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High School Students and Families Invited to Meet with Service Academy Representatives
Posted by - Team Foxx on September 25, 2013 Congresswoman Virginia Foxx invites all high school students in North Carolina’s 5th district to attend a U.S. Service Academy Day on November 2nd, 2013.
The House Voted to Keep the Government Open, Now the #SenateMustAct
Posted by - Team Foxx on September 24, 2013
The House Continuing Resolution also reflects the will of a majority of Americans who do not like the way Obamacare is threatening to change their health care. Keeping them in mind, the House Continuing Resolution defunds Obamacare. This legislation is now being considered by the Senate. As Congresswoman Virginia Foxx stated after passage of the legislation, “Today we had an opportunity to move our government away from shut down and our country and economy away from Obamacare. This was the right step to take. The Senate must now do its part to pass this legislation.”
Unresolved, Unanswered, and still Unaccountable
Posted by - Team Foxx on September 24, 2013
Earlier this month on September 11 we mourned the one year anniversary of the terrorist attack on our U.S. consulate annex in Benghazi, Libya. That fateful night left four Americans, including our Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, dead. The next morning we woke up to find Obama Administration officials blaming the entire attack on a Youtube video. That was the start of the obstruction, which continues today, over one year later.
We have heard from many of you back in the District who desire to see justice served, justice for the families who have lost their loved ones but still don’t know why. This means we need to find and punish not only those who committed the terrorist attack, but also those who have blocked, hindered, and delayed the efforts of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s (OGR) investigation. Just last week OGR held another hearing, reviewing whether or not the conclusions reached by the State Department’s Accountability Review Board (ARB) were sufficient or accurate. Chairman Darrel Issa and his Oversight and Government Reform Committee are pursuing the truth behind that tragic night. You may be familiar with an old saying: “Truth, Justice, and the American way.” While these words were spoken by a comic book hero, the inverse rings true no matter what, lies and a lack of justice have no place in our government. As this fight continues, please follow the efforts the OGR Committee on their website at: http://oversight.house.gov/.
Tarheels at the Constitutional Convention
Posted by Team Foxx on September 18, 2013 Constitution Day may have just passed, but we read an article this morning highlighting the role North Carolinians played at the Constitutional Convention. In fact, our state's three delegates to the convention all signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787 and are all included in the famous convention portrait that now hangs inside the United States Capitol. A copy of the painting accompanies this blog. You may read the article "Constitution Day: Tar Heels Take Center Stage in Famous Painting" here.
"Keeping College Within Reach: Improving Access and Affordability through Innovative Partnerships"
Posted by - Team Foxx on September 18, 2013
Today Congresswoman Foxx led a Higher Education Subcommittee hearing entitled "Improving Access and Affordability through Innovative Partnerships." Members of the Higher Education and Workforce subcommittee heard testimony about some of the ways post-secondary education institutions are meeting the needs of their changing student bodies through forming partnerships with private sector entities to reduce costs, strengthen degree programs, and enrich coursework.
Conservative policymakers work to ensure innovation can continue by adapting and responding to the needs of these institutions. This hearing showed what can be accomplished by reforming burdensome regulations and simplifying the complex framework that sometimes holds innovation back. To read Congresswoman Foxx's opening statement, learn from each witness’s testimony, or watch an archived webcast of today’s hearing, visit http://edworkforce.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=349700.
"A Republic, if you can keep it."
Posted by Team Foxx on September 17, 2013
It would be hard to find an American that doesn’t know the birth date of our great nation. July 4, 1776 is perhaps one of the most well-known dates in modern history. And while Independence Day might be more popular than September 17, we can’t help but wonder if today we celebrate the reason why “the Star Spangled Banner yet waves o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.”
Today is the 226th anniversary of the adoption of our U.S. Constitution by the delegates to Philadelphia’s Constitutional Convention. Written on only four pages and divided into seven original articles, the delegates achieved arguably the most difficult step in any revolution: creating a framework to order and preserve the freedom they fought a revolution to win. Revolutions are stitched throughout the fabric of human history, but the miracle of the American Revolution is that 237 later, we are still self-governing – 224 years of those upon the foundation of our original United States Constitution, the world’s longest surviving written charter of government.
Upon emerging from Independence Hall after the lengthy convention deliberations had finished, Benjamin Franklin was approached by a woman who asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got - a Republic or a Monarchy?” In his quick-witted wisdom he replied, “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
How to maintain our freedoms was the question the framers answered through the creation of our Constitution. If we want to keep them, it is up to us – the consenting governed. Mr. Franklin had a thought or two about this as well, writing that “only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.” As citizens, we must maintain a strong moral character, a will to work, a belief in opportunity, and a zeal for the rule of law if we are to steward well the Republic we were entrusted.
The Constitution of the United States of America was written by Americans and for Americans. It has helped keep us free since our present constitutional government took root in 1789. We must respect it - all of it - if we are to preserve liberty for years to come.
In honor of Constitution Day, take a moment to read our U.S. Constitution.
Constitution Day: Celebrating our "Nation of Laws"
Posted by Congresswoman Foxx on September 16, 2013
The United States of America is a nation of laws, where the government derives its limited powers from “We the People,” the consenting governed . Since 1789 the Constitution has served as our country’s legal foundation. Its wisdom is timeless, and just as George Washington called the Constitution the guide he would never abandon, we won’t abandon it either or try to tinker, unnecessarily, with its brilliance. Over the years, of course, there have been times when I have disagreed with how our Constitution has been interpreted, but it stands firm as the legal champion of individual rights and private property in this modern world. It is genius in its brevity, in its endurance, and in its forethought to limit and separate the governing powers established therein. What a privilege it is to live this Republic where government is obliged to follow, and the people and their representative states still may shape and strengthen our Constitutional foundation!
- Congresswoman Virginia Foxx
Veterans: How May We Help?
Posted by Team Foxx on September 13, 2013
Congresswoman Foxx is honored to assist veterans with a number of matters. If you are a veteran of the United States military or know of one who is facing difficulty obtaining military records and medals, getting eligibility questions answered, or struggling to navigate the VA Health Care System or the VA claims and appeals process, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Keeping College Within Reach: Supporting Higher Education Opportunities for America’s Service members and Veterans
Posted by - Team Foxx on September 11, 2013
Today Congresswoman Foxx convened a hearing with the members of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce aimed at examining the steps which institutions of higher learning are taking to better support service members and veterans who are working to earn a post-secondary degree or learn valuable job skills.
At the University of North Carolina, a program known as the UNC Partnership for National Security has built a strong network of services for veterans. Kimrey Rinehardt, Vice President for Federal and Military Affairs at UNC, explained to the subcommittee members the specific support systems she implements to help veterans more easily transition into the University community. To read Congresswoman Foxx's opening statement, learn from each witness’s testimony, or watch an archived webcast of today’s hearing, visit http://edworkforce.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=348071. |
