Ahead of today’s House consideration of H.R. 1456, the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record slamming a flawed provision in the bill: “I won’t mince words: H.R. 1456 includes a Peace Corps payout. Section 16 of this bill gives injured Peace Corps Volunteers an arbi... Read More »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement that it will repeal its mask mandate for children as young as two in Head Start programs across the United States. The announcement comes after Foxx wrote HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for an end to HHS’ interim final rule with comments. “HHS’... Read More »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) led 17 of their Republican colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Education to release the data it recently collected on how schools have used COVID-19 funding to combat learning loss. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, the members expressed concern over a sig... Read More »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) are continuing their investigation into whether Biden Administration officials who worked on the student loan bailout will personally benefit from this financial windfall. In a letter to the White House Counsel, Stuart Delery, Republican Lea... Read More »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats blocked Republican efforts to give the American people more transparency regarding the Biden administration’s decision to enact an illegal student loan debt scheme and collude with teachers unions to keep K-12 schools closed: “These resolutions will give the American people th... Read More »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a markup of three education-related resolutions of inquiry meant to hold the Biden administration accountable and provide transparency to the American people: “Democrats want unfettered control over our education system from kindergarten to college, and they’ll ... Read More »
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) discussed America’s broken student loan system and Republican solutions to reform education after high school, so students, borrowers, and taxpayers are protected. Missed Tuesday’s discussion at the American Enterprise Institute? Below are a few key excerpts from Foxx’s speech. Democrats’ radical ‘free college’ agenda hurts Ameri... Read More »
Initiate investigation into the Department of Education allowing COVID relief funds to be used to indoctrinate America's children in leftist ideology Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), along with Republicans from both panels, are launching an investigation into the Department of Educat... Read More »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for an end to HHS’ interim final rule with comments (IFC) which mandates masking of children as young as two at Head Start programs across the country. In the letter, Rep. Foxx writes: “The goal of the Head Start program is to p... Read More »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on the Biden administration’s campaign to put all workers, regardless of their preference, under the thumb of union bosses: “Despite Democrats’ aggressive attempts to force union representation on workers, Republicans are committed to ensuring workers ... Read More »
American headlines are saturated with an outpouring of pro-union activity and support; major news outlets claim that interest in union organizing is increasing at companies across the country. In reality, a slim percentage of America’s workers are interested in joining a union even as Democrats and the Biden administration assemble task forces and mandate union support. To help cut through the non... Read More »
Today the Biden administration is celebrating the passage of its radical legislation that will increase taxes, advance job-killing climate control regulations, and institute more government control over our health care system. More government spending that will exacerbate inflation and bring our nation closer to a single-payer health care system is nothing to celebrate. The Biden administration ha... Read More »
Today at 4 p.m. ET, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will sit down with the American Enterprise Institute to discuss the Biden administration’s radical student loan debt scheme and present a conservative vision for postsecondary education in America. Foxx will tackle topics including: How can we rein in degree inflation and rising college costs? What is be... Read More »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republicans, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), submitted a comment letter to Department (Department) of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona objecting to the Department’s proposed changes to Title IX rules, which would advance left-wing priorities and undermine the safety and achievement of women originally enshrined by Title IX in 1972. The proposed... Read More »
On Tuesday, September 13, 2022, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will join the American Enterprise Institute for a conversation on President Biden’s reckless student loan agenda, and to present a conservative vision for higher education policy. This discussion comes as President Biden continues to transfer billions of dollars in student loan debt without m... Read More »
