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Ranking Member Cassidy Sounds Alarm Over the Potential Use of Taxpayer Dollars to Promote Abortion Services in Schools
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, raised concerns over the potential use of taxpayer dollars to create partnerships between schools and abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. This comes after Cassidy rebuked the Biden administration for promoting the website AbortionFinder.org, a third-party website that promotes abortion providers and provides minors as young as “15 and younger” with information about how to obtain an abortion without parental knowledge.
Ranking Member Cassidy Demands Answers Following Deaths of Migrant Children in HHS Custody
By DOL Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is attempting to uncover answers following the deaths of two migrant children in Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) custody and why the Department did not directly notify Republicans on the HELP Committee.
Ranking Member Cassidy Rebukes Biden’s Title IX Rule Undermining Women’s Sports
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, rebuked President Biden’s new Title IX proposed rule that forces schools to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports or risk losing federal funds. Cassidy raised concerns that the proposed rule ignores physiological differences between men and women and will undo generations of progress for women’s and girls’ participation in school sports.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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:
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
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.”
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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":
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.
Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Protecting Employees’ Rights – Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire Report | May 23, 2023
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.”