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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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Foxx Pushes Back Against Biden’s WIC Rule, Calls For Greater Flexibilities
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture expressing concerns with the agency’s proposed changes to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program packages that limit families from accessing flexible and nutritious food options.
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OFCCP Changes Course After Chair Foxx Raises Concerns Over Agency Policy
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is planning on releasing job creators’ confidential employee data to accommodate a FOIA request from a left-leaning organization.
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Mr. President, the State of Our Union is Troubling
Here’s the rub: America’s workforce, job creators, and students are caught in an inescapable riptide—and President Biden’s futile policies are to blame.
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What They’re Saying: Biden’s ESG Rule Hurts America’s Workers, Retirees
The Biden administration is putting the retirement security of millions of Americans at risk.
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Fact Checking Biden's Student Loan Bailout
Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding Biden’s illegal student loan debt scheme. Here’s a look at the most commonly heard myths, and the facts this administration is leaving behind.
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Biden's Student Loan Scam
Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Biden administration’s student loan bailout which, if enacted, would cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars
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Hearing Recap: Postsecondary Education Edition
Education and the Workforce Committee hearing covered the importance of improving workforce development programs and increasing accountability in postsecondary education.
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Hearing Recap: K-12 Education Edition
“From elementary school to law school, the state of this nation’s education system is deeply troubling at every level,” Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said in her opening statement during the Education and the Workforce Committee’s first hearing of the 118th Congress.
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Looman: 'Our nation’s family caregivers provide critical care and comfort'
The U.S. Department of Labor marked the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) with an online roundtable discussion and the launch of a new online resource for workers.
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Foxx Fights to Protect Retiree’s Financial Security
News Release: Today, the 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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DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting March 1
Scaling Apprenticeship Readiness Across the Building Trades Initiative grant opened on March 1.
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El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. organizará un seminario educativo en línea de un día para los empleadores, trabajadores y otras partes interesadas de la industria agrícola
Release: Quién: Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos
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Foxx on Biden Nominating Su to Head DOL
News Release: Today, 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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US Department of Labor finds Pepsi Guam Bottling exposed workers to severe injuries by willfully violating safety standards
News Release: TAMUNING, GUAM ‒ Federal safety inspectors found Pepsi Guam Bottling jeopardized the safety of their employees by disabling safety devices to allow workers to reach into a bottle-labeling machine as often as 15 times an hour to grab and fix labels and adjust tipping bottles to avoid slowing or stopping production.
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