WASHINGTON – Today, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) final rule that would implement unrealistic standards to school nutrition plans across the nation while ignoring many of the concerns of stakeholders: "Beltway bureaucrats at the USDA think they know best when it c... Read more »
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, May 1, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold a hearing titled: “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor.” “Incomprehensibly, this will now be the second time Julie Su has appeared before the Committee in her unconfirmed role as Acting Secretary of Labor. This time, the Biden administration is asking for even more t... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final overtime rule, which would negatively impact workers, small businesses, nonprofits, colleges, and universities: “Any way you cut it, Biden’s overtime rule is a bad deal for American employers and workers. This administration thinks it’s... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final fiduciary rule: “DOL failed to learn from its own past blunders. This final fiduciary rule mirrors its shameful predecessor that was vacated by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2016. The final rule once again encroache... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Columbia President Dr. Minouche Shafik, Columbia Trustees Co-Chair David Greenwald, and Columbia Trustees Co-Chair Claire Shipman demanding the administration immediately take action to crack down on the violent, antisemitic protests occurring on campus. In the letter, Foxx writes: “I am gravely concerned... Read more »
WASHINGTON — Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), joined by Reps. Burgess Owens (R-UT), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rick Allen (R-GA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), and Brandon Williams (R-NY), sent a letter to Department of... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Education’s final Title IX rule that places the radical agenda of left-wing ideologues above the safety of women and girls across the nation: “The Department of Education has placed Title IX, and the decades of advancement and protections for women and girls that it has ... Read more »
In case you missed it, during congressional testimony, Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su inadvertently admitted to not giving taxpayers adequate notice for a hearing on the administration’s far-reaching regulatory changes that will impact countless retirement plans, retirees, and savers. On Wednesday, in testimony before the Appropriations Committee, Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) que... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the antisemitic protests engulfing Columbia University’s campus after President Shafik testified before the Committee on Wednesday: "For nearly two days, the pro-Hamas Gaza Solidarity Encampment has plunged Columbia’s campus into chaos and endangered its students.... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism": "Since October 7, this Committee and the nation have watched in horror as so many of our college campuses, particularly the most expensive, so-called elite sc... Read more »
