NEW YORK, New York, April 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other Members for a meeting hosted by Jewish students at Columbia University. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks: "Columbia University is in a freefall. "Following the explosion of this antisemitis  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on April 24, 2024: * * * Today, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) final rule that would implement unrealistic standards to school nutrition plans across the nation while ignoring many of the concerns of stakeho  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), announced the following hearing: Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee Hearing Entitled: "Merger Policies of the Federal Banking Agencies" Time: 10:00 AM ET Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Place: 2128 Rayburn House Offic  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) sent a letter to Department of Education Inspector General Sandra Bruce raising concerns about considerable fraud within the federal student financial aid system and demanding answers on the Department's efforts t  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Tonight, Senator Thom Tillis voted in favor of the $95 billion foreign aid package providing funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, which passed the Senate in a bipartisan vote. "America faces unprecedented threats as Communist China, Putin's Russia, and the terrorist state of Iran incite conflict and chaos across the globe," said Senator Tillis. "Ignoring the lessons of history by turning our back  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona demanding they restore order to campuses that have been effectively shut down by antisemitic mobs that are targeting Jewish students. "We write regarding the outbreak of antisemitic, pro-terrorist mobs on college campuses. These pro-Hamas rioters have effectively  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: On Wednesday, May 1, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold a hearing titled: "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor." "Incomprehensibly, this will now be the second time Julie Su has appeared before the Committee in her unconfirmed role as Acting Secretary of   more