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It's been a busy summer for U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican and member of the House education committee. That's in large part because Foxx, who was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2004 and chairs the higher education subcommittee, was co-chairwoman of the party's platform committee at the GOP convention last month. Foxx, who is consistently rated… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following joint statement today after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a decision in Columbia University regarding unionization of graduate students: "For years, the board has… Read more »

A ruling Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board opens the door for unionization efforts by graduate students who teach and do research at private universities. In a 3-1 decision, the board said that graduate teaching and research assistants at Columbia University are covered by the National Labor Relations Act and therefore entitled to collective bargaining. At issue in the… Read more »

A key pair of House Republicans has no faith in the Department of Education's ability to create the new state-of-the-art federal student loan servicing system it announced earlier this year. "We have no confidence in the department's ability to complete this project without delay, service interruptions and harm to borrowers," Rep. John King of Minnesota, chairman of the House education… Read more »

A Republican congresswoman from North Carolina believes the public is often given the wrong impression about Washington, telling "The Church Boys" podcast that politicians actually get along "much better than the press acknowledges." "We work together on the areas that we can," said Rep. Virginia Foxx, who has represented North Carolina's 5th district since 2005. "Most people would be… Read more »

A group of House Republicans sent a letter to the Obama administration demanding it explain the reasoning behind a recent order compelling every public school in the country to accept transgender bathroom usage. The Obama administration sparked a massive row with Republicans in May when it issued a “Dear Colleague” letter decreeing that all public schools in the country allow students… Read more »

If that Ivy League philosophy degree doesn’t result in the career of your dreams, cheer up: You may be able to have your student loans forgiven by claiming you were misled by the university. A broadly written rule proposed by the Education Department would allow students to discharge their federal loan debt if they can show that they were “defrauded or deceived” by a university’s… Read more »

Past is prologue. That’s what Republicans promise in the higher education platform they’ll finalize at their national convention in Cleveland: an approach that follows the direction they’ve already taken in Congress. Fewer regulations for colleges and universities. Less red tape for students. Less money. “Obviously what we do legislatively is a statement of our philosophy and… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that protects rights of conscience for health care providers who choose not to participate in elective abortion. “Given the controversial nature of elective abortion, Congress has long restricted taxpayer funding for these procedures. It is unacceptable for state governments and subsidiary agencies to use… Read more »

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., that will help students gain access to the facts they need to make an informed decision about where to pursue higher education. “Each year, families across the country face difficult decisions about where they can afford to send their children to college and… Read more »