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 processing delays of H-2B applications. The Department of Labor (DOL) is required to take first action on applications within seven days, yet it’s taken 90 days for many application... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking it to scrutinize the legality of Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s ability to serve as an acting secretary for a prolonged period. Ms. Su began her tenure as Acting Secretary of Labor on March 11, 2023—117 days ago. In the letter, Foxx writ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 13, 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 “Exposing the Dangers of the Influence of Foreign Adversaries on College Campuses.” “Emboldened foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party are using America’s colleges and universities to subvert the nation’s in... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Under Secretary James Kvaal to set the record straight after he mislead the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development during its hearing on May 24, 2023. Under Secretary Kvaal insisted that the Department of Education provided Chairwoman Foxx an unredacted copy of t... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), released statements following President Biden announcing he will try to revive illegally his student loan “forgiveness” scheme through the Higher Education Act, finalize an income-driven repayment (IDR) rule, ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) celebrated the Supreme Court's ruling that definitively struck down the Biden administration’s student loan “forgiveness” scheme as unconstitutional: “Mr. President, good riddance to your illegal, economically disastrous taxpayer-funded bailout for the wealthy. I had hoped you would have greater respect for t... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding today’s reports that the Department of Education is planning to give borrowers a 90-day deferment, with the option for additional extensions: “The Fiscal Responsibility Act was clear that the Department needed to restart the repayment of federal student loans. This deferment ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the use of race as a determining factor in college and universities admissions processes: “Today’s decision by the Supreme Court is a welcome victory for countless students across the country – academia’s ivory towers should no... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) rebuked the Biden administration’s “hard close” proposed rule that limits Americans’ ability to trade in mutual funds, threatening millions of retirement plans. In 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, which gave workers the right to choose whether to pay fees to a union or not: “Five years ago, Janus v. AFSCME yielded a monumental victory for both free speech and the American workforce. Workers’ rights... Read more »
