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 »
WASHINGTON–Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s confirmation of President Biden’s nominee Jessica Looman to serve as Administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD): “Jessica Looman is a union crony who has spent her career doing the bidding of Big Labor. With Looman at the helm o... Read more »
WASHINGTON – House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Education’s issuance of a tranche of new regulations without extending due deference to Congress’ jurisdiction and oversight authorities: “Adopting a ‘go it alone’ strategy to advance the Education Department’s own agenda is not a viable avenue to reform post... Read more »
WASHINGTON — The Workforce Protections subcommittee hearing entitled, "Bad for Business: DOL's Proposed Overtime Rule" which was scheduled for Tuesday, October 24, 2023 has been postponed until further notice. ### Read more »
