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Foxx Reacts to NLRB, Democrat Smear Campaign to Silence Whistleblower
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) to provide clarity on oversight being conducted following information received by a whistleblower. The letter refutes Scott’s unfair, unfounded, and irrelevant assertions about the Committee’s subpoena.
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Foxx, Good Blast Department of Commerce for Big Labor Favoritism that Hurts Workers and Taxpayers
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo to express strong disapproval of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the CHIPS Incentive Program, which strongly encourages companies seeking CHIPS funding to use project labor agreements (PLAs) in connection with their construction projects.
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Hearing Recap: Free Speech on Campus Edition
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee hearing covered the degradation of constitutionally protected free speech on college campuses.
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Hearing Recap: Workforce Edition
Education and the Workforce Committee hearing covered the Biden administration’s heavy-handed mandates and out-of-touch regulatory policies that have led to high inflation, shortages in skilled labor, and supply chain disruptions.
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Foxx Pushes to Override Biden Veto and Protect America’s Retirement Savers
Ahead of a House vote to override President Biden’s veto of H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s rule encouraging retirement plan fiduciaries to consider or choose investments based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), delivered the following remarks (as prepared for delivery):
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Foxx: PBGC Must Stop Improper Payments
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report finding that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) approved special financial assistance (SFA) applications that may have included deceased participants:
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Foxx, Miller Demand Answers From the Department of Education on its Dangerous Interpretation of Title IX
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Vice-Chair Mary Miller (R-IL) sent a letter to Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, to slam the agency for its apparent indifference on the importance of Congressional oversight.
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Chairwoman Foxx on Parents Bill of Rights
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the House Floor in support of H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act:
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Owens: Saddling Future Generations with Others’ Debt is Not the American Way
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on the Biden administration’s student loan bailout and the devastating consequences to taxpayers:
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Chairwoman Foxx Issues Subpoena Following Bombshell Whistleblower Allegations of Misconduct by NLRB Officials
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued a subpoena to the Assistant to the Regional Director for Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board after she sounded the alarm about NLRB officials engaging in misconduct and failing to conduct fair and impartial elections.
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Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development to Hold Hearing on “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses”
On Wednesday, March 29, 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 “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses.”
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Foxx Questions Hospital on Use of Irreversible Medical Interventions on Healthy Children
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Dr. Kurt Newman, President and CEO of the Children's National Hospital, expressing concerns about "the erosion of parents' rights" and the use of "life-altering, irreversible medical interventions on children" at the hospital’s Youth Pride Clinic.
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@EdworkforceCmte to Hold Full Committee Hearing: “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment”
On Tuesday, March 28, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing titled “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment” which will examine how current economic conditions created by Biden administration policies are negatively impacting employment for workers and job creators.
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Foxx Slams Biden for Vetoing Resolution Protecting Retirement Savers
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) slammed President Biden for using his first veto in office to block H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to ensure that retirement plans make investment decisions and exercise shareholder rights based only on the financial benefits to workers and retirees:
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Chairwoman Foxx on GAO Decision to Uphold Congressional Authority
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) decision to defend the ability of Congress to conduct oversight on the Biden administration’s costly student loan bailout:
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Chair Foxx, Ranking Member Cassidy Call Out Biden Resurrecting Unconstitutional Obama Labor Advisor Policy
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Republican Leader Bill Cassidy (R-LA) rebuked the Biden administration’s policy that inserts “labor advisors” across the executive branch to assist labor unions in the acquisition of federal contracts.
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Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development to Hold Hearing on the Department of Education's Student Loan Policies
On Thursday, March 23, 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: Examining the Implications of Biden's Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers."
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Foxx Skewers Biden Over IDR Plan Following CBO’s Blockbuster Cost Estimate
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) skewered the Biden administration’s IDR rule after the Congressional Budget Office estimated this radical policy will cost taxpayers $230 billion.
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Chair Foxx Leads North Carolina Lawmakers in Defending Freedom of Thought at Oldest Public University
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led North Carolina congressional Republicans in a letter to Dr. Belle Wheelan—President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)—asking her to clarify public comments she made opposing a resolution passed by the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill to “accelerate its [UNC’s] development of a School of Civic Life and Leadership.” In their letter, the lawmakers contend Dr. Wheelan broke SACSCOC policy by pre-judging the actions of UNC’s governing board.
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Chair Foxx, Speaker McCarthy, and House GOP Highlight the Introduction of the Parents Bill of Rights
Chair Foxx, Speaker McCarthy, and House GOP Highlight the Introduction of the Parents Bill of Rights