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Guthrie Statement: Hearing on "Improving Federal Student Aid to Better Meet the Needs of Students"
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Today’s hearing is part of our committee’s broader effort to strengthen higher education. Read more » Foxx, Scott, Alexander, Murray Request Briefing from Department of Education on FAFSA Data Retrieval Tool Outage
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Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, respectively, and Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Bobby Scott (D-VA), chair and ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, respectively, sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today asking for more information about the cause and scope of the outage of the Internal Revenue Services’ Data Retrieval Tool (DRT). Read more » Congressional Leaders Write to Secretary DeVos on FAFSA Data Retrieval Tool Outage
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?We are writing about your recent notification that the Internal Revenue Service Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) is currently unavailable. Read more » Foxx Statement on the President's Address to Congress
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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 » ICYMI: In Foxx, Trump & DeVos Have a Staunch Education Ally
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By Christopher Beach With control of all three branches of government, Republicans are set on unraveling President Obama's education legacy and pushing an unprecedented amount of funding and authority back to states. Leading this charge is Rep. Virginia Foxx, the newly appointed chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. Her mission, as she told RealClearPolitics in an intervi... Read more » ICYMI: New Opportunities to Help Students, Workers, and Job Creators
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What a difference an election can make. Across the country, there is renewed hope and confidence in the future. Read more » House Votes to Rein in Federal Role in Education
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The House voted today to block two flawed Obama administration regulations that, if implemented, would expand the federal role in education and diminish the ability for state and local leaders to make decisions affecting their students, teachers, and schools. Read more » Witnesses Outline Key Reforms to Make Higher Education More Accessible and Affordable
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The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held a hearing today to examine the opportunities and challenges facing America’s higher education system, as well as discuss possible reforms to improve the Higher Education Act (HEA). Read more » Protecting a Limited Federal Role in Education
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THE PROBLEM For years, one-size-fits-all federal policies made it difficult for state and local leaders to provide their students with a high-quality education. Under the Obama administration, the federal government’s control over K-12 education only got worse. Through waivers and pet projects, the Obama Department of Education increased the federal role in America’s classrooms, micromanaging dec... Read more » Foxx Congratulates DeVos on Senate Confirmation
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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos: Betsy DeVos is to be congratulated for this impressive achievement and applauded for accepting this important responsibility. The confirmation process is never easy, nor should it be. She wil... Read more » Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
