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WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, November 8, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will mark up H.R. 5933, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act. “Bad foreign actors are undermining our nation’s interests by exploiting research contracts and hiding financial partnerships with American universities. The DETERREN... Read more »

WASHINGTON– Today, the House passed H. Res. 798, Congressman Burgess Owens’ (R-UT) resolution condemning the support of Hamas and other terrorist organizations on college campuses. “Congressman Owens’ resolution sends a clear message: antisemitism has no place in America, especially not on college campuses. Colleges and universities have become a breeding ground for radical ideology. That fact ha... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) are demanding responsive materials and transcribed interviews after Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Su failed to provide information about the Employee Benefit Security Administration’s (EBSA) enforcement practices. T... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Cardona admonishing the Department for buried changes to unassuming guidance related to prayer in public elementary and secondary schools, which is constitutionally protected. The administration’s changes jeopardize the religious freedoms of students. In the letter, Foxx w... Read more »

WASHINGTON — Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following remarks in support of H. Res. 798, Congressman Burgess Owens’ (R-UT) resolution condemning the support of Hamas and other terrorist organizations at postsecondary education institutions. “I rise today in support of H. Res. 798, a resolution condemning antisemitism on college campuses and e... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued a subpoena to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for documents related to borrower defense to repayment. The Committee has communicated multiple requests to the Department for data on borrower defense as part of its oversight responsibilities. In each instance, the Department has stonewalled the Commit... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement in response to the Department of Labor (DOL) issuing its proposed fiduciary rule: “In the last two years, DOL has espoused at least three separate positions on what it means to be an investment advice fiduciary. This latest proposal is just new lipstick on the same old pig, and it... Read more »

Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to reports of student loan errors: “In order to be successful, servicers need to be performing at their best. Period. But this doesn’t mean the Department is off the hook. “For more than three years the Department has known it would need to return borrowers to repayment. Yet, the... Read more »

Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its joint-employer final rule: “The old saying, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ applies perfectly in this case. The 2020 joint-employer rule provided a clear, consistent, and narrow standard for businesses on how two or more entitie... Read more »