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Congresswoman Foxx chairs the House Education & the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education. She also serves as Vice Chair of the House Rules Committee. Read more »

"On June 17, I look forward to updating 5th District residents on the status of oversight investigations in the House of Representatives and hearing their concerns about government transparency and the financial health and well-being of this country." Read more »

"It seems the levithan is very unwieldy and difficult to manage. This is my shocked face." Said Representative Virginia Foxx a Republican from North Carolina. Read more »

"U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx addressed the graduates. Foxx is serving her fifth term representing North Carolina’s 5th District with the U.S. House of Representatives. " Read more »

"Republican leaders have been working to close the gender gap at the higher levels of the leadership rungs: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., was named chairwoman of the House Republican Conference at the start of this Congress, and Reps. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., and Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., were elected conference vice chairwoman and secretary, respectively." Read more »

“If President Obama and Senate Democrats are serious about a long-term solution to the student loan interest rate problem, they will immediately consider and build on the ideas put forth in the Smarter Solutions for Students Act . Students, families and taxpayers deserve certainty, not more can-kicking from Washington.” Read more »

Rep. Virginia Foxx, who also spoke at the event, said the department stores represented hard work, perseverance and the American dream. "I want to congratulate Belk's team on this milestone," Foxx said. "Not everyone looks this good at 125." Foxx also presented longevity awards to associate Tammy Chappell Franklin for 28 years of service and to Carter, the store manager, for 33 years employment at Belk. Read more »

“I have very little tolerance for people who tell me that they graduate with $200,000 of debt or even $80,000 of debt because there’s no reason for that,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the co-sponsor of the GOP bill, said on a radio show last month. “We live in an opportunity society and people are forgetting that. I remind folks all the time that the Declaration of Independence says ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’ … You don’t just sit on your butt. You don’t have it dumped in your lap.” Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx said she did not support this attempt at immigration reform. In an op-ed she said she favored incremental legislation rather than comprehensive legislation that was too big and left too much room for error. “If we’ve learned anything from ObamaCare it’s that Washington isn’t too good at ‘comprehensive’ solutions. Massive laws inevitably fall short of promises and leave the country begging for real reform,” Foxx wrote. Read more »

[Rep] Kline, who is chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and [Rep] Foxx, who is chairman of its subcommittee on higher education and workforce training predict that student-loan borrowers can expect their rates to decrease by two percentage points. “It’s a win for students, and a win for taxpayers.” Read more »