WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to members of the employee health benefits community seeking feedback on ways to build upon and strengthen ERISA, the foundation of employer-sponsored health care  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswomen Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Claudia Tenney (NY-24) introduced the Parity for Child Exploitation Offenders Act to close loopholes for child predators by ensuring that existing enhanced penalties for sexual crimes involving children are applied equally to all sexual predators. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introd  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor to mark the 14th annual National School Choice Week and to highlight the monumental progress achieved by the school choice movement nationwide in 2023. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks as delivered: "Monday marks the beginning of National School Choi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following commentary to the Daily Caller on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * In Case You Missed It, via the Daily Caller, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote an op-ed in response to former Harvard President Gay's recent attempts to absolve herself of any wrongdoing, going so far as to paint herself as a victim of political retributio  more