WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that strengthens whistleblower protections, reforms the disability benefits appeals process at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and provides additional authority to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reprimand employees for performance or misconduct.
“As I travel North Carolina’s 5th District, I hear… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today praised House passage of legislation to strengthen career and technical education.
“For far too long, there has been a discrepancy in what students are learning in the classroom and what employers say they need in the workplace,” said Foxx, chair of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and a former community college president. “This… Read more »
For far too long, there has been a discrepancy in what students are learning in the classroom and what employers say they need in the workplace. The passage of the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in 2014 was an important step for the millions of Americans who are looking for work and for the employers who have job opportunities that remain vacant due to the skills gap.… Read more »
Rep. Virginia Foxx, a blunt-talking conservative often at odds with the Obama administration, is vying to be the next chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, she told POLITICO.
Foxx, who served on the Republican Party’s platform steering committee, is widely assumed to be in line to take over the chairmanship if Republicans maintain control of the House.
In a… Read more »
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) is vying to be the next chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, she told POLITICO on Monday. Here are excerpts from an interview with Foxx about her priorities and plans, should she ultimately become head of the committee.
On her priorities for next year:
"Higher ed is top of the list," Foxx said of her plans for the committee next Congress.… Read more »
A version of a bill passed by the House on Tuesday to reauthorize a program to train students for unfilled jobs could pass the Senate before the end of the year despite a tight calendar, according to lawmakers, advocates and lobbyists.
The House passed a bill (HR 5587) by a 405-5 margin, with all dissenting votes coming from Republicans. Lawmakers said the bill will help train workers… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today issued the following statement on the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001:
"It’s been 15 years since the course of our country’s history changed, and in an unprovoked attack that sought to bring America to its knees, the world was reminded that ours is a nation of heroes. Today we honor the memory of the… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that prevents the executive branch from funding activist organizations with payments from mortgage settlement cases.
“Unelected bureaucrats have no business using these settlement funds to subsidize special interest groups with little accountability,” said Foxx. “Once again the Obama administration is… Read more »
The Obama administration’s regulatory crackdown on for-profit colleges has put another school out of business — setting a new bar for what enforcement could look like under a possible Clinton Education Department.
The collapse Tuesday of ITT Tech, a massive, publicly-traded for-profit education company with 130 campuses across the country, comes just 12 days after Obama’s Education… Read more »
Proposed changes in federal school nutrition rules, including a provision that would reduce the number of children able to get free meals in the Wilkes County schools, were discussed in a roundtable meeting with Rep. Virginia Foxx Monday at the Samaritan’s Kitchen office in Wilkesboro.
Community leaders and others emphasized the importance of a current federal policy that lets all… Read more »
