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But on Tuesday morning, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), who chairs the Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee, included a promise from the president's 2012 State of the Union address as she rolled out hearings on her job-training bill. Read more »

"It is an honor to represent the people of North Carolina's 5th District in the United States House of Representative and to serve as their voice in support of liberty," Congresswoman Virginia Foxx stated. "The votes I cast on behalf of my constituent Read more »

In total, the federal government administers more than 50 different programs across nine separate agencies. Taxpayer dollars are spent supporting a massive bureaucracy instead of helping workers. House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans Read more »

The Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act (H.R. 803) eliminates and streamlines dozens of ineffective and duplicative programs, and creates a flexible Workforce Investment Fund. This new fund will provide state and local leade Read more »

"Today's workforce development system is failing workers, employers, and taxpayers," said Rep. Foxx. "Instead of a dynamic network of employment support, we have a massive bureaucracy that stifles innovation and wastes resources. Last year, President Read more »

Taxpayers have had to bail out America's Highway Trust Fund before, and they shouldn't have to do so again. H.R. 711 will exempt the Highway Trust Fund from Davis-Bacon wage mandates that artificially inflate federally funded highway construction Read more »

"We thank Congresswoman Virginia Foxx who has voted consistently to defend faith, family and freedom. Virginia and other ‘True Blue Members' have voted to repeal Obamacare, protect the unborn, and stand for religious liberty..." Read more »

Our state is beautiful and our people are good, upstanding ambassadors of Southern hospitality. It's no wonder the President chose to visit. It's my hope he takes some of our North Carolina common sense with him back to Washington. Read more »

It doesn't help North Carolina families when Washington spends money it does not have. A fiscally responsible federal government that doesn't stand in the way of private sector job growth is what's needed to make it easier for families to put Read more »

We support resolving the interest rate cliff by moving toward a market-based interest rate for Stafford loans in a fiscally responsible manner, and are interested in the administration's ideas. As such, we request an outline of the proposal you plan t Read more »