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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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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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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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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 Release: Committee Will Also Vote to Authorize Investigation Into Major Corporations’ Labor Practices
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.