WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following opening statement on June 24, 2021, at a hearing examining the policies and priorities of the Department of Education: * * * "Americans suffered greatly in the past 15 months. Far-reaching government shutdowns to flatten the curve for two weeks turned into permanent stay at home orders. Business grounded to a halt. Millions of individuals lost  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on June 24, 2021: * * * The House sent S.J. Res. 13 to President Biden's desk, rolling back an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation rule that provides transparency and fairness for victims of discrimination and bars the EEOC from reissuing any similar rule in the future. Education and Labor Committee Republica  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following floor remarks on June 24, 2021, on a resolution (S.J. Res. 13) that would overturn a regulation on an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission process: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to S.J. Res. 13, which is a partisan attempt to overturn a reasonable regulation improving an outdat  more