Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter, signed by every Republican Committee Member, to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona voicing strong objection to the Education Department’s proposed priorities on the American History and Civics Education programs. Specifically, the Department’s action would violate prohibitions against the federal government’s... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on supporting students experiencing foster care and homelessness: "For over a year, students across our country have been negatively impacted by school closures. This has had an even greater impact o... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), led by Republican Leader of the Natural Resources Committee Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), calling on her to cease remote voting measures and return the House of Representatives to regular order. Committee ranking members and every member of the Republican leade... Read more »
Today, Democrats advanced H.R. 1065, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which does not include a long-standing provision from the Civil Rights Act which protects religious organizations from being forced to make employment decisions that conflict with their faith. Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said on the House floor prior to the vote: "House Republicans will not sta... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065), which delivers an unnecessary blow to religious organizations, potentially forcing them to make hiring decisions that conflict with their faith. On the House floor today, Foxx delivered the following remarks: "House Republicans have long supported protec... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined NewsMax's Bob Sellers and Heather Childers to discuss the American Federation of Teachers' President Randi Weingarten's sudden reversal in support of school reopenings this fall, calling out its self-serving policies and control of the Biden administration. Here are the highlights: ON TEACHERS UNIONS REW... Read more »
Committee Republicans are not sitting idly by while President Biden and the radical left try to turn civics lessons into Socialism 101. The administration supports critical race theory curriculum, which reduces our children to victims and oppressors based solely on the color of their skin. The Education Department is using this racist ideology to radicalize an entire generation of young people aga... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Greg Murphy (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on creating opportunities for youth employment: "Our conversation today could not be timelier as we know young people ages 16 to 24 are experiencing a decline in employment and labor force participation. In fact,... Read more »
Today, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) introduced the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act, which will prevent the Department of Education from using taxpayer dollars to fund its radical, anti-American critical race theory priorities. "America’s classrooms are the cradle of Democracy. Critical race theory is a cowardly attempt, by those who hate this nation, to rob the cradle and rewrit... Read more »
Today, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) introduced the Fight Radicalization of Elementary Education (FREE) Act, which will prohibit the Department of Education from encouraging school districts to adopt critical race theory curriculum using federal grant funding, thwarting the left’s attempt to indoctrinate students with its racist agenda. “American taxpayers should not be funding the indoctrination of Ame... Read more »
