WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 1, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after news reports surfaced that the Education Department plans to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program: "The PSLF program has been destined for failure from its inception. Democrats wr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 1, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Biden administration announced updated rules on surprise out-of-network medical billing: "Congress came together last year to pass historic, bipartisan legislation banning surprise medical billing,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Greg Murphy, R-North Carolina, Republican leader of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, issued the following statement on Oct. 1, 2021, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on improving the closed school discharge process: * * * "When a college closes, thousands of students are thrown off their academic path, some permanently. This often means students are left tens of thousands of dollars in debt a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a new report with recommendations for strengthening the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulatory readiness, building on lessons learned from the pandemic to better prepare for the future. "As we take stock of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Oct. 1, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) issued the following statement regarding Marine LtCol Stuart Scheller, a Cincinnati native who was incarcerated early Monday for violating a gag order after he posted videos criticizing the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan. He is currently not facing charges, but is being held in the brig in pretrial confinement in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He has made it more PR