WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act.T he bipartisan legislation provides essential updates and improvements to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that will expand skills development an  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of S. 2051, the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023, which helps the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children better protect our nation's children. The bipartisan legislation's   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) called out the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for its unsatisfactory production of documents after being subpoenaed by the Committee. PBGC was subpoenaed for failing to provide adequate responses to the Committee's inquiries regardi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, the House passed S. 2051, the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023. The House companion bill, H.R. 5224, was authored by Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT), a senior member of the Committee. This bipa  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6655, the bipartisan Stronger Workforce for America Act, with Congressman Rick W. Allen's (GA-12) support. Included in H.R. 6655 are provisions from Congressman Allen's Startup Act, introduced last year, to incorporate entrepreneurial skills development training into the current workforce development system. Prior to House passage of H.R. 6655,  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, The House passed H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act. This bipartisan legislation makes critical improvements to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that will expand the skills development provided under the law, strengthen the relationship between employers and the workforce system, an  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Greensboro, NC - Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) announced the winners of the 2024 North Carolina's Sixth Congressional District Art Competition during a congratulatory reception. High school students from across the district entered artwork to be judged by a panel of local artists, each with unique skills representing different parts of the district. "This year's Congressional Art Competition p  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13) introduced the Fair and Impartial Redistricting for Meaningful and Accountable Political Systems (FAIR MAPS) Act. The FAIR MAPS Act would combat partisan gerrymandering by establishing independent, non-partisan redistricting commissions in every state. The Duke University Quantifying Gerrymandering team's research found that if national legisl  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), announced the following hearing: National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee Hearing Entitled: "Held for Ransom: How Ransomware Endangers Our Financial System" Time: 10:00 AM ET Date: Tuesday  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released a discussion draft of the Ensuring Necessary Financial Oversight and Reporting of Cryptocurrency Ecosystems (ENFORCE) Act. The legislation would ensure that centralized and consumer-facing cryptocurrency financial institutions follow Bank Secrecy Act anti-money lau  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Employers are struggling to find workers with the skills necessary to fill nearly nine million open jobs in the country. Job seekers are struggling to gain the skills necessary for success. That mismatch is hurting America's economic competitiveness. In order to address these challenges and ensure qualified workers can access good-paying  more