Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN) announced they will introduce the Responsible Education Assistance through Loan (REAL) Reforms Act, a bill that offers commonsense and fiscally responsible reforms to benefit students and borrowers in our coun... Read more »
A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office revealed that the Department of Education’s estimates on the cost of the federal student loan program were off by hundreds of billions of dollars. The report concludes that the massive budget mistake was due to irresponsible changes to student loan programs and incorrect assumptions about borrowers’ repayment choices and economic cir... Read more »
The Department of Education (ED) misled taxpayers for decades. Progressive policymakers have claimed that the federal student loan program would pay for itself—this is utterly false. In fact, because of faulty budgeting, this system has been costing taxpayers billions each year. Despite this, Democrats are still lobbying the Biden administration to enact massive loan forgiveness. Here’s what you n... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC), Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC), and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report which found the Department of Education underestimated the cost of student loans... Read more »
School administrators and the education establishment are bullying parents. From CRT to gender politics, schools are pushing the Left’s radical social agenda when they should be focusing on reading and math. In Case You Missed It via the Daily Signal, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) pulls back the curtain on the Left’s attempt to indoctrinate students in school... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the U.S. economy shrinking for a second consecutive quarter and the country jumping headfirst into a recession: “This administration tried its damnedest to reinvent the definition of a recession at the 11th hour, but all it came up with was a garbled word salad that came back to bit... Read more »
Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on H.R. 4826, which upends years of precedent and will exacerbate the labor shortage for those Americans needing home health care: “The last thing in-home care providers and employers need is more government mandates, such as H.R. 4826.... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s nomination of Jessica Looman to serve as head of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD): “Jessica Looman has worked at WHD since January 20, 2021. Under an ‘Administrator Jessica Looman,’ we can expect to see more of the same bureaucratic antics tha... Read more »
Today, the House passed H.R. 6929, the Susan Muffley Act of 2022, which will force taxpayers to bail out Delphi’s underfunded, privately-run pension plans. On the House floor prior to the vote, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said: “Wages aren’t keeping up with inflation. A Washington Post economic columnist recently pointed out, ‘Workers are experiencing the b... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 6929, a taxpayer-funded bailout for an underfunded, privately-run pension plan: “Madam Speaker, when it comes to bailouts, Congress just can’t seem to help itself. Under President Biden taxpayers have been forced to bankroll the so-called American Rescue Plan which included an... Read more »
