WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's mark up of H.R. 5646, Stop Campus Hazing Act; H.R. 7233, Jenna Quinn Law of 2024; H.R. 736, PROTECT Kids Act; H.J. Res. 181, Congressional Review Act resolution to stop the Biden-Harris rule limiting access to Association Health P... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will mark up H.R. 5646, Stop Campus Hazing Act; H.R. 7233, Jenna Quinn Law of 2024; H.R. 736, PROTECT Kids Act; H.J. Res. 181, Congressional Review Act resolution to stop the Biden-Harris rule limiting access to Association Health Plans (AHPs); H.R. 3120, Healthy Competition for Better Care Act; and H.R. 9457, Transpar... 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 "ERISA's 50th Anniversary: The Value of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits": "Over the last six weeks, I heard a lot from my constituents about the issues that impact their everyday lives. High gas prices, housing and uti... Read more »
Today, the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee held a hearing commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the critical role that employer-sponsored coverage plays in delivering high-quality, low-cost health care. ERISA is a pillar of the American health care system, and its employer-sponsored coverage framework supports over half t... Read more »
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, September 11, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will mark up H.R. 5646, Stop Campus Hazing Act; H.R. 7233, Jenna Quinn Law of 2024; H.R. 736, PROTECT Kids Act; H.J. Res. 181, Congressional Review Act resolution to stop the Biden-Harris rule limiting access to Association Health Plans (AHPs); H.R. 3120, Healthy Competition for Better Care Act; and H... Read more »
WASHINGTON–The following may be attributed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) with regards to the Biden-Harris administration’s final rules on mental health parity: “For over a year, we’ve been telling the Biden-Harris administration that these rules will not work. They are too vague and burdensome; they overregulate instead of allowing health plans to... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, September 10, 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: “ERISA’s 50th Anniversary: The Value of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits.” “For 50 years, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) has been the legislative foundation that protects Americans’ access to employer-sp... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden-Harris administration’s Executive Order that serves up a piping hot platter of pre-election giveaways to its union allies to buy votes ahead of the November election: “It’s less than two months until Election Day, and the Biden-Harris administration’s un... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx today issued the following statement regarding the Georgia Institute of Technology’s (Georgia Tech) decision to end its partnership with Tianjin University, a blacklisted institution with known ties to the Chinese Communist Party and its military: “The captain of the Titanic didn’t get a gold star for passing out life vest... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today issued a subpoena to Governor Tim Walz’s administration to hold it accountable in what has been called the “largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the nation.” Subpoenas were also issued to the Biden-Harris administration’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Office of Inspector General (OIG). In 2022, a U... Read more »
