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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led North Carolina congressional Republicans in a letter to Dr. Belle Wheelan-President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)-asking her to clarify public comments she made opposing...
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Republicans Uphold Commitment to America, Reintroduce Parents Bill of Rights
News Release: Today, Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) introduced H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act. With 73 Republican co-sponsors, Letlow’s bill delivers on a key promise of the Commitment to America and puts in place concrete legal protections that will ensure parents always have a seat at the table when it comes to their child’s education.
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Chairwoman Foxx: The Parents Bill of Rights Will Support Parents’ Rights Movements Across America
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following speech, as prepared for delivery, during a forum with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Members of the House Republican Conference, and concerned parents on the re-introduction of the Parents Bill of Rights Act and its impact on education freedom in America...
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US Department of Labor announces $48M in funding available to support pre-release job training, services for incarcerated people
News Release: WASHINGTON - With meaningful employment secured, formerly incarcerated people can fully integrate into their communities more successfully and avoid relapse. To help remove barriers to employment the U.S. Department of Labor today announces the availability of $48 million in funding to provide training and employment services to incarcerated individuals before their release from state correctional facilities, or county or local jails.
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Statement from Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on nomination of Deputy Secretary Julie Su to be next secretary of labor
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on President Biden’s announcement of his intent to nominate Julie Su as the next secretary of labor
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Tune In: Chair Foxx, Speaker McCarthy, and House GOP Highlight the Introduction of the Parents Bill of Rights
News Release: Tune in live today at 4:00 p.m. E.T. to watch Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Members of the House Republican Conference, and concerned parents discuss the lasting impact that the Parents Bill of Rights, which is being introduced today, will have on the American education system.
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NEWS: Sanders Announces HELP Committee Vote on Subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz
News Release: Committee Will Also Vote to Authorize Investigation Into Major Corporations’ Labor Practices
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Foxx on Senate Passage of Resolution Protecting Retirees and Biden’s Veto Announcement
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s rule encouraging retirement fiduciaries to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when investing and exercising shareholder rights...
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Ranking Member Cassidy, Colleagues Seek Clarity On FDA’s Foods Reorganization
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Ted Budd (R-NC) urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide clarity on the purpose and structure of its newly-formed Human Foods Program.
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Ranking Member Cassidy on Nomination of Julie Su to be DOL Secretary
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee, released the following statement on the nomination of Department of Labor (DOL) Deputy Secretary Julie Su to replace Marty Walsh as Secretary of DOL. Cassidy previously voted against her deputy secretary nomination.
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Ranking Member Cassidy Joins Paul, Colleagues to Reintroduce National Right-to-Work Act to Protect Workers from Big Labor
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, joined U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and 20 senators in reintroducing the National Right-to-Work Act, which would protect workers’ choice to form, join, or assist labor organizations or not participate at all.
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House Passes Resolution Blocking Politicization of Retirement Accounts
House passed H.J. Res. 30, legislation to block the U.S. Department of Labor rule greenlighting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing in employer-sponsored retirement plans. Congressman Barr’s Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure would prevent this rule and any other similar rule from taking effect.
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Foxx on Biden Nominating Su to Head DOL
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden nominated Julie Su, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, to replace departing Secretary Marty Walsh
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Biden Administration Kills Opportunities for Faith-Based Contractors
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration overturned a Trump-era rule protecting opportunities for faith-based contractors to seek federal government contracts
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Foxx Slams Reintroduction of Radical (PRO) Union Bosses Act
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the fate of the (PRO) Union Bosses Act in the 118th Congress:
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Foxx Fights to Protect Retiree’s Financial Security
House will vote on H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s rule encouraging retirement plan fiduciaries to consider or choose investments based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.
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Foxx, Smucker Grill Education Department for Bogus Cost Estimate of Biden’s Student Loan Bailout
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Congressman Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona blasting the Department for its attempted cover-up of the real cost of President Biden’s illegal student loan bailout.
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Foxx: Fiscal Irresponsibility Continues at PBGC
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a scathing report on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) implementation of the taxpayer-funded bailout of multiemployer pension plans:
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Foxx, Committee Republicans Demand Transparency from Education Department on UPenn Classified Documents Scandal
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA), and Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to conduct oversight of the agency’s failure to investigate the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) for holding classified documents on a Biden-affiliated campus building.
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Foxx Calls on Walsh to Keep His Records Available For Oversight
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to request that his office retain records to ensure DOL staff have the necessary materials to respond to the Committee’s oversight inquiries.
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