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“People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not… that has to be an act of Congress,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. President Biden himself expressed skepticism about his own legal authority to forgive student loans. And an Obama-era Department of Education lawyer believes that President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan would face massiv... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding a recent report indicating that Facebook siphoned personal information of students and parents from the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) website: “No matter the day, week, or month, the Department of Education continues to prove that incompetence is the only stand... Read more »

The Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness agenda includes forcing taxpayers who never went to college to foot the bill. President Biden is recklessly pushing our economy towards a fiscal cliff—all to swindle more votes for the midterms and to save his failing presidency. In Case you Missed It via Fox News, Rep. Virginia Foxx and Sen. Richard Burr, Republican Leaders on the House and Sena... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on President Biden’s directive to the Department of Education to move forward with student loan forgiveness proposals: “You don’t need to be an expert in reading tea leaves to understand that President Biden is kneecapping taxpayers at every turn. His signaling that he is moving forward with ... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of strengthening employer-sponsored insurance, the backbone of our health care system. During the roundtable, Republican members of the Education and Labor Committee shared their concerns regarding the affordability of employer-sponsored plans. Members cited examples of how ... Read more »

Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on holding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) accountable for over-burdening job creators and not meeting the needs of American workers: “Congress... Read more »

During today’s subcommittee hearing, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wanted to share a video clip showing a union supporter harassing a woman. Democrats said the video was too offensive for a committee hearing. Foxx remarked that if the content was too offensive for a Congressional hearing, then clearly it was inappropriate for the workplace. Workplace harassme... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in recognition of financial literacy month and to lament Democrats’ financially irresponsible policies. Republican Leader Foxx's remarks: “April is financial literacy month—the perfect time to remind Americans just how financially irresponsible Democrats are. “Democrats have used the pocketbooks of... Read more »

Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Administration Committee Republican Leader Rodney Davis (R-IL) sent a letter to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking how he plans to prevent or counteract partisan election education taking place in Atlanta Public Schools. This comes following the recent report that Stacey Abrams’ New Georgi... Read more »

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s decision to intervene in the termination of an Amazon employee in Staten Island: “The NLRB is being used as a cudgel to allow the Biden administration to advance an agenda that hurts workers and job creators. By intervening in the recent case of a termi... Read more »