On Jan. 20, Americans gathered in Washington D.C. to either support or protest the inauguration of the United State’s 45th president, Donald Trump. A number of Avery County elected officials made the trek to D.C. to witness and show their support for the transition of the Obama administration to the Trump administration.
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx of North Carolina’s fifth district… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx made a quick stop in King on Tuesday to chat with constituents before making her way to Mount Airy for two events planned later in the day.
Foxx, recently sworn in to her seventh term as the representative of North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District, said she shares in the concern over the economy and wanting to see jobs increased.
“People also want their… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx declared a few government programs broken during two appearances in Mount Airy on Tuesday.
Foxx, a Republican from Banner Elk, was first elected to a congressional seat in 2004, after a decade in the North Carolina Senate. Surry County has been a part of the district she represents for the majority of her tenure in office.
At a Mount Airy Rotary Club lunch,… Read more »
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx prides herself both on her conservative values and her work ethic. She plans on using those principles to guide her as she heads the House Education and Workforce Committee. The former Watauga County Schools Board member, university administrator, and teacher says she will also rely on her experiences.
Foxx recently began her seventh term in Congress after… Read more »
Federal regulations — whether good, bad or indifferent — can blindside local governments and companies, leaving them struggling to find money to comply. Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of our 5th District has joined with Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas on a bill that, if it becomes law, will alleviate this problem of unfunded mandates.
City Manager Lee Garrity of… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, announced bipartisan legislation last week aimed at shedding more light on possible unfunded mandates that local governments and private-sector employers may incur as a result of new rules set by federal regulatory bodies.
The bill has been referred to committee.
A similar version passed the U.S. House last year but did not make it through the U.S.… Read more »
Some U.S. House Republicans goofed, to put it plainly, by taking steps toward eliminating an independent ethics board as one of its first congressional term actions. And Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx, whose district contains much of Northwest North Carolina, was correct to vote against the wrongheaded move.
The Office of Congressional Ethics is an independent body created in 2008 to… Read more »
House Republicans did something significant this week that didn’t gain much notice in the press: Rep. Diane Black was named interim Budget Committee chair.
On the face it, perhaps a new committee chair, and an interim, at that, is not noteworthy. But Ms. Black (R., Tenn.), is one of three Republican women serving as committee chairs this term. Together these legislators will not only… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, voted against a move by some House Republicans to weaken an independent congressional ethics board, a proposal that on Tuesday came under fire from President-elect Donald Trump and got yanked from going to a floor vote.
A majority of the House Republican Conference voted Monday to clip the powers of the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent… Read more »
The 115th Congress was sworn in and got to work Tuesday in the nation's capital.
Republicans control both chambers of Congress, and are awaiting the swearing in a Republican Donald Trump as president.
Even with one party in power, there were still some hiccups on this first day.
It started with a vote taken by the Republican caucus Monday night to change ethics oversight rules,… Read more »
