Foxx stumps for House bills — and bids adieu
Matthew Dembicki
February 7, 2024
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina) on Wednesday urged community college leaders to support three higher education and workforce development bills that her House Education and the Workforce Committee passed over the last two months — and she indicated that she would not pursue another term to head the committee.
Foxx, who chairs the House committee, started her speech at the Community College National Legislative Summit (NLS) in Washington, D.C., by saying she delivered on her promise during last year’s NLS to make Workforce Pell a priority for her panel. The House committee in December passed the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act — which would allow Pell grants to be used for eligible short-term workforce education programs — along with the Stronger Workforce for America Act, a bill to reform the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the nation’s main workforce development law.
“The environment is ripe for transformative change for skills-based learning,” she said.
