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Foxx on Upcoming Markup: @EdWorkforceCmte is Laser-Focused on Delivering Results
News Release: On Thursday, Sept. 14, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider nine bills...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on the Impact of Illegal Immigration on America’s Workforce — Tomorrow at 10:15 AM
News Release: Tomorrow, Sept. 13, 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 “The Impact of Biden’s Open Border on the American Workforce."
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
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NEWS: Sanders Statement on Corporate Media Coverage of Pending UAW Strike
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Tuesday issued the following statement on the corporate media’s coverage of the negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Big 3 carmakers...
Chairman Bean to Hold Hearing on the CCP’s Influence in K-12 Education
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2023
News Release: On Tuesday, Sept. 19, 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 "Academic Freedom Under Attack: Loosening the CCP's Grip on America's Classrooms."
NEWS: Sanders Statement on HHS Contract with Regeneron for Reasonable Pricing of COVID-19 Treatment
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 2023
News Release: Sanders Announces HELP Committee Will Move Forward on Biden’s NIH Nominee
Education & the Workforce, Energy & Commerce, and Ways & Means Committees Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Costs and Increase Transparency for Patients and Employers
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - New bipartisan legislation to increase health care price transparency and lower overall costs for patients and employers was introduced today by House Education and the Workforce Chair Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Energy...
Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member Cassidy Seek Transparency on Biden’s Decision to Cancel $39 Billion in Student Debt
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) urged the Department of Education to provide details on its methodology in determining which student loan...
Foxx To NLRB Inspector General: Release Your Findings
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Inspector General David Berry requesting that his office provide the Committee with a publicly releasable version of a report detailing findings of gross mismanagement in the NLRB’s administration of a mail ballot election.
Foxx Reacts to Biden Admin Efforts to Limit Health Care Options in Virginia
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ underhanded attempt to stymie a Virginia law that would expand health care access for small businesses...
Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on the Impact of Illegal Immigration on America’s Workforce
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: On Wednesday, Sept. 13, 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 “The Impact of Biden’s Open Border on the American Workforce."
@EdWorkforce Republicans Unveil Package to Combat Biden’s Harmful ESG Rule
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Members Rick Allen (R-GA), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), and Jim Banks (R-IN), announced the introduction of four bills respectively: H.R. 5339, the Roll back ESG To Increase...
McClain, Foxx Introduce CRA Resolution to Stop Biden’s Latest Free College Scheme
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn President Biden’s reckless income-driven repayment (IDR) rule-known as “Savings on a Valuable Education (SAVE)" plan. Experts estimate that the SAVE scheme could leave taxpayers on the hook for as much as $559 billion, making it the costliest regulation in U.S. history.
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Medicare Negotiating Drug Prices
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2023
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 29 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced the first ten prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiations between Medicare and drug manufacturers...
Foxx, Cassidy Rake Acting Secretary Su Over the Coals on Botched Fiduciary Rulemaking
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su demanding the agency cease further...
Foxx: DOL’s Overtime Rule is Misguided and Partisan
By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement condemning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule...
Foxx Slams DOL Union Walk Around Rule
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule that would give unions and left-wing activists access to non-union worksites during inspections conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...
The Pro-Union NLRB’s New Rule is Un-American, Chips Away at Workers’ Rights
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new framework for union representation proceedings that strips employees of the right to secret-ballot elections...
Foxx: Job Corps’ Internal Rot Is Now Laid Bare
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealing Job Corps’ glaring shortfalls in upholding safety and security protocols at its facilities, failing to prevent drugs from getting on campus and into the hands of students, and failing to hire qualified intervention specialists...
Foxx: NLRB’s Election Puppeteering Tips the Scales in Big Labor’s Favor
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) rollback of a Trump-era rule ensuring American workers have the opportunity to become informed about the consequences of union representation before voting in an election...
NEWS: Sanders Stands in Solidarity with Nearly 2,000 Nurses on Strike at One of New Jersey’s Biggest Hospitals
By DOL Newswire | Aug 23, 2023
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 22 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday sent a letter to RWJ Barnabas Health’s President and Chief Executive Officer Mark E. Manigan urging him to bargain in good faith with United Steel Workers (USW) ...