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@EdLaborGOP Demand Answers on Biden’s Student Loan Debt Scheme and School Shutdowns

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a markup of three education-related resolutions of inquiry meant to hold the Biden administration accountable and provide transparency to the American people...


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) led 17 of their Republican colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Education to release the data it recently collected on how schools have used COVID-19 funding to combat learning loss.


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for an end to HHS’ interim final rule with comments (IFC) which mandates masking of children as young as two at Head Start programs across the country.



Foxx: Workers Deserve Choice, Freedom not Union Boss Tyranny

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on the Biden administration’s campaign to put all workers, regardless of their preference, under the thumb of union bosses...


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats blocked Republican efforts to give the American people more transparency regarding the Biden administration’s decision to enact an illegal student loan debt scheme and collude with teachers unions to keep K-12 schools closed...


There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 20.


HHS to Repeal Mask Mandates Following Pressure from Foxx

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement that it will repeal its mask mandate for children as young as two in Head Start programs across the United States. The announcement comes after Foxx wrote HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for an end to HHS’ interim final rule with comments.


News Release: Initiate investigation into the Department of Education allowing COVID relief funds to be used to indoctrinate America's children in leftist ideology


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republicans, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), submitted a comment letter to Department (Department) of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona objecting to the Department’s proposed changes to Title IX rules, which would advance left-wing priorities and undermine...


“INTRODUCTION OF THE RESTROOM ACCESS ACT OF 2022” published by the Congressional Record  on Sept. 13

“INTRODUCTION OF THE RESTROOM ACCESS ACT OF 2022“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E920 on Sept. 13


There were three notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Sept. 17, according to the Federal Register.


“PETITIONS, ETC.” published by the Congressional Record in the House section on Sept. 14

The House section of the Congressional Record published “PETITIONS, ETC.” on Sept. 14.


US Department of Labor extends deadline for applications from graduating, recent law school graduates for fall 2023 Honors Program in Washington

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Office of the Solicitor has extended the deadline for recent law school graduates to apply for its two-year Honors Program in Washington and earn unique experience in one of the federal government’s preeminent legal offices.


Connecticut environmental lab faces $907K in fines  for willfully exposing employees to workplace carcinogen

News Release: HARTFORD, CT - For several months, employees at a Manchester environmental laboratory complained to management about faulty ventilation systems at the work site and about symptoms - including dizziness, light-headedness, headaches and unsteady walking - all of which can be caused by exposure to methylene ...


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


READOUT: Assistant Secretary Taryn Williams applauds efforts of US Conference of Mayors to support workers’ mental health

News Release: WASHINGTON - At a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy Taryn Williams applauded the launch of the Mental Health and Employment Working Group as it seeks to identify policies, plans and practices to address and support workers’ mental health needs in the nation’s cities.



Secretary Walsh, Ambassador Tai join Japanese, European trade, labor ministers to express concerns about reported global increase in forced labor

News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai today united with Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi and its Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Katō; and the European Commission’s Executive Vice President ...