Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on President Biden’s plan to cancel $5.8 billion in federal student loans for over 500,000 borrowers: “Expansive student loan forgiveness does nothing to solve the problems in higher education and exacerbates the economic disaster fueled by the President’s lack of fiscal responsibility. Time ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN), and Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent letters to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and NewsGuard Inc. seeking additional information on the January 25th agreement that would put NewsGua... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to uphold the rule of law and resist the Department of Education’s effort to abandon due process in its rewrite of the borrower defense to repayment rules. In the letter, the Members write: “The Department, as you put it, must act with independence and integrity and throu... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Education Department: “There are no right words to describe the heartbreaking and horrific tragedy that happened at Robb Elementary School. I thank the Chairman for having a moment of silence at the beginni... Read more »
Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing questioning Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) predatory agenda towards job creators: “Every American worker has the right to safely return home to their families. Republicans support common-sense policies that achie... Read more »
Members: Conversations with Department staff have been obstructive, stalling, or potentially dishonest. Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a follow-up letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona after the Department failed ... Read more »
Last fall the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden, calling for the Justice Department to use counterterrorism tools to investigate parents at school board meetings. Almost immediately, Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys to launch a task force to target parents. Whistleblowers later told Congress that the FBI had created a unique “th... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and several of her Committee Republicans sent a letter to the Biden administration urging an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and a transferal of vaccine purchasing, distribution, and administering of vaccines and therapies to the private market. In the letter, the Members write: “We write to express our c... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement celebrating today’s House passage of H.R. 7791, the Access to Baby Formula Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure the rules for WIC participants and manufacturers are clear in the event of another crisis or supply chain disruption and plans are prepared to alleviate such a situation immediately: “Wh... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Committee passed legislation today regarding unnecessary and expensive school construction projects, predatory wage and hour penalties, a package of bills that will create duplicative programs, and two bipartisan bills on mental health and substance abuse: “The fact that Democrats are ramm... Read more »
