Federal legislation to streamline job training and make it more relevant to employers’ needs – a bill with some “made in North Carolina” elements – is headed to President Barack Obama’s desk.
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from Banner Elk who chairs the House committee education and its subcommittee on higher ed and workforce training, was one of the authors of the legislation.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Legislation to update the Workforce Investment Act, overdue for reauthorization for more than a decade, is headed to the President’s desk following overwhelming bipartisan support from both houses of Congress. H.R. 803 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) represents a compromise between Congresswoman Foxx’s SKILLS Act (H.R. 803), which passed the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded Senate passage of H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. This bipartisan compromise legislation will provide much needed reforms to federally-supported workforce development programs.
“I am very pleased that the Senate has… Read more »
Both parties hailed a new workforce bill unveiled Wednesday as a win as they try to build momentum to get it passed in both chambers this year.
Advocates, however, cautioned that — while any bill is better than no bill — Congress’ stab at modernizing workforce policy doesn’t go far enough.
“We’ve got a situation where the House and Senate are coming from such different… Read more »
Last week, President Obama announced the creation of a $600 million grant program to help prepare people for jobs that are currently going unfilled. It’s good that the President is giving the issue of workforce development some greatly needed attention, but I fear his unilateral approach will be counterproductive. The jumbled, confusing federal workforce development system currently… Read more »
Rep. Virginia Foxx took Labor Secretary Tom Perez to task over the Obama administration's approach to workforce development programs at a hearing on Capitol Hill this morning.
Recently, Foxx — who spearheaded a House-passed workforce bill called the SKILLS Act — has repeatedly criticized President Barack Obama for saying he would like to streamline federal workforce programs but has… Read more »
Rep. Foxx Tries to Balance Needy Students, Tax Dollars in Education Debate
By: Renee Schoof
WASHINGTON — Rep. Virginia Foxx says she can empathize with struggling low-income students. She used to be one.
Foxx describes herself as “somebody who was extraordinarily poor and had a… Read more »
“House Republicans want to meet with Senate Democrats to find a bipartisan solution to reopen the federal government fully, but the Senate first needs to agree to be part of those talks. Refusing to negotiate a fair end to the shutdown or a fiscally responsible solution to America’s debt crisis is childish and unreasonable, particularly when divided government requires bipartisanship.” Read more »
On the twelfth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the House Higher Education Subcommittee held hearings to look at how to best manage some of the problems new veterans have transitioning from military to civilian life. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the chair of the subcommittee, summed up the situation saying, “As more troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, post-secondary institutions now face the largest influx of student veterans on campus since World War II.” Read more »
