WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding serving a subpoena on Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su for her failure to provide requested materials to the Committee related to DOL’s return-to-office action plan: “Under Acting Secretary Su, the DOL has adopted a posture of blatant negligence in c... Read more »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) announced a new lineup of college presidents for the May 23 hearing titled “Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos.” The presidents of Northwestern, Rutgers, and UCLA will testify in-person. The Presidents of Yale and Michigan—who were previously slated to testify—will now be called to appear for transcribed ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing titled “Examining the Education Department’s Policies, Priorities, and FY 2023 Financial Audit Failure.” Secretary Miguel Cardona will testify at the hearing. “I’m greatly disappointed by Secretary Cardona’s leadership of the Department of Educatio... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement in response to President Biden vetoing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) joint employer rule, which imposes unnecessary costs and liabilities on job creators, dissuades millions from pursuing the American Dream, and... Read more »
There is bipartisan agreement that student loan debt is too high, completion rates are too low, and far too many students are left worse off after paying for postsecondary education than if they had never enrolled in the first place. House Republicans have stepped up to fix the underlying problems by introducing H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA), which will lower college costs for s... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s remarks regarding the explosion of antisemitism on college campuses across the nation: “President Biden and college administrators are operating from the exact same playbook. Instead of taking a stand against antisemitic encampments and other inc... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023, bipartisan, bicameral legislation authored by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY). Chairwoman Foxx's remarks: “America’s colleges and universities are experiencing an explosion in antisemitism, including explicit support for terrori... Read more »
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, May 8, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled "Confronting Pervasive Antisemitism in K-12 Schools." “Antisemitic incidents have exploded in K-12 schools following Hamas’ horrific October 7 attack. Jewish teachers, students, and faculty have been denied a safe l... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor": "Acting Secretary Su, I know Vice President Harris has lobbied hard to drop the appellation 'acting' from your title, but I’m afraid only a vote of the full Sena... Read more »
Today, Acting Secretary Julie Su stepped into the Committee arena for the second time in the 118th Congress to fight for yet another bloated budget request. Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) opened the hearing by addressing the elephant in the room—Acting Secretary Su’s still-pending Senate nomination. She is the longest pending nominee since at least the Civil War. Her status as President Biden’s “... Read more »
