Foxx: “There is no place for Chinese censorship in America”

Republican Leader of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), spoke on the House floor today about the Chinese Communist Party’s alarming efforts to infiltrate America's college campuses. Republican Leader Foxx’s remarks: "There has been a lot of news coverage lately on coordinated efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate America’s institutions. "I’m particularly troubled by reports revealing efforts by the CCP to exploit academic integrity on U.S. colle...

Foxx, Cline Commend EEOC Efforts to Protect Religious Liberty

Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Representative Ben Cline (R-VA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, sent a comment letter to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Janet Dhillon regarding EEOC’s proposed updated guidance on religious discrimination. In the letter, the Members write: “Religious liberty is fundamental to our republic and enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constituti...

NDAA: Countering Communist China’s Threat to America’s Education Institutions

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a long, troubling, anti-democratic history, but the full extent of the CCP’s malicious activities gained particular attention this past year, thanks to the China Task Force which released a detailed report highlighting the generational threat China poses to our nation’s democratic values. The China Task Force Report came amid numerous reports revealing efforts by the CCP to infiltrate U.S. campuses. The incidents seemed to come one after another raising the ...

ICYMI: When Regulators Run Amok

The Trump administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) has spearheaded a positive agenda to free businesses from burdensome government overreach. So it came as welcome news when Secretary Scalia made the decision to drop an Obama-era DOL lawsuit against Oracle after an administrative law judge found that DOL did not establish any of its claims and recommended dismissal of the case. Unfortunately, a DOL regional solicitor, Janet Herold, who led the lawsuit which was filed in the last week of the Ob...

New Rule Safeguards Religious Liberty

Today, Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement commending the Trump administration’s new rule to safeguard the religious liberties in faith-based organizations: “Too often religious organizations are targeted by leftist politicians and organizations who seek to strip them of their Constitutional rights. The Trump administration has worked diligently to push back against policies that would diminish the faith of any Amer...

Following UAW Corruption Probe, Foxx Calls Out Democrats for Lack of Oversight

Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement after reports circulated that the Justice Department reached a civil settlement regarding widespread corruption within the United Auto Workers (UAW): “While I am encouraged to hear the Justice Department has set up a system to help monitor and combat fraud and corruption within the UAW, I am concerned that my Democrat colleagues have ignored this growing scandal and remain und...

Congressional Committee Leaders Announce Surprise Billing Agreement

Today, key House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies. The deal was agreed to by House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Committee Chairman Frank...

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