Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) flagrant overreach in its latest proposal to revoke Arizona’s State OSHA Plan: “Like clockwork, DOL’s partisan agenda grows even more capricious—its lust for more power continues to metastasize. This errant proposal is based on a dispute about OSHA’s flawed ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Education’s latest push to extend student loan forgiveness through income-driven repayment programs: “A program that was the brainchild of, and expanded by, Democrats, turned out to be a complete disaster and taxpayers are forced to foot the bill for these mistakes. Color... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a comment letter to the Department of Education expressing concern over its proposed rule regarding the charter school programs (CSP) grants, which sends a hostile message to charter schools and supporters of educational freedom. In the letter, Republican Leader Foxx writes that the proposed rule would: “…prevent the ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Financial Services Committee Republican Leader Patrick McHenry (R-NC) sent letters to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra and the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) Chief Operating Officer Richard Cordray regarding the agencies’ oversight of the federal student loan programs. The Members ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo’s latest endeavor on behalf of the Biden administration to expand union membership by urging the NLRB to overturn 50 years of precedent and reinstate the 1949 Joy Silk Mills standard, which empowers the NLRB to impose u... Read more »
Today, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is visiting North Carolina to tout the Biden administration’s so-called Good Job’s Initiative, which will centralize even more control of the workforce into the hands of the federal government. The Biden administration’s attempt to burden business owners with a Depression-era apprenticeship program, instead of opening more doors for employer-led apprenticeships, ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh to ensure that the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is providing proper guidance under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for independent contractors: The Members write: “During the Trum... Read more »
The 2020 No Surprises Act was a major bipartisan success for those who don’t want to be plagued by crippling and unexpected medical bills. The attempts to undermine and weaken this law could raise health care costs across the board. In Case You Missed It via The Hill, an op-ed, penned by Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), argues th... Read more »
Last week, President Biden extended the student loan repayment pause and interest rate moratorium for a fourth time. The administration also moved millions of defaulted borrowers into good standing, making them eligible for additional loans when they failed to pay their initial loans. Here’s what you need to know about President Biden’s irresponsible repayment scam: BACKGROUND: Since March 2020, f... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after being selected as a conferee to produce legislation intended to strengthen America’s deterrence to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) geopolitical threats: “The CCP has proven over decades that it will deploy any scheme, no matter how subversive, to incapacitate the safety and prospe... Read more »
