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During the two heartbreaking weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities, Congress passed two separate relief bills totaling $62.3 billion. Supporters portrayed the aid packages as emergency measures and Read more »

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C. 5th District, voted to end what she termed “frivolous” obesity lawsuits against food manufacturers and distributors by voting Thursday for H.R. 554, the Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act. Read more »

This Friday, United States Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.-5) is hosting a special forum for small businesses in the Fifth District. Attendees will get a chance to learn more about government contracting with some of the fastest growing governmen Read more »

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx discovered recently that fielding questions from a classroom of third graders might be tougher than facing a room full of political foes. Read more »

East Forsyth Middle dedicated; principal gets flags, the keys School officials and community leaders dedicated East Forsyth Middle School in Kernersville on Monday. More than 700 people, including students, attended. Read more »

Pre-registration has begun for “Women at the Table: Preparing Women for Public Service,” a one-day workshop designed to help prepare women interested in public service. The workshop, which will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Broyhill Inn & C Read more »

As U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx left a newly-constructed classroom at William R. Davie Elementary School last week, she turned to her traveling companion, Congressman John Boehner (R-Ohio), and said “I feel like I just stepped into the future.” Read more »

On a solemn white pole, an American flag blew gently in the morning breeze. Read more »

The future of community colleges appears to be secure. That’s the message given by U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx during a tour of the campus of Wilkes Community College on Tuesday morning. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-Watauga) still has the soul of an educator, with a row of sharpened pencils lined across the desk in her Boone field office. Foxx, who tries to maintain hours there at least once a week, spent Thursday morning catching up on the Read more »