News from May 2023
Attorney General Miyares Secures Two Indictments of Unemployment Compensation Fraud
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that the Unemployment Compensation Fraud Unit has produced two indictments
Construction Company Principal Sentenced To Three Months In Prison In Connection With Worker Death On Construction Site In Poughkeepsie
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
East St. Louis Woman Sent to Prison for 44 Months and Ordered to Pay More Than $800,000 in Restitution for Unemployment Insurance Scam
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
A U.S. District judge sentenced a woman from East St. Louis to spend the next 44 months in federal prison and ordered her to pay more than $800,000 in restitution for her involvement in an unemployment insurance scheme that victimized three state unemployment agencies.
Yonkers Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York
Step Aside, Washington Bureaucrats: Leave School Meals to Local Professionals
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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.
Owens Leads Hearing on America’s Workforce Challenges and the Ways to Improve Skills Development
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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":
Foxx Celebrates National Charter School Week
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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.
Foxx, Comer, Sessions: Department of Education’s Student Loan Self-Certification Opens Door to Fraud
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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.
New ED Rule Would Steamroll Five Decades of Progress for Women’s Equality
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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.
Cardona to Testify at Hearing as Foxx Conducts Oversight of the Education Department — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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.
Foxx Puts Cardona in the Hot Seat to Answer for Devastating Agenda
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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:
Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Protecting Employees’ Rights
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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.”
Chairman Owens to Hold Part Two of Hearing on Biden’s Free College Agenda
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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
Government Watchdog Finds ED is Failing Private School Students and Teachers
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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:
Foxx Readout on OSHA Roundtable
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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.
New ED Regulations Fail to Protect Students and Taxpayers
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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:
Foxx, Kiley Question EEOC Chair Over Reporting Failures and Backlog Issues
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
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.
Sanders, Omar, Gillibrand, Heinrich, McGovern, Moore and Colleagues in House and Senate Seek to Permanently End Child Hunger in Schools
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), and Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), along with 15 colleagues in the Senate and 68 in the House of Representatives, today introduced legislation that provides a permanent solution to end child hunger in schools by offering free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to all students, preschool through high school, regardless of income, eliminating all school meal debt, and strengthening local economies by incentivizing local food procurement.
Ranking Member Cassidy Blasts Biden’s Decision to End Title 42
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement on the expiring of Title 42, a Trump-era COVID-19 policy intended to protect public health that expedited the expulsion of migrants illegally crossing the southern border, circumventing the standard screening given to those who enter legally.
Ranking Member Cassidy, Budd Call Out Shocking DOL Comments, Bias Against American Farmers
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Ted Budd (R-NC) expressed concerns to Acting Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Julie Su regarding the Department’s bias against American farmers while under her leadership. This comes after a senior DOL official made shocking public comments deriding the H-2A visa program, which allows farmers to hire non-immigrant temporary or seasonal agricultural workers when American labor is unavailable. Currently, Su’s nomination for the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) is being considered by the U.S. Senate.