Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden nominated Gwynne Wilcox to fill an open seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): “President Biden’s nomination of Gwynne Wilcox to the NLRB deals a blow to the American workforce. Ms. Wilcox’s track record representing unions demonstrates consistent supp... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats advanced H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, and H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, through the Committee without incorporating Republican amendments: “Time and time again, Democrats squander opportunities to implement common-sense sol... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor issued a proposed rule to eliminate a Trump-era reporting requirement to provide transparency of labor organization finances and union boss spending: “Secretary Walsh is in bed with Big Labor. Rescinding this rule is a slap in the face to hard-working unio... Read more »
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 markup of H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, and H.R. 2062, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act: “As I have said before, it is disappointing and unnecessary that we are having yet another remote markup, espe... Read more »
Today, Democrats advanced H.R. 1065, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which does not include a long-standing provision from the Civil Rights Act which protects religious organizations from being forced to make employment decisions that conflict with their faith. Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said on the House floor prior to the vote: "House Republicans will not sta... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065), which delivers an unnecessary blow to religious organizations, potentially forcing them to make hiring decisions that conflict with their faith. On the House floor today, Foxx delivered the following remarks: "House Republicans have long supported protec... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the newly released April jobs report: “April’s jobs report falls far short of the unbridled potential that resides within the great American economy, and it truly is a damning indictment against the Biden administration’s and Congressional Democrats' failed economic poli... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to withdraw a Trump-era rule establishing a worker’s classification as an independent contractor or employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act, affording American workers certainty about their employment status and more opportuni... Read more »
Our nation’s diverse workforce is one of the things that makes the American economy so strong. Unfortunately, as we continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the policies put in place by House Democrats and President Biden have destroyed millions of jobs and robbed workers of the flexibility to create their own work schedules by eliminating the independent contractor model. In March, House D... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on wage protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): "As the foundation of our nation’s wage and hour protections, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) affects nearly every workplace across the country. "How... Read more »
