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At a time when twelve million Americans are searching for jobs, the SKILLS Act will cut through the current maze of federal workforce development programs and create one Workforce Investment Fund. It will additionally reduce administrative costs and requi Read more »

Giving the control to the local level is also extraordinarily important. The suits in Washington don't have all the answers… The SKILLS Act gives a great deal more autonomy at the local level…The status quo is not an option.– Rep. Read more »

"As every American family and small business knows, budgets are important and must balance to be sustainable. Washington hasn't been operating within that framework for years, though. House Republicans have had enough of this 'Washington exception Read more »

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx was in Statesville on Friday in part to show support and gather information for what is being called the SKILLS (Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills) Act. Prior to attending a private meeting with Statesville R Read more »

It is a rare occurrence that republican House members agree with the President on a particular issue. But it occurred earlier this week during the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce (Putting America Back to Work: Reforming the Nation's Wor Read more »

"North Carolinians don't have much patience for Washington's repetitive flirtation with government ‘shutdowns.' Today, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to remove the shutdown distraction so the President and his Senate have no Read more »

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), approved legislation to reform the nation's workforce development system and help ensure workers and employers have the resources they need to be successful in toda Read more »

Rather than inflicting unnecessary pain on the American people, President Obama and his FAA should be cutting waste. Within the FAA's budget, there are $2.7 billion in non-personnel costs that should be scrutinized and seriously trimmed before the Pre Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) visited America's News Headquarters Sunday to discuss the Unfunded Mandates Information & Transparency Act (H.R. 899), bipartisan legislation to require an honest accounting from government of the true cost federal r Read more »

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) is the lead sponsor of the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, which is meant to improve upon the Unfunded Mandates Act (UMRA) that President Clinton signed into law. That act was meant to force agencies to esti Read more »