The Social Security trustees’ report is a wakeup call to Congress. Our social security system is shattered and Medicare is on the brink of insolvency. In fact, for the first time the trustees have issued a Medicare funding warning that calls for immediat
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U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-5) returned to the classroom Wednesday, giving students at Green Valley Elementary School lessons in how government works.
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The House Democrats showed their true colors yesterday. They proposed a budget that includes the largest tax increase in history, and have proven that they would like nothing better than to return to the tax and spend model of government.
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U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx has many fond memories of community banks and con¬tinues to hold them in high regard today. A native of Crossnore, N.C. in Avery County, she recalls going to Avery County Bank at the age of 14 with her father to borrow so
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After reading the article “America, Up Close and Personal” in the Wall Street Journal on October 26, 2006, I found it neither an up close nor a personal look at America but instead driven solely by statistical data. The article does not take into account
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We are undoubtedly a safer nation due to the actions of the Republican led 109th Congress. This Congress passed numerous bills that will help secure our nation from future terrorist attacks as well as legislation to end the flow of illegal aliens across o
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Taiwanese consulate R.C. Wu’s first visit to Boone was accompanied by snow flurries, but he brought a message of warmth and optimism about his country’s American relations.
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It was a much more relaxed and confident-appearing Corey Carson who greeted family and friends Sunday during a ceremony for returning National Guard soldiers.
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Fifth-district representative Virginia Foxx says a recently-passed border security bill she co-sponsored addresses one of the top issues in her district:
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