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"As the saying goes, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Regretfully, we learned minutes before the call was scheduled to begin that the telephone town hall vendor contracted for this event provided the incorrect phone number for participan Read more »

"In the lead up to tax day, many hard-working North Carolinians have been confronting the complexity of the federal tax code firsthand," Congresswoman Foxx stated. "Tonight I look forward to hearing 5th District residents' concerns and speaking with t Read more »

(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said the U.S. tax code is now four times longer than the Bible. She spoke Friday at a “Countdown to Tax Day” press conference organized by Americans for Tax Reform. “I want to point out that the tax code is four times more than our Bible. And if you look at it, not only is this impossible in terms of the size of it, but look at the fine… Read more »

North Carolina Rep Virginia Foxx spoke while holding a copy of the IRS tax code, a book thicker than a 1990s telephone book and, she said, 'four times more [lengthy] than our Bible' Read more »

Tax day has come around again, and with it a startling claim about the amount of time Americans spend doing their taxes each year. According to U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., it takes United States taxpayers a total of 6.1 billion hours to file their taxes. That adds up to more than 695,000 years. "6.1 Billion hours a year, just to figure out how much money the government is going… Read more »

"This decision calls into question every action the board has taken since the so-called recess appointments were made," Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said of Obama's appointments. Read more »

Most Republicans oppose the bill, and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said on the House Floor Thursday afternoon that the bill is a "liberal plot" to perpetuate the narrative that Republicans are anti-woman. DeLauro countered that she has yet to hear a reasonable excuse for Republicans to oppose the bill. Read more »

Fortunately, a bill recently introduced by Rep. Virginia Foxx would help prevent this problem Read more »

If Congress refuses to approve [Foxx's] modest reform it might as well take a roll-call vote on a resolution stating: "The public has no business knowing the costs of the regulations that we impose on them." Read more »

Republican Virginia Foxx of North Carolina said the House had a responsibility to take action itself rather than leave it to the Senate. "To push the responsibility off to other people is not something we should be doing," she said. Read more »