Advancing Educational Freedom

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to block, once again, the Biden-Harris administration’s illegal student loan scheme: “I don’t know how many times the Biden-Harris administration needs to hear this before the message sinks in: its student loan schemes are illegal. Quit trying t... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released the following statement regarding the resignations of three Columbia University deans who exchanged disparaging text messages about Jewish students and colleagues. “About time. Actions have consequences, and Columbia should have fired all four of these deans months ago. Instead, the University continu... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today continues to demand accountability from Columbia University, the home to some of the most egregious displays of antisemitism on a college campus since October 7. Once again, the Committee is renewing its push for information and documents that Columbia has failed to produce despite repeated requests. The lette... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today joined key backers of Title IX to discuss the landmark law and the importance of preserving it for future generations. The discussion comes one day before the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous rule is set to take effect. Chairwoman Foxx delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery: “Since t... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration announced additional illegal student loan actions: “I didn't think this administration could get any more devious or stoop any lower. “The Biden-Harris administration continues to dangle loan ‘forgiveness’ in front of millions of borrowers across t... Read more »

Since the first day the Biden-Harris administration proposed its new Title IX rule, the Committee has been on the frontlines fighting against it. Title IX is the bedrock legal protection for women, yet the Biden-Harris proposal would gut the law and, in fact, achieve the opposite of its intention. By redefining the word “sex,” the administration blurs the line between a man and a woman and effecti... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) fights for students across the country as the U.S. Department of Education (DeptEd) continues to stonewall Congressional inquiries about the botched rollout of the 2024 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Chairwoman Foxx today issued a subpoena for DeptEd’s communications and documents associated with ... Read more »

WASHINGTON – The following may be attributed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress: “Prime Minister Netanyahu laid out the clearest case yet as to why it’s vital to root out antisemitism here in America: not only is it a matter of right versus wrong, but ... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing with the Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations titled "Investigating How the Biden Administration Ignored Cries for Help from Students at Haskell Indian Nations U... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Ahead of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s joint meeting of Congress, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor about the importance of the Committee’s antisemitism investigation in the face of continued discrimination against the Jewish people in the United States and around the world. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks: “I rise today to support P... Read more »