Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) has launched an investigation into the American Psychological Association (APA), sending a formal letter to APA President Dr. Debra Kawahara. The move comes after serious reports of antisemitism within the organization, including harassment of Jewish members and inadequate responses from leadership to such complaints. The Committee is ... Read more »
Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) is launching an investigation into three school districts (Berkeley Unified School District, Fairfax County Public Schools, and the School District of Philadelphia) after receiving disturbing reports of Jewish students being harassed and subjected to open antisemitism in their classrooms and hallways. In the letter to Berkeley Unified S... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI), along with Reps. Rick Allen (R-GA), Kevin Kiley (R-CA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Mary Miller (R-IL), Bob Onder (R-MO), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Mark Harris (R-NC), and Randy Fine (R-FL), commenced an investigation with an initial inquiry addressed to Rebecca Pringle, President of the ... Read more »
Today, House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement on the Department of Education’s decision to investigate reports of antisemitic harassment at Haverford College: “I applaud the Trump administration’s decision to investigate antisemitic harassment and discrimination at Haverford. During the Committee’s hearing in May, Haverford’s president re... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) sent letters to DePaul University, California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), and Haverford College requesting additional information from the schools’ leaders following their testimony at a Committee hearing examining the threat of antisemitism on our college campuses. In the letter to DePaul University, Chairman... Read more »
Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a follow-up letter to the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sarah Lawrence College requesting more details about the safety of Jewish students on campus. The letter, which follows a March 27 request, comes amid reports of a ho... Read more »
Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bowdoin College demanding disciplinary records for those who participated in antisemitic incidents on campus. In the letter, Walberg and Owens write: “The Committee on Educatio... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) sent a letter requesting that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) investigate reports of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East misusing funds intended for worker representation. In the letter, Chairman Walberg writes: “On April 8, 2025, POLITICO published an article detailing numerous trou... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is demanding the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigate whether the Biden-Harris DOL is abusing its authority. The letter comes after reports of DOL, under the guise of an Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) investigation, secretly sharing confidential informat... Read more »
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Representative Michelle Steel (R-CA) today sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona asking for an investigation into the alarming pattern of antisemitism among senior officials of the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD). The letter builds upon the Committee’s work to fight against antisemitism and for Jewish... Read more »
