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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today praised the government’s announcement that the 2007 federal budget shortfall will be $40 billion lower than anticipated. The deficit has been cut in half in just the last three years, and is at its low Read more »

Congress today passed a bill sponsored by Congresswoman Virginia Foxx that honors the Appalachian State University football team’s second consecutive national championship win. Foxx introduced the bill in January shortly after the ASU Mo Read more »

Watauga County resident and Blowing Rock native Pearce Godwin last Friday finished a seven-week internship in Congresswoman Virginia Foxx’s Washington, D.C. office. Godwin, a 2004 graduate of Watauga High School, is a rising senior at Duke University wher Read more »

The Fourth of July is a time to do more than just take in the fireworks and parades. It is also an opportunity for me to reflect on the Founding Fathers’ experiment in liberty and the sacrifices they made to secure our freedoms. As they struggled to bre Read more »

“This defeat for the immigration bill signals that the American people have made it clear that under no circumstances do they support legislation offering amnesty to illegal aliens. The Senate finally heard the American people’s voices and voted to put t Read more »

In a move intended to keep the United States’ taxpayer dollars out of the hands of groups that promote abortion, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx voted in support of an amendment to restore the Mexico City Policy. The Mexico City Policy, first ena Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today moved to save taxpayers at least $200 million by offering an amendment to the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Program Appropriations Act of 2008 that holds the line on funding sent to the United Na Read more »

In a move to keep the United States’ taxpayer dollars out of the hands of groups that promote abortion, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today voted in support of an amendment to restore the Mexico City Policy. The Mexico City Policy, first e Read more »

U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today lauded the presidential veto of a bill which would have given new federal funding to stem cell research. The bill would have forced American taxpayers to fund unproven, ethically questionable em Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today vowed to fight secrecy in the federal spending process after Democratic lawmakers decided to keep individual spending requests secret until August—months after the House votes on spending bills that will Read more »