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Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Markup to Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup to consider two bills — H.R. 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 and H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act:
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Chairman Owens to Hold Hearing on Innovation in Postsecondary Education — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
Tomorrow, 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 “Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.”
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Foxx Presses Becerra to Answer for Additional Burdens on Taxpayers and Harmful Health Care Policies
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement as prepared for delivery, at a hearing examining the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
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Foxx, Owens Question Cardona about Fraud within Biden’s Student Loan Scam
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona highlighting the potential for fraud within President Biden’s student loan scam.
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Secretary Becerra to Testify Before the Committee to Outline HHS’s Budget and Priorities — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
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 Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services.” Secretary Xavier Becerra will testify at the hearing.
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@EdWorkforceCmte to Hold Markup on Bills that Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
Tomorrow, June 13, at 4 p.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider H.R. 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023, and H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act.
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Chairman Owens to Hold Hearing on Innovation in Postsecondary Education
On Wednesday, June 14, 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 “Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.”
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Foxx Grills Su for Attempting to Evade Hearing, Poor Record at DOL
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing examining the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Labor:
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Secretary Becerra Set to Testify Before the Committee to Outline HHS’s Budget and Priorities
On Tuesday, June 13th, 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 Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services.” Secretary Xavier Becerra will testify at the hearing.
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Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Markup to Improve Student Outcomes and Health Care Options for Small Businesses
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s markupto consider four bills: H. Res. 461, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress disapproves of the use of public elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens not admitted to the United States; H.R. 1147, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023; H.R. 2868, the Association Health Plans Act; and H.R. 2813, the Self-Insurance Protection Act:
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Foxx, Good, Walberg: Association Health Plans Help Small Businesses Thrive
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), and Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) effort to block Virginia from implementing a law that expands health care access for small businesses:
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As Illegal Migrant Child Labor Surges in U.S., DOL Turns a Blind Eye
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 to request information from the Department of Labor on how it plans to address the alarming increase of illegal child labor in the United States.
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Foxx: Fiscal Responsibility Act Means Greater Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, specifically addressing the student loan component of the bill:
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Su to Testify at Hearing as Foxx Conducts Oversight of the Department of Labor
On Wednesday, June 7th, 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 Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor.” Acting Secretary Julie Su will testify at the hearing.
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Teachers Unions, Education Department Sweep Sexual Abuse Under the Rug as K-12 Cases Spike
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement in response to the Defense of Freedom Institute’s (DFI) new report that uncovered evidence of teachers unions, school districts, and the Department of Education concealing cases of sexual abuse in K-12 public schools:
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Foxx, Walberg, Chavez-DeRemer Demand Answers from Su on Trafficking of Migrant Children
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), and Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su demanding information about recent reports that migrant children – many of whom were under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services – are being trafficked and working illegally in the United States.
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Foxx, Kiley to Su: Don't Shame America's Farmers
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 serious delays in the processing of H-2A applications. The letter comes following disturbing quotes from DOL likening America’s agriculture workers to slave laborers.
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A Win for Students and Taxpayers
Today, the House passed H.J. Res. 45, a Congressional Review Act resolution to bar President Biden and the Department of Education from moving forward with their student loan cancellation scheme and prevent any further extension of the student loan repayment pause.
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Biden is Placing Student Loan Debt on Taxpayers With No Loans
– Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor today in support of H.J. Res. 45, a Congressional Review Act resolution that will bar President Biden and the Department of Education from moving forward with their student loan cancellation scheme and prevent any further extension of the student loan repayment pause.
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Owens Blasts Biden’s Free College Agenda: “Radical, Costly, and Unlawful”
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled “Breaking the System Part II: Examining the Implications of Biden’s Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers”: