House Committee on Education and Labor Republicans

03/18/2022

Foxx to Remote Colleagues: Get Back to Work

"Remote hearings have done more to create an echo chamber and promote partisanship than any other congressional rule."

Read more from Rep. Virginia Foxx's latest oped in The Hill:

03/17/2022

Foxx Readout on Multiemployer Pensions Roundtable

"Pouring money into a broken system is like pouring money down a rat hole. And there is no doubt about it—this system is broken."

Read about the House Committee on Education and Labor Republicans multiemployer pension roundtable here:

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of reforming multiemployer pension plans. Following the meeting, Republican Leader Foxx said: "During today’s briefing, Republican Members of the Education and Labor Commit...

03/17/2022

Foxx Op-Ed: Denying patients and families the opportunity to make their own health care decisions is un-American

ICYMI: Denying patients and families the opportunity to make their own health care decisions is un-American.

Read Rep. Virginia Foxx's oped in the Washington Times Opinion here:

In a gambit to nationalize the health care market, President Biden and Congressional Democrats are working tirelessly to undermine Americans’ confidence in private health coverage, including employer-sponsored insurance, which over 155 million Americans rely on.

03/16/2022

Foxx on Passage of Education and Labor Bills

"With the exception of H.R. 6087, the legislation Democrats advanced today will do little to improve the lives of Americans." -Rep. Virginia Foxx

Read more about the bills Democrats advanced at today's markup here:

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Committee passed legislation regarding workers’ compensation programs, school safety, and Community Services Block Grants:

03/16/2022

Rep. Virginia Foxx speaks out against Democrats’ attack on religious liberty at today’s House Committee on Education and Labor Republicans Markup.

03/16/2022

Foxx: A Win for American Workers

“More than 19 million Americans choose to be their own boss; it is gratifying to see our legal system protecting this right.” -Rep. Virginia Foxx:

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after a Texas federal judge overturned a Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that rescinded a Trump-era rule clarifying the classification of workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):...

03/16/2022

Foxx Opening Statement at Education and Labor Markup

Ed&Labor Democrats push bills that fail to improve taxpayer-funded programs at the federal level, remove oversight, & pile on unnecessary layers of red tape. Read more from Rep. Virginia Foxx:

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee markup regarding workers’ compensation programs, school safety, and Community Services Block Grants:   “Most of the bills being pr...

03/16/2022

Biden’s attacks on employer-sponsored health care pave the way for socialized medicine

"Denying patients and families the opportunity to make their own health care decisions is un-American." -Rep. Virginia Foxx

Read more in the Washington Times Opinion Health Care Special Section:

Employer-sponsored insurance is the bedrock of American health care.

03/15/2022

Wisconsin Teachers Instructed to Hide Students’ Gender Identities from Parents | National Review

This is why we need the Parents Bill of Rights.

Training documents say ‘parents are not entitled to know’ their kids’ gender identity, and that it is ‘knowledge that must be earned.’

03/14/2022

Foreign money often comes with strings attached—we must protect our colleges and universities from undue foreign influence. Hear more from Rep. Virginia Foxx at Fox News:

https://republicans-edlabor.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=408142

03/11/2022

News Item | Committee on Education & Labor Republicans

“Looking back, it’s clear that ARP was merely a partisan messaging tool rather than a substantive and calculated response to the challenges that everyday Americans and their families were—and are currently —facing.” -Rep. Virginia Foxx

03/11/2022

Foxx Reacts to Biden’s Davis-Bacon Regulations

The Biden administration's changes to Davis-Bacon regulations do nothing to create good jobs or improve infrastructure investments.

These are not the types of policies America’s workers and taxpayers need or want.

Read more from Rep. Virginia Foxx here:

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division released a proposed rule to update Davis-Bacon Act regulations regarding prevailing wages on federal construction projects:  

03/08/2022

Foxx Slams Democrats’ Response to Florida’s Parental Rights Bill

"Both the Florida legislature and Governor DeSantis should be lauded for protecting the rights of parents and the well-being of children —not threatened." -Rep. Virginia Foxx

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement slamming Education Secretary Cardona’s response to the passage of the Parental Rights in Education bill, in the Florida State Legislature: 

03/08/2022

Rep. Virginia Foxx and Rep. Rick Allen demand answers from Secretary Marty Walsh regarding the White House union task force report:

➡️How will this report's recommendations affect the economy?
➡️Who contributed to the report?
➡️How were taxpayer resources used?

Read the letter here: bit.ly/3Co0Mie

03/08/2022

Rep. Miller-Meeks Speaks Against HBCU Bomb Threats

"HBCUs deserve to be celebrated, not threatened. That is why I am voting in favor of H. Con. Res. 70, and I urge all my colleagues to do the same." - Rep. Miller-Meeks

03/08/2022

"College is not the only pathway to the middle class or to a fulfilling career. Falling college enrollment could demonstrate that more Americans are weighing the cost of college and deciding it just might not be worth it." -Rep. Virginia Foxx

Watch her full remarks here: https://bit.ly/3tAt98O

03/08/2022

Thanks to the Louisiana Association of Principals for stopping by our office this week to discuss our efforts on the House Committee on Education and Labor and how we can work together for Louisiana’s schools!

03/07/2022

Fox News on Twitter

There is nothing ‘normal’ about masking children—teachers unions are OUT OF CONTROL.

“Seattle teachers union demands forced masking until May to ensure 'sense of normalcy' https://t.co/BkKu7miqY8”

03/07/2022

Branding parents as "domestic terrorists" is unforgivable.

03/04/2022

Boasting about @POTUS' abdication of responsibility illustrates the lack of respect he has for borrowers and taxpayers. The repayment pause has already cost $150B.

Biden is clearly using this pause as a backdoor for his radical mass student loan forgiveness scheme.

https://bit.ly/3CfQ0dN

03/04/2022

Title IX was Written to Protect Women, Not Erase Them

"This admin's radical reinterpretation of Title IX... has pushed women to the sidelines. The strides women have made...in the sports world deserve to be celebrated, not torn to pieces by the far Left's radical ideological agenda." Rep. Virginia Foxx at Family Research Council:

03/03/2022

The upside of the downward trend in college enrollment

Falling college enrollment numbers might be the wake up call some colleges and universities need to get their acts together. Read more from Thomas B. Fordham Institute:

The media have been full of reports of college students, almost a million strong, who have gone missing during the pandemic.

03/03/2022

Why Didn’t President Biden Address School Choice in the State of the Union?

Parent activists are embracing school choice in record numbers. Ignoring them or trying to intimidate them into silence will not work—the parent movement is here to stay.

Read more about the school choice movement from National Review ⤵️

03/03/2022

Foxx: Union bosses can take a hike

Hardworking entrepreneurs and workers are the ones who helped build the middle class, NOT union bosses. Read more from House Committee on Education and Labor Republicans's leader Rep. Virginia Foxx:

Modern union bosses are more akin to political magnates than workers’ rights advocates. This week, Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh traveled to North Carolina to tout their pro-union agenda in the right-to-work state.

03/03/2022

Women's Sports Shouldn't Be Collateral Damage in the Left's Campaign to Redefine Gender

Women's Sports Shouldn't Be Collateral Damage in the Left's Campaign to Redefine Gender

Read Rep. Virginia Foxx's oped at Family Research Council:

This year officially marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a law from 1972 that mandates equal opportunities for women in

03/02/2022

Biden has no plan to solve the student loan crisis. Instead of using the #StateOfTheUnion to announce any new plan, he simply ignored the worsening loan catastrophe.

03/02/2022

Tell the union bosses to take a hike - Carolina Journal

On Kamala Harris and Secretary Marty Walsh's visit to NC today to parrot Big Labor's talking points, Rep. Virginia Foxx says: union bosses can take a hike. Read more from House Committee on Education and Labor Republicans leader in today's Carolina Journal about the Left's union blitz:

Chapter 95, Article 10, of the North Carolina General Statues harbors one of the most powerful sentiments that has maintained its prominence in the Tar Heel State for almost 75 years: “The right to live includes the right to work.” On March 18, 1947, North Carolina’s right-to-work law was rati...

03/02/2022

The #PROUnionBossesAct allows Big Labor to consolidate power, coerce workers, line their own pockets, and bolster their own political agendas. It will undermine workers' rights and destroy jobs.

03/02/2022

Americans deserve far more. #StateOfTheUnion

03/02/2022

Foxx on Biden’s State of the Union in Crisis

“Americans deserve the freedom and self-government promised by our Founding Fathers - not the Biden administration’s attempt to make all Americans more dependent on the federal government." - Rep. Virginia Foxx

03/01/2022

@EdLaborGOP’s Advice to Biden Ahead of SOTU

The Biden administration’s policies have created worldwide catastrophes. Here’s our advice to President Joe Biden ahead of tonight’s State of the Union address⤵️

03/01/2022

Allen: Committee Republicans are working to make the future of American retirees more secure

“Our retirement system is healthier than it has been in decades. Employer-based retirement savings are thriving, and more Americans are saving for their future." Congressman Rick Allen at today's HELP subcommittee hearing

02/25/2022

News List | Committee on Education & Labor Republicans

"Yesterday’s ruling on implementation of the No Surprises Act threatens patient protections against surprise medical bills and will raise health care costs for Americans at a time inflation is already soaring.” - Rep. Virginia Foxx

Foxx on Surprise Billing Court Ruling February 24, 2022 | Posted in Press Releases Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding yesterday’s federal court ruling on surprise medical billing: “Yesterday’s ruling on implementation o...

02/25/2022

Foxx Reacts to Biden’s Student Loan Servicing Plans

"This is yet another sign the Education Department does not have a cohesive, workable plan for the future of student loan servicing." - Rep. Virginia Foxx

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Education Department’s plans to overhaul the nation’s student loan servicing:

02/23/2022

House Committee on Education and Labor Republicans are proud to be celebrating Financial Aid Awareness Month! #FinancialAidAwarenessMonth