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Foxx & Comer: Biden Administration Hijacking the Court System to Enact a Radical Student Loan Cancellation Agenda
House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) today are raising concerns about the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to hijack the court system to enact a radical student loan cancellation agenda.
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Good Leads Hearing on Protecting Employees’ Rights
Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chair Bob Good (R-VA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled “Protecting Employees’ Rights: Ensuring Fair Elections at the NLRB”:
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Step Aside, Washington Bureaucrats: Leave School Meals to Local Professionals
The Department of Agriculture’s recently proposed revisions to school meal patterns that will impose unrealistic and costly regulatory requirements on school districts—only adding to the hurdles schools currently face. Ensuring students have nutritious and fulfilling meals starts at the local level, not with out-of-touch federal regulation.
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@EdWorkforceCmte Announces Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes
On Tuesday, June 6, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five 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, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act, H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act, and H.R. 824, Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023.
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@EdWorkforceCmte Announces Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes
On Tuesday, June 6, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five 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, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act, H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act, and H.R. 824, Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023.
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@EdWorkforceCmte To Hold Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five 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, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act, H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act, and H.R. 824, Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023.
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Foxx, Kiley Question EEOC Chair Over Reporting Failures and Backlog Issues
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Charlotte Burrows raising concerns about the lack of transparency and performance issues within the agency. Specifically, the Members asked about EEOC’s failure to resolve discrimination complaints which resulted in a 20 percent increase in the charge backlog – signaling a return to the high backlogs of the Obama years.
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New ED Regulations Fail to Protect Students and Taxpayers
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement slamming the Department of Education’s regulatory package targeting career schools that limits students’ choice, unfairly attacks proprietary institutions, and denies skills development to job seekers:
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Foxx Readout on OSHA Roundtable
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) aggressive regulatory agenda that is more focused on union organizing than workers’ safety and is ultimately hurting job creators, especially small businesses.
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Government Watchdog Finds ED is Failing Private School Students and Teachers
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report that found severe deficiencies in the Department of Education’s enforcement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act’s (ESEA) equitable services provision that is designed to ensure certain private school students and teachers have access to critical learning supports:
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Chairman Owens to Hold Part Two of Hearing on Biden’s Free College Agenda
On Wednesday, May 24, 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 “Breaking the System Part II: Examining the Implications of Biden’s Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers
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Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Protecting Employees’ Rights
On Tuesday, May 23, 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 “Protecting Employees’ Rights: Ensuring Fair Elections at the NLRB.”
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Foxx Puts Cardona in the Hot Seat to Answer for Devastating Agenda
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 Education:
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Cardona to Testify at Hearing as Foxx Conducts Oversight of the Education Department — 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 Education.” Secretary Miguel Cardona will testify at the hearing.
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New ED Rule Would Steamroll Five Decades of Progress for Women’s Equality
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), joined by 17 Committee Members, sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona objecting to the agency’s proposed rule, “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female Athletic Teams.” This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) undermines women’s equality in athletics by reinforcing the Biden administration’s anti-science gender ideology and its intentional perversion of the plain meaning of “sex” under Title IX.
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Foxx, Comer, Sessions: Department of Education’s Student Loan Self-Certification Opens Door to Fraud
House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) today are calling on Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to provide answers about the Department’s decision to waive income verification requirements for student loan borrowers who enroll in income-driven repayment plans.
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Foxx Celebrates National Charter School Week
On the House Floor, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in support of National Charter School Week and the flexibility that charter schools provide to parents whose children would otherwise be trapped in underperforming schools.
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Owens Leads Hearing on America’s Workforce Challenges and the Ways to Improve Skills Development
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Examining America’s Workforce Challenges: Looking for Ways to Improve Skills Development":
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Step Aside, Washington Bureaucrats: Leave School Meals to Local Professionals
The Department of Agriculture’s recently proposed revisions to school meal patterns that will impose unrealistic and costly regulatory requirements on school districts—only adding to the hurdles schools currently face. Ensuring students have nutritious and fulfilling meals starts at the local level, not with out-of-touch federal regulation.
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Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Protecting Employees’ Rights – Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
Tomorrow 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 “Protecting Employees’ Rights: Ensuring Fair Elections at the NLRB.”