WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement in response to the Defense of Freedom Institute’s (DFI) new report that uncovered evidence of teachers unions, school districts, and the Department of Education concealing cases of sexual abuse in K-12 public schools: “This report highlights a pattern of gross misconduct by school... Read more »
It’s no secret that college costs are too high, completion rates are too low, and the student loan program is in shambles. Reform is badly needed. Unfortunately, real reforms have fallen to the wayside as President Biden plays king, working to write off millions in federal student loan debt, all at the expense of students and taxpayers. Biden may think he can govern by executive fiat, but Congress... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), and Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su demanding information about recent reports that migrant children – many of whom were under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services – are being trafficked and working illegally in t... 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 Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su regarding serious delays in the processing of H-2A applications. The letter comes following disturbing quotes from DOL likening America’s agriculture workers to slave laborers. In the letter,... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the House passed H.J. Res. 45, a Congressional Review Act resolution to bar President Biden and the Department of Education from moving forward with their student loan cancellation scheme and prevent any further extension of the student loan repayment pause. During debate of H.J. Res. 45, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the follow... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor today in support of H.J. Res. 45, a Congressional Review Act resolution that will bar President Biden and the Department of Education from moving forward with their student loan cancellation scheme and prevent any further extension of the student loan repayment pause. Chairwoman Foxx’s remar... Read more »
Under President Biden’s student loan scam doctors, lawyers, and borrowers who stand to make six figures will have their loans canceled. Who’s footing the bill? Taxpayers who had the grit to pay off their loans or never went to college. Further, the Biden administration has refused to resume student loan repayments. Despite every data point suggesting the repayment pause is unneeded, the Secretary ... Read more »
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 “Breaking the System Part II: Examining the Implications of Biden’s Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers”: “This is the second hearing in a two-part series examining the implications of Biden’s student ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) today are raising concerns about the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to hijack the court system to enact a radical student loan cancellation agenda. In a letter to Secretary Cardona, Chairs Foxx and Comer request document... Read more »
Today’s Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee hearing covered the partisan drift of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under the Biden administration and specific actions it has proposed which would erode agency norms, restrict employer speech, and essentially eliminate free choice for employees. The hearing was led by Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), who outlined the origina... Read more »
