WASHINGTON – House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) are continuing their investigation into the misuse of pandemic-era education funds intended to address students’ historic learning losses. In multiple instan... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to the American Bar Association (ABA) Chair Joseph West urging the accreditor to make a determination whether Stanford Law School is out of compliance with the ABA’s academic freedom standard in light of the school’s tr... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) to provide clarity on oversight being conducted following information received by a whistleblower. The letter refutes Scott’s unfair, unfounded, and irrelevant assertions about the Committee’s subpoena. Foxx’s letter also follows Scott’s misleading social... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo to express strong disapproval of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the CHIPS Incentive Program, which strongly encourages companies seeking CHIPS fun... Read more »
Yesterday’s Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee hearing covered the degradation of constitutionally protected free speech on college campuses. Committee Republicans sent a strong message: It is our duty to uphold the First Amendment and stand strongly against campus free speech violations. The American university system has become a breeding ground for illiberal thought. Videos... Read more »
Yesterday's Education and the Workforce Committee hearing covered the Biden administration’s heavy-handed mandates and out-of-touch regulatory policies that have led to high inflation, shortages in skilled labor, and supply chain disruptions. The pandemic taught us many valuable lessons, including the importance of a strong and adaptive workforce. For the past two Congresses, Democrats turned a bl... Read more »
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on how free speech rights are continuously being violated on college campuses: "What our young men and women practice and learn at colleges and universities will impact our nations for generations to come far beyond their own careers. How... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on how the Biden administration's heavy-handed mandates and out-of-touch regulatory policies are hurting America’s workforce: “One of the most troubling consequences of pandemic-related closures and the Left’s failing polices: The decline of America... Read more »
Tomorrow, March 29, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses.” "The Freedom of Speech is a fundamental Constitutional right," said Chair Owens. "The recent onslaught of attacks against free speech at colleges and universities acros... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, to express concerns with the agency’s proposed “Non-Compete Clause Rule” which would impose a ban on non-compete clauses in employment contracts. Chairwoman Foxx contends that the FTC’s decision to issue this proposed rule—outside of its legal... Read more »
