WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's Member Day hearing: "Thanks to all of our guests for joining this year’s Member Day hearing. "Non-committee Members are invited to share stories, policies, and issues from their home districts to help inform our decision making as w... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro raising concerns about the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) methodologies and accuracy in reporting labor market conditions. Foxx’s inquiry to the GAO comes as the Biden administration continues to tout the success ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Education and the Workforce Committee Vice Chair Mary Miller (R-IL) issued the following statement regarding a newly launched Title IX investigation into the Sun Prairie Area School District that comes after the lawmakers sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona outlining serious concerns relat... Read more »
Tomorrow, December 1, at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a Member Day hearing. “From pre-k to retirement, this Committee impacts all Americans including the way they learn, work, and ultimately, succeed,” said Chairwoman Foxx. “The Committee is working to expand education freedom, establish a well-equipped, high-quality work... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Safeguarding Workers' Rights and Liberties": "The right to work in this country—free from coercion by the government—is a right enshrined in our founding documents. While state right-to-work legislation is a product of t... Read more »
Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) led a hearing which championed H.R. 1200, Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-SC) National Right-to-Work Act¸ a bill to end compulsory union dues payments. Chairman Good kicked off the hearing by distilling the awful decision many Americans face every day in forced-unionism states: “Employees have two options: pay union dues or ... Read more »
Ask any emergency dispatch team to describe five-alarm fires, and they will likely say they’re rare and catastrophic no matter where they occur. AmeriCorps is a five-alarm fire of its own making. If you don’t believe us, feel free to peruse the latest Management Challenges report issued on November 15th by the AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General. What you’ll find is 26 pages chock full of rot a... Read more »
Tomorrow, November 30, 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 “Safeguarding Workers’ Rights and Liberties.” “Forcing workers to pay union dues is wrong,” said Chairman Good. “The Committee on Education and the Workforce has a mandate to stand up for America’s workers and fight back against the agenda o... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Bad for Business: DOL's Proposed Overtime Rule": "On June 9, 2016, this Committee held a hearing entitled 'The Administration's Overtime Rule and its Consequences for Workers, Students, Nonprofits, and Small Businesses.' "Back then, th... Read more »
Today, the Workforce Protections Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Bad for Business: DOL’s Proposed Overtime Rule.” Like many Biden administration regulations, the proposed overtime rule revives—and broadens—an Obama-era precedent. Whereas Obama’s poorly conceived and ultimately unlawful rule would have increased the overtime threshold to $47,676, President Biden’s rule increases it to a whopp... Read more »
