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 Foxx Announces First Committee Hearing: American Education in Crisi

Foxx Announces First Committee Hearing: American Education in Crisi


Foxx Announces First Committee Hearing: American Education in Crisis

On Wednesday at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold its first hearing, titled “American Education in Crisis,” which will discuss the state of K-12 and postsecondary education.


Tune In: Chairwoman Foxx to Join House Republicans to Celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day

Tune in live E.T. to hear from Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Members of the House GOP, and female athletes on National Girls and Women in Sports Da


Education And The Workforce Committee Adopts Rules And Oversight Plan For 118th Congress

Following the Education and the Workforce Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress, Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the full list of subcommittee assignments as well as the adopted Committee Rules and Committee Oversight Plan. Chairwoman Foxx also announced the committee will consist of 45 Members, with 25 Republicans and 20 Democrats.


Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Organizational Meeting

Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress:


Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Organizational Meeting

Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress:


Granger Gavels First Meeting of 118th Congress

House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX) gaveled the first committee meeting of the 118th Congress. During the meeting, the Committee Rules and Subcommittee Jurisdictions were adopted by voice vote.


Durbin, Padilla Request Biden Admin Consider Recommendations to Recently Announced Migrant Initiative at Southwest Border

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, today sent a letter to President Joe Biden to offer suggestions regarding the Administration’s recently announced initiative to give migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela a safe and orderly pathway to the United States, and to surge resources to humanely process migrants at our southwest borde


Granger Remarks at 118th Organizational Meeting (As Prepared)

Good morning and welcome to the first meeting of the Committee on Appropriations for the 118th congress.


In Amicus Brief, Durbin And Colleagues Call On Seventh Circuit To Reject 3M’s Attempt To Use Bankruptcy To Evade Accountability To Military Veterans

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a group of Senate and House Democratic colleagues in submitting an amicus brief in a bankruptcy case before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in support of 231,000 military veterans who are seeking restitution from 3M and its subsidiary Aearo Technologies for allegedly manufacturing defective earplugs.


Senate Judiciary Committee Advances 15 Judicial Nominees with Bipartisan Support

The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced fifteen judicial nominations, the first series of judicial nominations to go to the full Senate in the 118th Congress. All fifteen advanced with bipartisan support.


Durbin Presses DOJ & FBI for Information on Potential Impact of Former FBI Official Charles McGonigal’s Alleged Misconduct

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray to seek more information about the impact Charles McGonigal’s alleged misconduct, which was recently revealed in unsealed indictments, may have had on highly sensitive counterintelligence and criminal investigations.


U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on today’s troubling Department of Justice report on the use of solitary confinement in federal facilities:


Durbin Joins Prosecutor General Of Ukraine At Georgetown Law To Demand Justice For Ukraine

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered remarks at Georgetown Law Center’s event titled, “Justice for Ukraine: A Conversation with the Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin.” In addition to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Kostin, Durbin was joined by Ambassador Beth Van Schaack, U.S. Department of State Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice.


Chairman Jim Jordan Requests Big Tech Censorship Documents Identified in Missouri v. Biden

Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) just sent a letter to the Department of Justice demanding copies of documents already produced in Missouri v. Biden, a civil case demonstrating how the federal government colluded with Big Tech to violate Americans' First Amendment rights.


Chairmen Jim Jordan and Mike Turner Send Letters to Intelligence Officials Who Called Hunter Biden's Laptop Russian Disinformation

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) sent letters to various intelligence officials about the public statement signed in October 2020 that falsely implied the New York Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden was the product of Russian disinformation.


Judiciary Committee Issues First Subpoenas to Biden Administration on Targeting Parents at School Board Meetings

Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed the Biden Administration for withheld documents relating to the Administration's targeting of parents for exercising their First Amendment rights at school board meetings. Since October 2021,


Chairman Jim Jordan Opening Statement on Biden Border Crisis: Part One

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) delivers opening statement during today's hearing, "Biden Border Crisis - Part One."


Chairman Jim Jordan and Rep. Matt Gaetz Launch Investigation into McGonigal Scandal

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) launched an investigation into Charles McGonigal, a former FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Counterintelligence Division.


Murray, Collins Officially Take Helm of Senate Appropriations Committee

U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), issued the following joint statement as they officially assume the roles of Senate Appropriations Committee Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.