UNC’s Rhinehardt Supports Servicemembers and Veterans before Congress The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held a hearing Wednesday to examine the steps higher education institutions are taking to better support servicemembers and veterans who are working to earn a postsecondary degree or obtain valuable job training skills. As more troops return home to the U.S. from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, higher education institutions no...
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NAMA Takes Part In House Republican Food & Beverage Roundtable WASHINGTON -- The National Automatic Merchandising Association reports that its government affairs division has taken part in a Food and Beverage Roundtable with the leadership of the Republican Conference in Congress. Among the Congressional leaders who attended were Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington), who chairs the conference; Rep. James Langford (Oklahoma), who is Republican policy chairman; and the conference secretary, R...
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Congresswoman Foxx Comments on Passage of Bill and Healthcare Monday, September 16, 2013 at 9:28AM Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) last week issued a statement upon the passage of the No Subsidies Without Verification Act (H.R. 2775), legislation that would require the Department of Health and Human Services’ Inspector General to verify the eligibility requirements of any person applying for Obamacare’s taxpayer-funded healthcare subsidies. Foxx said to set verification or better yet to repe...
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"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!”
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At this time, I do not believe the use of military force in Syria, as sought by the President, is the appropriate response to Syria’s use of chemical weapons; nor is it the best defense of America’s national security interests.
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today issued the following statement upon the passage of the No Subsidies Without Verification Act(H.R. 2775), legislation that would require the Department of Health and Human Services’ Inspector General to verify the eligibility requirements of any person applying for Obamacare’s taxpayer-funded healthcare subsidies.
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NAMA's government affairs division recently participated in a food and beverage roundtable with the republican conference leadership in the U.S. Congress.
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement yesterday on President Obama’s request for Congress to authorize the use of military force in Syria.
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On 9/11 Anniversary, Lawmakers Seek Help on Veterans Education September 11, 2013 by Charles Dervarics Institutions face the largest influx of student veterans on campus since World War II. Advising, mentoring and support services are critical if veterans and active-duty military are to succeed in postsecondary education today, witnesses said at a congressional hearing held Wednesday on the 12th anniversary of the September 2011 terrorist attacks. “As more troops return from Iraq and Afghanista...
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