WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate’s vote of 51-47 to confirm Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows to a new term as a commissioner: “Under Chair Burrows, the EEOC shed its skin as a federal agency and took on a new role as a weaponized, partisan arb... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee passed H.R. 5993, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act, legislation that brings clarity to foreign gift reporting requirements for colleges and universities and protects American education from malicious foreign influence. On the passage of H.R. 5933, Chairwoman... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup of H.R. 5933, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act: "Before turning to the legislative agenda today, I would like to first take a moment to address... Read more »
In Case You Missed It, Bari Weiss’ recent article highlights new reporting from the Network Contagion Research Institute which found that over 200 American colleges and universities received $13 billion in previously undisclosed contributions from foreign regimes which has helped fuel antisemitism on college campuses. Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee will vote on the DETERRENT Act... Read more »
WASHINGTON – House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chair Kevin Kiley (R-CA) submitted a comment letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su urging the Department to withdraw its harmful proposed overtime rule because of its negative impact on workers, small business, nonprofits, colleges, and universitie... Read more »
On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 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 "Confronting the Scourge of Antisemitism on Campus." "A wave of unabashed antisemitism at colleges and universities is leading to harassment and violence against the Jewish community, and it must be met with swift condemnatio... Read more »
We fact-checked the White House’s recent retirement announcement so you don’t have to. The administration’s proposed fiduciary rule will hurt American savers and retirees. Here’s a more accurate version of the White House's so-called fact sheet: Read more »
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 »
