Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will make some big claims at this morning’s Education and Labor Committee hearing. @EdLaborGOP is setting the record straight: Walsh: “President Biden has made the creation of good jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union a cornerstone of this Administration.” Reality check: The Biden administration is pushing unionization and federal control over the workforc... Read more »
Recent reporting suggests the Biden administration will cancel some or all student loan debt. Such a move ignores the devastating impacts—from exacerbating inflation to increasing college costs—this will have on working Americans. All in all, President Biden’s proposal is a gut-punch to those who worked to save up for college and those who have already paid off their own student loans. In Case You... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona questioning the administration’s authority and ability to enact blanket student loan forgiveness. In the letter, Republican Leader Foxx writes: “In a Politico article published Thursday, June 3, 2022, you said the Department was ‘ready to roll’ on student loan forgiven... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on House passage of H.R. 6087, the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act: “Every American worker should receive timely treatment when facing a work-related injury. That is why I am proud to support H.R. 6087, bipartisan legislation which expands injured fed... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the House floor in support of H.R. 6087, the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act: “I rise in support of this bipartisan legislation to allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to act as eligible providers under the... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to the Biden administration’s radical student loan forgiveness agenda: Republican Leader Foxx's remarks: “With his poll numbers tanking, President Biden is trying to buy off voters with mass student loan forgiveness. “While this elitist handout may win over his radical progressive bas... Read more »
As if #BidenInflation wasn't already hurting those looking to retire, now the Biden administration is signaling it will bully workers and retirees into using anti-worker environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when making retirement investment decisions. ESG standards are used to determine how “well” a company or investment adheres to leftist environmental and social policies; covering... Read more »
President Biden’s top economic advisor is wrong—blanket student loan forgiveness will exacerbate inflation. Brian Deese, Director of the National Economic Council, is deceiving himself and the American people by claiming that student loan forgiveness will have a “pretty small” impact on inflation. We aren’t surprised by these false claims. Just last week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted s... Read more »
The Biden administration tirelessly advocated for America’s businesses, schools, and civil institutions to “follow the science.” But instead of “following the science,” this administration decided to follow the lead of union bosses. Data clearly showed that in May 2021 hospitalization and mortality rates fell across the country, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pushed incre... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) announcement that it plans to engage in rulemaking that would determine the status of independent contactors under the Fair Labor Standards Act: “The Biden administration’s aversion towards the nearly 19 million Americans who currently act as the... Read more »
