Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) responded to a newly released report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding military families’ limited access to high-quality, K-12 educational options for their children. "Today’s GAO report highlights that military families, particularly those in rural areas, lack ... Read more »
Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) today called for a bipartisan investigation into the effe... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) and 57 other House Republicans in sending a letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), questioning the CDC’s latest guidance on safely reopening K-12 schools. In the letter, the Members write: "…you are no doubt aware of the serious con... Read more »
Left wing politicians and liberal activists continue to push for blanket student loan forgiveness. Their sunny promises don’t tell the truth. Bailing out student loan borrowers will do more to help wealthy students who attend pricey private colleges than it will to provide relief to low-income students who hold a disproportionately smaller amount of federal student loan debt. But don’t just take o... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) penned an exclusive letter to the editor for the Wall Street Journal. The letter denounces Democrats’ most recent attempt to limit educational choices for students and veterans. Attacking For-Profit Colleges Helps Nobody March 3, 2021 By Rep. Virginia Foxx The recent editorial, “A Poison Pill for For-Profit Col... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden falsely claimed that the latest round of COVID-19 relief funds is necessary to reopen schools: "President Biden is supporting ransom payments to teachers’ unions, who are holding our children’s in-person education hostage in exchange for unrelated, radical pet projects. ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Miguel Cardona as President Biden’s Secretary of Education: "Education is under attack in our country. The teachers’ unions and left wing special interest groups are keeping our schools closed, despite the serious consequences for students’ academic succ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats passed their partisan budget reconciliation scheme, squandering $1.9 trillion while only allocating nine percent to support COVID-19 related public health initiatives: "We need to call this bill what it is - a payoff for progressives. Instead of targeted COVID-19 relief, this ... Read more »
Today, the House passed H.R. 5, the so called ‘Equality’ Act, a partisan ploy that undermines the constitutional religious freedoms guaranteed to all Americans. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, said on the House floor prior to the vote: "…[H.R. 5] claims to strive for equality, but in practice this bill undermines the constitutional religious freed... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) requesting information on how states are helping school districts reopen schools, including the monitoring of COVID-19 aid expenditures. In the ... Read more »
