Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a Committee hearing examining the policies and priorities of the Department of Education: "Americans suffered greatly in the past 15 months. Far-reaching government shutdowns to flatten the curve for two weeks turned into permanent stay at home ... Read more »
While Democrats’ top-down approach to family leave and child care puts Washington in control of workers’ benefits and permanently cuts paychecks for life, Republicans today unveiled an early draft of the Protecting Worker Paychecks and Family Choice Act that would provide greater flexibility and choice to parents while focusing the greatest benefits on low-wage workers. The proposal is a joint col... 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 Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding more information on the involvement of the American Federation of Teachers in the development of school reopening guidelines. In the let... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) slammed President Biden for his American Families Plan, which allocates trillions of taxpayer dollars to support radical, far left policies that will exacerbate the federal debt and hurt the very people he intends on helping – families and job creators: “President Biden’s American Families Plan is yet another social... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Greg Murphy (R-NC) penned a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona underscoring the Department’s failure to comply with CARES Act reporting requirements regarding the use of waiver flexibilities. In the letter, the Members writ... Read more »
We are 97 days into the Biden administration and one of his first promises - that America’s schools will reopen for in-person learning in his first 100 days - is set to be broken. That is, unless you believe White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s ridiculous claim that a school is considered “open” if it welcomes students just one day a week. Republicans listened to the science and pushed for safe... Read more »
