WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, January 10, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will mark up the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act and H.R. 443, the Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act. “The consideration of these two bills will help protect vulnerable adults and children in workplaces and in postsecondary education. The first bill, the Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking... Read more »
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, January 11, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled: “Lowering Costs and Increasing Access to Health Care with Employer-Driven Innovation.” “Nearly 14 years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, health care coverage is less affordable than ever. With dwindling options, ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to President Biden requesting he not renominate Julie Su to head the Department of Labor (DOL) following her failure to garner enough support in the Senate to confirm her nomination. In the letter Foxx and Kiley write: “[T]he hig... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in response to Harvard President Claudine Gay stepping down from her role following her stark testimony during the Committee’s December 5th hearing on antisemitism: “What the world saw from President Gay on December 5 was repeated equivocation – and no one has forgotten it sin... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Reps. Bob Good (R-VA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rick Allen (R-GA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Erin Houchin (R-IN) and Aaron Bean (R-FL), sent a letter to Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su urging the agency to withdraw i... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Eric Burlison (R-MO), in sending a letter to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Acting Secretary, Julie Su, to urge caution before DOL makes changes to Section 14... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker demanding more information about the university’s handling of plagiarism allegations against President Claudine Gay and the unequal application of Harvard’s Honor Code. In the letter, Foxx writes: "The House Committee on Education and the Workf... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to Biden’s Department of Labor rescinding the Trump administration rule that expanded association health plans (AHPs). This proposed rule will gut choice and exacerbate health care costs for small businesses and the workers who are already being crushed by “Bidenomic... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Biden administration’s final rule implementing Executive Order 14063 that fattens the wallets of its union boss bedfellows through lopsided project labor agreements on federal construction projects: “Whenever union bosses call President Biden to do their bidding, h... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and all 24 Committee Republicans sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona blasting the Department’s decision to delay rulemaking under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 originally expected this month amidst a national crisis of campus antisemitism. The rulemaking would protect Jewish students by impleme... Read more »
