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She hasn’t said what kind of sock she wears, but U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx talked about what sock she is proudest of on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Monday night. Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted against the Democrat 2008 federal budget, which allows for a $217 billion tax increase—the second largest in the country’s history. Rep. Foxx cited concerns with a provision in the bill whic Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) this week announced the start of the application process for her first annual TEACHER in Congress internship. One Fifth District school teacher will travel to Washington, D.C. for two weeks of intensiv Read more »

U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted against new troop funding legislation that calls for a 90-day deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq and allows only 60 days’ worth of funding for the troops. This legislation is th Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted against a weakened homeland security bill (H.R. 1684) that ignores direct recommendations of the 9/11 Commission—despite Democrat promises to enact these recommendations. The Democrat leade Read more »

Several thousand people welcomed home the 1451st Transportation Company of the North Carolina National Guard during Sunday’s ceremony at Watauga High School in Boone. Read more »

U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today marked the National Day of Prayer by co-sponsoring the Public Prayer Protection Act. This bill would protect the right of elected and appointed officials to express their religious beliefs thro Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today voted to support the constitutional rights of every American by voting against the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (H.R. 1592). The Hate Crimes Act would give special legal Read more »

U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx today voted against the troop funding bill that contained a timeline to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. The House of Representatives’ attempt to override a presidential veto, which requires a 2/3 super-majority, was unsu Read more »

American World War II Army General Omar Bradley said of freedom that “No word was ever spoken that held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the giver, cursed more its destroyer, or came closer to being Go Read more »