Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court reinstated the stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate: “President Biden’s authoritarian and unlawful vaccine mandate is the last thing our job creators and workers need. Making businesses choose betwe... Read more »
Today, the Senate HELP Committee will vote on David Weil’s nomination as administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. After the Senate refused to consider Mr. Weil’s nomination in the First Session of the 117th Congress, President Biden renominated him. Clearly the Biden administration is bowing to its left-wing base by pursuing openly hostile and out-of-touch policies for wo... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC), Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), and Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee Republican Leader Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona expressing ... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding to know why there has been so little oversight of the $120 billion in American Rescue Plan funding given to K-12 schools during the pandemic and why the Biden administration has not had a more forceful response t... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after new documents surfaced regarding the National School Boards Association’s previously rescinded letter labeling parents as domestic terrorists: “From the very beginning, the targeting of concerned parents has been nothing short of a witch hunt orchestrated by partisan demagogues in the W... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor condemning school shutdowns and the actions of teachers unions. Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: “Against science and commonsense, many traditional government schools continue to shut children out of the classroom. “The Biden administration has repeatedly put the political agenda of teachers union... Read more »
The Education Establishment is Trying to Hide Its Own Failures by Lowering Standards for K-12 Students Lowering expectations is one of the worst things we can do for students. Competition and the challenge to succeed pushes students to do their best. The left’s perverse push to get rid of a traditional grading scale in K-12 education will significantly handicap the next generation. Students growin... Read more »
Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and the NLRB are teaming up to harass job creators with unnecessary red tape and overzealous enforcement: “Allowing the WHD and the NLRB to join forces will ... Read more »
Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-5), Republican Leader of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent a letter calling again on U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to clarify the Department’s statutory basis for reforming the Public Service Loan Forgive... Read more »
For decades young people have been pressured into attending traditional colleges or universities in pursuit of a baccalaureate degree despite the high cost. Too many have been forced into a one-size-fits-all box instead of being encouraged to pursue other pathways to success. It is time to stop limiting opportunities for Americans and make skilled trade education more accessible. ICYMI via The Hec... Read more »
