Foxx votes for Cut, Cap and Balance Act
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, (NC-05) voted last night to pass the Cut, Cap and Balance Act (H.R. 2560). The bill would cut spending by more than $100 billion next year and by $6 trillion over the next ten years. Additionally, H.R. Wilkes County teacher completes Foxxs Teacher in Congress program
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A Wilkes County civics and economics teacher completed Congresswoman Virginia Foxx's week-long Teacher in Congress program on Friday, July 15. Dan Prouty, who teaches at East Wilkes High School, is the first teacher from Wilkes Foxx hears concerns about fuel prices, regulations during city stop
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Rep. Virginia Foxx was in Statesville on Friday as part of a tour of businesses in her district that may be especially hard hit by above-normal and unstable fuel prices and other aspects of the still lagging economy. Foxx launches Energy Independence Tour, visits Fifth District farms, businesses & constituents to talk energy
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today embarked on a three-day Energy Independence Tour across North Carolina's Fifth Congressional District to hear from constituents about how high energy prices are impacting them and to learn Stokes County student wins Congressional Art Competition
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A work of art by a Stokes County high school student will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. for the next year, after the student, Brent Morse, won the 2011 5th District Congressional Art Contest sponsored by the Foxx bill to cut red tape for N.C. colleges passes House committee
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The House Committee on Education and the Workforce today passed a bill sponsored by Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) that reduces harmful federal regulation on colleges and universities across North Carolina. Foxx's bill, Foxx calls for "Cut, Cap, Balance" approach to debt, spending
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) signed a letter to House Speaker John Boehner this week along with 102 other Representatives that calls for a multi-faceted spending reduction plan to be included in negotiations over the nation Foxx introduces bill to rein in regulatory overreach in Higher Education
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05), Chair of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, today introduced legislation (H.R. 2117) to repeal two Department of Education regulations that inject the federal governmen New gainful employment rules will hurt students by reducing choices and limiting access
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These new rules will create piles of new red tape for career colleges and universities. Even worse, they will most likely result in fewer choices for students... Foxx votes to end U.S. military operations in Libya
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted in favor of a measure to end U.S. military operations in Libya within 15 days. She also voted for a measure that bans the use of U.S. ground troops in Libya. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
