Empowering Workers to Succeed

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement praising recent executive action by President Donald J. Trump to expand educational opportunities for America’s workers. Read more »

Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will meet this week to consider legislative proposals to promote freedom in the workplace, as well as to discuss the impact of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Read more »

The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), held a legislative hearing today on a commonsense proposal that would help Americans better balance work, family, and personal needs. Introduced by Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), the Working Families Flexibility Act (H.R. 1180) would allow private-sector employers to offer workers the choice of paid time off or cash wages for overtime hours. Read more »

As I said at our first subcommittee hearing of the 115th Congress, “the rules and regulations surrounding the Fair Labor Standards Act are simply outdated.” Read more »

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will meet this week to mark up H.R. 1808, the Improving Support for Missing and Exploited Children Act, and H.R. 1809, the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017. Additionally, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a legislative hearing to discuss H.R. 1180, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017. 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 »

What a difference an election can make. Across the country, there is renewed hope and confidence in the future. Read more »

In recent years, working families and small businesses have faced significant challenges as they’ve struggled through the slowest economic recovery since the Great Depression. Since 2009, the economy grew at an average annual pace of just 1.5 percent. The net result is limited opportunity for hardworking men and women. In fact, the labor force participation rate has dropped to 62.9 percent — nearl... Read more »

The House today passed two resolutions of disapproval (H. J. Res. 66 and H. J. Res. 67) to block misguided regulations that would force private-sector workers into government-run IRAs without the long-standing protections provided by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Read more »

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today released the roster of new Republican members who will serve on the committee in the 115th Congress. Chairwoman Foxx also announced the members who will serve as chairs of the four standing subcommittees. “We have assembled a strong team to advance the commonsense solutions our nation’s workers, stud... Read more »