WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Northwestern University President Michael Schill and Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris requesting documents and information regarding Northwestern’s response to numerous antisemitic incidents on its campus and its failure to protect Jewish students, faculty, and staff. The deadline for Nor... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published an official score for Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx’s (R-NC) bill, the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA), finding that it will save taxpayers $185 billion over the next decade through policies that rein in the executive branch, strengthen and simplify the nation’s broken student loan program, and r... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Wicker (R-MS) are demanding answers from Georgia Tech regarding its partnership with Tianjin University, a Chinese university with significant ties to the Chinese military, the Pe... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released a new committee staff report detailing the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) misconduct and procedural irregularities related to the agency’s administration of mail ballot elections: “Through blatant misconduct that resulted in the disenfranchisement of workers participating union in e... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, May 15, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services.” “Under Secretary Becerra, the Department of Health and Human Services has pursued a radical political agenda that has compromised Americans’ religious ... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Confronting Pervasive Antisemitism in K-12 Schools": "The Holocaust ended in 1945. The hate behind it didn't. "I'd like to start by saying that I find antisemitism to be repugnant in all its forms, but I f... Read More »
Today, the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee tackled one of the most shocking and disheartening consequences of October 7: the rise of antisemitism in K-12 schools. Like a virus, antisemitism has infected every level of learning, from university campuses to elementary school classrooms. It should have no foothold in the American school system. Chairman Aaron Bean (R... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, May 8, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled “Confronting Pervasive Antisemitism in K-12 Schools.” “Antisemitic incidents have exploded in K-12 schools following Hamas’ horrific October 7 attack. Jewish teachers, students, and faculty have been denied a safe l... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Examining the Education Department’s Policies, Priorities, and FY 2023 Financial Audit Failure": "I was truly excited that a person with your personal and educational background was named Secretary of Education. However, you hav... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virgina Foxx (R-NC) joined bipartisan, bicameral committee leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate urging the Department of Education (DeptEd) to make the timely roll out of the 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form a priority. FAFSA provides schools with the information they need to produce fina... Read More »
Today, Secretary Miguel Cardona appeared before the Committee to defend the Biden administration’s FY 2025 budget request and account for the Department’s failure to receive a “clean” financial audit in FY 2023—as well as his legacy. The hearing marked the fourth annual oversight hearing of the Biden Department of Education (Department). Attempts by Secretary Cardona to cast the Department in a po... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding serving a subpoena on Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su for her failure to provide requested materials to the Committee related to DOL’s return-to-office action plan: “Under Acting Secretary Su, the DOL has adopted a posture of blatant negligence in c... Read More »
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) announced a new lineup of college presidents for the May 23 hearing titled “Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos.” The presidents of Northwestern, Rutgers, and UCLA will testify in-person. The Presidents of Yale and Michigan—who were previously slated to testify—will now be called to appear for transcribed ... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing titled “Examining the Education Department’s Policies, Priorities, and FY 2023 Financial Audit Failure.” Secretary Miguel Cardona will testify at the hearing. “I’m greatly disappointed by Secretary Cardona’s leadership of the Department of Educatio... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement in response to President Biden vetoing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) joint employer rule, which imposes unnecessary costs and liabilities on job creators, dissuades millions from pursuing the American Dream, and... Read More »
