will hammer small business... Read more »

By Eric Morath and Lauren Weber - Friday, March 1, 2019 The job market doesn’t get much better than this. The U.S. economy has added jobs for 100 consecutive months. Unemployment recently touched its lowest level in 49 years. Workers are so scarce that, in many parts of the country, low-skill jobs are being handed out to pretty much anyone willing to take them—and high-skilled workers are in even... Read more »

Watch Education and Labor Republican Leader Virginia Foxx kick off Women's History Month by reflecting on the incredible contributions of the American women who helped get us to where we are today. To watch, click here. Read more »

Thank you for yielding. Ask any parent, grandparent, teacher, or volunteer who has been entrusted with caring for more than one child at a time, and they will tell you that every child is created to be unique. They’ll also tell you that that uniqueness can sometimes present challenges, especially when it comes to maintaining a sense of order and safety in a classroom. When an authority figure in t... Read more »

Thank you for yielding. Allow me to begin this afternoon by saying that protecting the safety of health care and social service workers is not a partisan issue. It doesn’t take having a liberal or conservative bent to appreciate the hard work and empathy that hospital workers and community caregivers demonstrate every single day on the job. Their dedication to caring for the most vulnerable member... Read more »

Ensuring student safety in the classroom is paramount. Inappropriate uses of seclusion and restraint against students are never acceptable, but a one-size-fits-all mandate handed down from Washington is the wrong way to ensure students’ safety. “When an authority figure in the classroom has to take measures to keep order and safety, several things are happening at once . . . In the best of situati... Read more »