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Later today, the House will vote on legislation to ensure millions of student loan borrowers won’t see their rates double in July. Not only that, the bill will put in place a long-term solution that gets Washington out of the business of setting interest rates. The Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911) is a win-win for both students and taxpayers and it’s part of Republicans’ Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today issued the following statement upon voting for the immediate construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline through H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act. Read more »

Bipartisan compromise is tough to find in Washington right now — but when there is opportunity for agreement, we owe it to the American people to take action. Read more »

"From the beginning, Speaker [John] Boehner has made it clear we were going to put a strong emphasis on oversight and we have done that," Foxx said. "Oversight is something we care about when it comes to any government agency and we will continue to pursue this as a policy." Read more »

"From the beginning, Speaker [John] Boehner has made it clear we were going to put a strong emphasis on oversight and we have done that," Foxx said. "Oversight is something we care about when it comes to any government agency and we will continue to pursue this as a policy." Read more »

The House Education and the Workforce Committee on Thursday approved the Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911). Introduced by John Kline (R-MN) and Virginia Foxx (R-NC), this bill would tie both subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford student loan rates to the 10-year Treasury note, plus 2.5 percent, and end the rate differentiation between the two types of loans. It would also tie PLUS loans for parents and graduate students to the 10-year Treasury note, plus 4.5 percent. (See the table below for what students and their families would pay under these proposals.) Read more »

"To steal a line from Rep. Virginia Foxx, the gentlewoman from North Carolina: This is our shocked face." Read more »

"Student borrowers shouldn't have to ride the roller coaster of political largesse wondering every year whether Congress will intervene in time to adjust their rates," Foxx said. Read more »

“ObamaCare’s proponents promised it would lower health care costs, expand insurance coverage, and certainly not raise taxes. But even prior to its full implementation, President Obama’s health care overhaul has proved a hindrance, not a help, to health care access and economic recovery." Read more »

“[I]n our justice system premeditating and exacting the demise of babies is only a crime if a child is fully outside the womb,” stated Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC). “We would do well as a society to consider what deciding murder based upon geographic technicalities reveals about our collective conscious.” Read more »