Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) are demanding answers from Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on his participation in the strike activity with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union against Kellogg conducted on October 27, 2021. The Department of L... 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 modernizing the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG): “For decades the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program has empowered civil institutions and local governments to serve low-income individuals and communities. ... Read more »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will join Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tomorrow morning at 9:00 am ET for a live roundtable discussion on the Democrats’ plan to give the Biden administration the ability to approve early education standards, provide child care to wealthy families, and push small providers out of the market. From intimidating concerned... Read more »
Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Richard Burr (R-NC) recently sent three letters expressing grave concern over Loudoun County Public Schools’ (LCPS) and Superintendent Scott Ziegler’s mishandling of a female student’s allegation of rape by a fellow male stude... Read more »
Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to help ensure safe and healthful conditions for Americans in the workplace. But by ordering OSHA to enact a federal vaccine mandate, the Biden administration is bypassing congressional intent to impose a public health edict under the guise of workplace safety. This is simply an authoritarian power grab to control every aspe... Read more »
Democrats are shamelessly using the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program as a vehicle for their radical loan forgiveness agenda. Saddling American workers with billions of dollars in student loan debt for degrees they themselves don’t benefit from is unfair and unjust. As Republicans on the Education and Labor Committee pointed out in yesterday's Higher Education and Workforce Investment... Read more »
Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC), Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman Lauren McFerran concerning NLRB Member David Prouty’s improper swearing-in and a resulting 25 days at work ... Read more »
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Office of Federal Student Aid: "The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) is an important agency that is responsible for overseeing the disbursement of over $100 bill... Read more »
Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid (FSA) Richard Cordray has a history of government overreach. While heading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mr. Cordray relied on expansive executive power to put financial institutions under the thumb of the federal government. There is no question that he is using the same tactics at FSA, destabilizing a student loan program already on the ... Read more »
Unsurprisingly, the Democrats’ so-called “Build Back Better” scheme is threatening to derail our entire employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) system. Democrats are willing to rip high-quality coverage from 151 million Americans and remove 2.8 million Americans from their employer-based plan. Contrary to what some are saying on Capitol Hill (including anonymous Ways and Means staff according to a rece... Read more »
