WASHINGTON – Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled “Lowering Costs and Increasing Value for Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers": "Deeply embedded in the American psyche is the idea that colleges and universities provide valuable education that offers the best pat... Read more »
Today, the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Lowering Costs and Increasing Value for Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers.” For too long, colleges have skirted accountability for sky-high tuition prices and low-value degree programs. After going unchecked for years, the problem has given rise to a looming national student debt total of over $1.7 tril... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor to once again encourage President Biden to withdraw Julie Su’s nomination for Secretary of Labor. “Julie Su has now exceeded the previous record for the longest duration between a Presidential cabinet nomination and a confirmation—when the same party controls the White House and the S... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to a recent report from Parents Defending Education (PDE) that reveals the Chinese Communist Party’s financial grip on America’s K-12 schools: “It remains our solemn responsibility to slap away the hands of malign foreign actors whenever they attempt to interfere in ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of an amicus brief, recently filed by the House of Representatives, to push back against the Biden administration’s dangerous regulatory overreach that is subverting the Constitution. Chairwoman Foxx’s remarks (as prepared for delivery): “I rise today in support of a govern... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Lowering Costs and Increasing Value for Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers.” “America’s postsecondary education system is facing a reckoning. Outrageous costs, lackluster completion rates, and rising loan balances are pushing mor... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Generational Learning Loss: How Pandemic School Closures Hurt Students": "Ask any parent and he or she will tell you that America’s kids are in trouble. "The great irony of COVID is how a majority of parents... Read more »
Today’s Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education (ECESE) Subcommittee hearing, led by Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL), forced Democrats to face the music regarding their terrible record on COVID and school closures. Chairman Bean kicked off the hearing with an opening statement that brought the impact of school closures into clear focus. He laid out a three-part, devastating case for declin... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury issued proposed rules that would make it harder for employers to demonstrate compliance with mental health parity law: “Employers recognize the need to support the mental... Read more »
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled “Generational Learning Loss: How Pandemic School Closures Hurt Students.” “Across the board—from math and reading to civics and history—student scores have hit long-term lows. Years after pandemic shutdowns went into effect, students are s... Read more »
