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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx is encouraging local teachers to apply for the 13th annual Teacher in Congress Internship. “The Teacher in Congress Internship was created to offer teachers a taste of the real workings of Congress and the day-to-day life of a member of Congress,” said Foxx. “This program provides the participating teacher with a tangible way to give students a look inside… Read more »

People here in North Carolina are asking, what is the hold up with disaster relief funding? Hurricane Florence happened eight months ago, and within two weeks of the storm, Congress passed $8.8 billion in regular appropriations to FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund as well as supplemental appropriations including $1.7 billion for the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR).… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx received the American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF) Award for Conservative Excellence in 2018. ACUF selected several key votes that reflect how lawmakers view the role of government in an individual’s life, including the rollback of numerous harmful Obama-era regulations, cuts to profligate spending, immigration reform, welfare reform,… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today is Yom Hashoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate the persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.  Yom Hashoah marks the date on the Hebrew calendar of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in which the Jews forced to live in the Warsaw ghetto resisted Nazi deportation efforts. Rep. Foxx participated with… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Foxx introduced H.R. 2516, the Spending Safeguard Act which provides Congress with a comprehensive mechanism to take action when mandatory programs significantly exceed their cost estimates in the six-year window after their enactment. On numerous occasions, programs have come in significantly over-budget and left Congress with little ability to address unexpected… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx issued the following statement on the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election: “The release of the Mueller report provides public accountability—for both the Special Counsel and the Attorney General—which is at the bedrock of our democratic republic. After two years… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce honored Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) with its annual Spirit of Enterprise Award, given in recognition of her support for pro-growth policies in the second session of the 115th Congress. “Every day, all across the country, America’s business owners and job creators serve their communities and strengthen their economies. We commend… Read more »

The United States is once again taking the lead on true “family planning,” and that doesn’t include aborting unwanted children — especially with taxpayer money. From the start, the Trump administration has worked to build a wall between taxpayers and abortion-on-demand. From restoring and expanding Ronald Reagan’s “Mexico City Policy” (officially known as the Protecting Life in… Read more »

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide on landmark partisan gerrymandering cases involving North Carolina and Maryland legislative maps. But the high court’s decision won’t matter if the Democrats succeed in using state courts to undemocratically secure majorities. It’s the fad du jour to complain about partisan gerrymandering, but there’s a more sinister power grab unfolding right… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) is encouraging high school students in North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District to submit entries for the 2019 Congressional Art Competition, which is a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize talented young artists and promote the valuable role that meaningful art plays in our society.  “Every year our country’s… Read more »