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FOXX VOTES FOR $106 BILLION TAX CUT

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United States Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.-5) joined her colleagues in the U.S. House tonight in voting for the FY 2006 Budget Resolution Conference Report. The budget provides additional funds for a stronger national defense and implements $10

FOXX FIGHTS TO STRENGTHEN PARENTAL NOTIFICATION LAWS

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Tonight U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, (N.C.-5) voted to make it a federal offense to knowingly transport a minor across state lines in order to obtain an abortion in a state without parental notification laws. The Child Interstate Abortion Noti

FOXX VOTES TO BURY DEATH TAX

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New law will help save small businesses, family farms U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.-5.) voted this evening to permanently repeal the Death Tax. Prior to voting on H.R. 8, she submitted the following statement for publication in the Congre

FOXX INTRODUCES FIRST BILL, H.R. 1499

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‘H.E.R.O.’ Act will help soldiers save for retirement U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.-5) announced today that she has introduced her first piece of legislation. The Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities (H.E.R.O.) Act seeks to amend the Int

FOXX CALLS FOR TOUGHER TEXTILE TRADE RULES

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Today U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.-5) commended the U.S. Department of Commerce for taking action this week to protect American textile and apparel manufacturing jobs. She also joined four major American textile associations in calling for

FOXX ANNOUNCES LOAN FOR NEW FIRE, EMS STATION

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U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.-5) announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has approved a loan for over $2 million toward a new Fire and EMS facility in Blowing Rock.

FOXX VOTES ‘NO’ ON EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH

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This evening, United States Rep. Virginia Foxx voted against legislation that would permit federal funding for research on embryonic stem cell lines. H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Act, would order federal funding of stem cells derived from

FOXX ACTS TO SAVE LIFE OF DISABLED WOMAN

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United States Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.-5) is pleased to announce that the U.S. House of Representatives took emergency action early this morning to save the life of Terri Schiavo. The House joined the U.S. Senate in passing legislation permi

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