WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., will host a U.S. Service Academy Day on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wilkes County Public Library, 215 10th St., North Wilkesboro, NC 28659. The event will help familiarize students with the application and nomination process for applying to the nation's five military service academies. “North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District has a proud tradition of military service. Every year, some of the area’s finest young men and women choose... Read more

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today presented brothers Ben and William Casstevens of Winston-Salem with Congressional Award Medals for their commitment to bettering themselves and giving back to the communities in which they live. The Congressional Award is the United States Congress’ award for young Americans who set personally challenging goals and achieve them. It is non-partisan, voluntary and non-competitive. The program is open to all 14- to 23-year-olds. There are six leve... Read more

WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., made the following statement after a recent press report indicated President Obama is considering unilateral executive action to transfer prisoners housed at Guantanamo Bay to the United States mainland: “Closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is a fanciful idea but importing vicious terrorists onto the United States mainland and giving them legal protections reserved for American citizens has been consistently rejected by bipartisan majorities ... Read more

Washington D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx introduced H.R. 5672, no-cost, bipartisan legislation to correct a technical limitation preventing the rollover of tax-deferred retirement funds into existing SIMPLE IRA accounts. Representative Foxx released the following statement after introducing the legislation: “This legislation will simplify Americans’ retirement planning and ensure a complex tax code does not prevent sensible financial planning decisions. Individuals should be able to... Read more

Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) voted in favor of H.R. 4, the Jobs for America Act, which passed on a 253 to 163 bipartisan vote. Rep Foxx spoke on the House floor in support of the measure: “Each year Washington imposes thousands of pages of rules and regulations on America’s private sector employers as well as state and local governments. Buried in those pages are costly federal mandates that make it harder for businesses to hire and cash-strapped states, counties, and ci... Read more

Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following remarks after President Obama’s speech about ISIL: “ISIL is a vicious terrorist group that controls significant land and resources, has repeatedly called for the destruction of the United States and has publicly killed two U.S. citizens in the most brutal way imaginable. I am glad that the President has come around to recognizing this threat for what it is, and has outlined the beginnings of a strategy to confront it. “We m... Read more

Washington, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following remarks on the floor of the House during debate about House Resolution 676, which authorizes a lawsuit by House of Representatives against President Obama. “I rise in support of this effort to restore every branch of this government to its proper constitutional bounds. This is not about politics. If there were a Republican President doing the same thing. I would feel just as strongly. This is about the Constitut... Read more

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the House of Representatives agreed to final passage of H.R. 3230, the Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014: “It is critically important that we provide high-quality, timely care for those who have sacrificed so much in service to our country,” said Rep. Foxx. “There is more that must be done to reform the Veterans Administration, but this legislation is ... Read more

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act: “Students and families must wade through massive and often conflicting amounts of information in order to make informed college decisions,” said Rep. Foxx. “The Higher Education Act (HEA) alone requires 26 different categories of information be available, and there are many additional state and federal requiremen... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, President Obama signed into law H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), legislation authored by Congresswoman Virginia Foxx providing for a long overdue reform of the Workforce Investment Act. WIOA represents a compromise between Congresswoman Foxx’s SKILLS Act (H.R. 803) and S. 1356, the Workforce Investment Act of 2013. “President Obama’s signing of the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act demonstrates the good that can be done whe... Read more