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BACKGROUND: Employers continue to develop innovative strategies to help lower health care costs for their employees. It is important for federal policies to support this innovation, especially as working families struggle under the 2010 failed health care law that has led to soaring costs and fewer choices. One of the tools employers are increasingly using to help contain costs and promote a heal... Read more »

The House today passed a resolution of disapproval (H. J. Res 83) under the Congressional Review Act to overturn an unlawful power grab by the Obama administration and reject a failed approach to workplace safety. Read more »

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held a hearing today to examine legislative proposals to improve health care coverage and lower costs for working families. Read more »

America’s workers deserve responsible, commonsense regulatory policies to ensure safe and healthy working conditions. Read more »

I rise today in support of this resolution because it will reverse an unlawful power grab and restore responsible worker health and safety policies Read more »

Worker safety has long been a national priority. But, finalized in the waning days of the Obama administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “Volks” rule does nothing to advance this priority. Read more »

"It’s in a death spiral.” That’s how Aetna’s chief executive Mark Bertolini recently described the Democrats’ failed health care law. Read more »

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Read more »

On Wednesday, March 1 at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will examine legislative proposals that will help promote greater access to affordable health care coverage. Read more »

The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), held a hearing today to discuss the state of career and technical education (CTE) in America, as well as changes that can be made to strengthen CTE and better prepare students for the workforce. Read more »