WASHINGTON – Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on Democrats’ anti-business arbitration bill: “Before coming to Congress, I spent nearly 40 years building a business creating hundreds of jobs for Georgians. “From a business standpoint, I can say without ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “emergency” rule requiring private companies to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing mandate: “Biden wants the federal government to control every aspect of American workers’ and bus... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), and Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) to discuss how voters rejected Democrats’ far-left policies across the country last nigh... Read more »
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 »