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Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona calling for the Department to abandon its proposed gainful employment rule, a sweeping regulatory package that imposes burdensome requirements on postsecondary education institutions, increases college tuition, and threatens the future of online learning.
Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) announced the Utah Congressional delegation’s full support of The Direct Capital Access (DCA) Act, legislation to add 28 additional in- and beyond-perimeter flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in the 2023 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill.
Representatives Burgess Owens (UT-04), John Curtis (UT-03), Chris Stewart (UT-02), and Blake Moore (UT-01) introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to use unexpended funds from the Central Utah Project Completion Act to conduct water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin.
On June 14, 2023, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (UT-04), delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled “Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities”:
On June 15, 2023, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced H.R. 4144, the Federal Assistance to Initiate Repayment (FAIR) Act, which takes a critical step towards addressing the failures of the student loan program by providing a fair, responsible path back to repayment for 40 million borrowers.
Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-signed a bipartisan letter to the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (E3), encouraging the countries to initiate snapback sanctions on Iran under United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2231.
Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored legislation to defend service members who have been discharged for exercising their right to medical privacy by declining to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
.On Tuesday, June 13, Congressman Burgess Owens (R-UT), Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA), Congressman Blake Moore (R-UT), Congressman John Curtis (R-UT), Congressman Mark Amodei (R-NV), Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Congressman Jack Bergman (R-MI), and members of the Capital Access Alliance (CAA), will hold a press conference to discuss H.R. 3185, The Direct Capital Access Act (The DCA Act), which will improve affordable air travel to Washington, D.C. by modernizing the federal perimeter rule and adding 28 in- and beyond-perimeter flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
This bipartisan, bicameral bill would create a comprehensive, multilateral strategy to raise international awareness of the persecution of Uyghurs, direct the State Department to effectively respond to human rights challenges in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and push back on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) efforts to silence Uyghur voices.
On Wednesday, June 14, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), will hold a hearing titled “Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.”
.Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which will allow for unflavored and flavored whole milk and reduced-fat milk to be offered in school cafeterias in addition to already existing low-fat and fat-free milk options.
Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen road safety by requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to enact a Safety Fitness Determination test for trucking companies, as well as require manufacturers and shippers to ensure trucking companies are licensed, registered, and insured.
Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) introduced the Accreditation for College Excellence (ACE) Act, legislation to prohibit accreditors from requiring the colleges they accredit to meet any political litmus tests, such as requiring adherence to DEI standards, as a condition of accreditation.
Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the Responsible Borrowing Act, legislation to help alleviate excessive student loan debt by allowing institutions of higher education to implement guard rails on how much money students can borrow.