Virginia Foxx

I think you would agree with me that the proposed Fiduciary Rule is a solution in search of a problem?

However, since January 2021, the Biden Administration has released nearly 3.5 million people into the United States and is threatening to release thousands more for purely political reasons.

You are spending taxpayer dollars, not making a Federal investment. Let us make that clear.

Automatic updates to the Fair Labor Standards Act exempt employee salary threshold would violate the notice and comment rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, and potentially the Constitution.

At a San Francisco Bay Area school, only 16 percent of students were reading at grade level and only 8 percent were proficient at math. The school spent $250,000 in taxpayer money on a group called Woke Kindergarten to help boost test…

You had more money and you did less work. That does not make any sense. What is the problem?

Roughly 18 million students fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, FAFSA, each year. Yet, this week, the Department of Education celebrated 3.6 million forms being submitted. That is 20 percent, a failing grade in any…

I thank the gentleman from Tennessee for yielding and for his great work on this impeachment resolution. Mr. Speaker, Secretary Mayorkas' political career is on the chopping block, where it rightfully belongs. He has failed to apply the…

February is Career and Technical Education Month. I join the Nation in commending all the educators who play a vital role in preparing America's students for prosperity in the 21st century economy. However, there is often a disconnect…

The School Relief Fund, known as the Elementary and Secondary School Relief, ESSER, Fund, was implemented without sufficient reporting requirements--shame on us--nor parameters for appropriate uses.

This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security is marking up Articles of Impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his stark dereliction of duty at our Nation's southern border. I believe that Secretary…

Federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds that were appropriated by Congress are being used to support the teaching of radical ideologies instead of the actual curriculum.

I am very concerned, not only from the chronic absenteeism but from other pandemic effects in schools, that we have a culture problem in schools.

We have a duty as Members of Congress, not only to represent our constituents but also to conduct oversight of Federal spending programs.

Equity lowers the bar for the sake of equivalence rather than raising the bar for the sake of excellence.

isn't it a transfer of debt from the people who took it out to people who did not take out the debt?

the Department of Education does not seem to be focusing on this. Instead, it seems to be spending all its time pursuing radical, far-left agenda items, such as college loan forgiveness.

I do not think those priorities are as focused on the K-12 challenges that we are facing

It is clear that the Federal Government failed. We failed to adequately monitor nearly $190 billion that Congress allocated to help schools reopen and students recover from the pandemic.

President Biden's decision to completely stall LNG exports is a gut punch to the American economy, and it serves as a serious detriment to both energy security and national security. Has he forgotten that just last year our country led the…

We need to get back to getting the politics out of school and getting back to reading, writing and arithmetic.

Monday marks the beginning of National School Choice Week, a time to celebrate and explore the various education options available to students and parents. Education is the cornerstone of opportunity in America, and we must spare no effort…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Bice). The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 10 minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Oregon has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining.

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 6 minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Oregon has 9\1/4\ minutes remaining.

It is a dereliction of duty.