Press Releases | Congresswoman Virginia Foxx

Foxx Calls for Openness, Bipartisan Negotiations on Stimulus

February 10, 2009 | Posted in Press Releases

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today made the following statement on the House floor after the Senate passed its version of the stimulus. Foxx called on the Democratic majority (watch video) to allow House Republicans to bri

Foxx Announces New Website Detailing "All Jobs, No Waste" Economic Recovery Plan

January 30, 2009 | Posted in Press Releases

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today announced the launch of http://republicanwhip.house.gov/jobs, a new website that outlines the House Republican Economic Recovery Plan. The website details the smarter, simpler stimulus pla

Foxx statement on $825 billion "borrow and spend" plan

January 29, 2009 | Posted in Press Releases

"The economic challenges facing our country today are great. Americans expect Congress to take seriously the need to get the unemployed back to work and to help small businesses, the engine of our economy, create most of those jobs. Doing the right thin

Foxx on Geithner: Shouldnt IRS chief pay his taxes?

January 28, 2009 | Posted in Press Releases

On the heels of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Timothy Geithner as the new United States Treasury Secretary, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx released the following statement questioning whether Geithner's confirmation was good

Foxx appointed to House Rules Committee

January 13, 2009 | Posted in Press Releases

House Republican Leader John Boehner appointed Congresswoman Virginia Foxx to serve on the House Committee on Rules today. The Rules Committee is the powerful House committee that determines what legislation comes to the House floor

Virginia Foxx sworn into office for third term

January 6, 2009 | Posted in Press Releases

As the 111th Congress began today Congresswoman Virginia Foxx was sworn into her third term as Representative of North Carolina's Fifth Congressional District. In taking the Oath of Office, Foxx swore to "support and defend" the

Foxx re-introduces measure to cut bailout funds by half

January 6, 2009 | Posted in Press Releases

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today re-introduced bipartisan legislation for the 111th Congress to deny authorization of the second half of the 2008 $700 billion federal government bailout. The legislation is designed to take a

Foxx completes distribution of Inauguration tickets

December 23, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) has allocated all of the tickets that her office will receive from the official Inaugural Committee. Those who are receiving tickets must pick them up in Foxx's Washington, DC office in Room 12

Foxx demands accountability for Freddie/Fannie failures

December 9, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today grilled former Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives at a Congressional hearing in Washington. Foxx asked them to account for the failures of the organizations they led and the costs borne by average A

Foxx honored with manufacturers award

December 8, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) received the National Association of Manufactures' Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence on Friday, December 5 at an event hosted by Meadows Mills Incorporated in North Wilkesboro.

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