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Foxx, Smucker Grill Education Department for Bogus Cost Estimate of Biden’s Student Loan Bailout
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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.


Foxx: Fiscal Irresponsibility Continues at PBGC
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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:


Foxx, Committee Republicans Demand Transparency from Education Department on UPenn Classified Documents Scandal
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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.


Foxx Calls on Walsh to Keep His Records Available For Oversight
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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.


Foxx Pushes Back Against Biden’s WIC Rule, Calls For Greater Flexibilities
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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.


OFCCP Changes Course After Chair Foxx Raises Concerns Over Agency Policy
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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.


Mr. President, the State of Our Union is Troubling
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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.


What They’re Saying: Biden’s ESG Rule Hurts America’s Workers, Retirees
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The Biden administration is putting the retirement security of millions of Americans at risk.


Fact Checking Biden's Student Loan Bailout
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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.


Biden's Student Loan Scam
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Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Biden administration’s student loan bailout which, if enacted, would cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars


Hearing Recap: Postsecondary Education Edition
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Education and the Workforce Committee hearing covered the importance of improving workforce development programs and increasing accountability in postsecondary education.


Hearing Recap: K-12 Education Edition
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“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.


U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
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U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced members that will serve on the committee’s subcommittees in the 118th Congress


PETERS STATEMENT ON POSTAL SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET
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U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after an announcement today from the United States Postal Service (USPS) saying they intend to move forward with awards to modernize and electrify the postal delivery vehicle fleet:


PETERS URGES SENATE TO CONFIRM ARCHIVIST NOMINEE
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U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing where he urged the Senate to confirm Dr. Colleen Shogan as Archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).


PETERS, COLLINS, CARPER & MURKOWSKI INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS
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U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the country.


Homeland Members Demand Briefing on Possible Surveillance of Homeland Equities by CCP Spy Balloon
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Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) led the Subcommittee members in calling for a briefing from NORAD and DHS on the possible compromising of homeland equities by the Chinese surveillance balloon that infiltrated U.S. airspace for several days in early February and was capable of conducting intelligence collection operations.


FACTSHEET: Biden’s DHS Touts Win in January But the Numbers Say Otherwise
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Despite Biden’s Department of Homeland Security celebrating lower migrant encounter numbers last month, CBP had over 156,000 migrant encounters along the Southwest border in January. Don’t be fooled: while the monthly encounter numbers were lower than the previous month, over 156,000 encounters is not a good month.


Full Committee Hearing: “Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis”
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Full Committee Hearing: “Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis”


Chairman Green: We Cannot Allow Cyber Red-Tape to Strangle Industry
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Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee’s (NSTAC) report to President Biden.