Legislators representing Rowan County in U.S. Congress returned to Capitol Hill this week, with some of the top issues being the Keystone XL Pipeline, free community college and the amount of hours in a work week.
Sworn in on Tuesday, Jan. 6, all of Rowan County’s U.S. Representatives had taken the oath of office before. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5, first took office in 2005, making the… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Reps. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., and Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., today introduced legislation to shed light on how federal policies impact the budgets of state and local governments and private sector employers.
The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H.R. 50, would fix loopholes within the bipartisan regulatory reform act known as UMRA. Foxx has introduced… Read more »
Since I was first elected to Congress in 2004, I have heard from thousands of constituents across North Carolina’s Fifth District. In recent years, there has been an understandable note of frustration in their voices over the direction that our country is headed.
These folks know all too well the struggle to find a job and pay the bills. They’re angry that it takes an average 111 days… 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… 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… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after President Obama re-iterated his pledge to use executive orders to make changes to immigration law:
“Despite having been rebuked unanimously by the Supreme Court just last week for overreaching his Constitutionally-granted executive authority, the President is once again insisting that… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) voted to hold former Internal Revenue Service Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for her refusal to fully cooperate with an ongoing House investigation into improper IRS scrutiny of conservative non-profit groups.
“Americans need to be certain that the machinery of government will… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement regarding Speaker John Boehner’s announcement that the House of Representatives will empanel a select committee to investigate the September 11, 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi.
“Recently released emails suggest that the White House was intimately involved in… Read more »
The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act bypasses the usual partisan debates about the size and role of government and simply requires federal agencies to consider the costs of their actions. Democrats and Republicans worked together to pass the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act in 1995 because they believed Americans are better served when regulators are required to measure and consider the costs of rules they create. UMITA builds on and strengthens Read more »
This week, the House of Representatives will consider bipartisan regulatory transparency legislation sponsored by Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), and Collin Peterson (D-MN). H.R. 899, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act (UMITA) will strengthen the bipartisan Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995… Read more »
