In a tearful press conference on Jan. 5, President Barack Obama unveiled a series of new firearms related executive orders. The Obama administration defended the new orders as common sense changes to existing laws. Detractors, like Rep. Virginia Foxx, who represents North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District, called the orders an overreach of the president’s executive authority, and said “Congressional refusal to pass bad policy does not transfer legislative authority to the president and I wil...
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The Watauga County Sheriff’s Office has seen a recent increase in purchase permits for handguns, but officials said it is hard to determine if that is a result of anticipated gun control regulations or if it is holiday related. Sheriff Len Hagaman said his office has overseen 35 purchase permits for firearms purchased through federal firearm dealers, since Jan. 4. Typically, the sheriff’s office does see more purchase permits due to the Christmas holiday, but Hagaman said staff has received comm...
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A bill that would fully repeal the Affordable Care Act hit President Barack Obama’s desk Wednesday night with support from many North Carolina congressmen. The bill would end key parts of the Affordable Care Act, including its Medicaid expansion and mandate that individuals must buy health insurance. It would also defund Planned Parenthood for one year. Area congressmen including House Republican Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry, R-NC, and Reps. Virginia Foxx, R-NC, and Mark Meadows, R-NC, all ...
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would dismantle President Obama’s deeply flawed health care law and cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood. “The so-called Affordable Care Act has proved to be anything but affordable for North Carolinians, who have faced some of the largest premium increases in the country,” said Foxx. “The simple truth is that the president’s government takeover of our health care system has increased barriers to care, limited...
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A proposal to switch to a two-year fiscal cycle is pitting House appropriators and Budget Committee members against a majority of House members, some of whom who have argued the current annual process is ineffective and wasteful. The fight over two-year budgeting comes as the House embarks on a rewrite this year of the 1974 Budget Act, which governs the annual spending process. Lawmakers representing both sides skirmished today at a Rules Legislative and Budget Process Subcommittee hearing on th...
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Brandon Cupp, owner of Cerberus Firearms on Jake Alexander Boulevard, said his wife Ashleigh pretty much runs the local gun show. They used to hold the gun show in Lexington, but had to move the show to Salisbury because of a gun sale that happened in the parking lot of the show. One person bought a gun from an unlicensed seller and then got charged with possession of a stolen firearm when he went back home to Florida. At their gun shows now, the deputies who help with security are told to watch...
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement after President Obama announced new executive actions to restrict Second Amendment rights: “As citizens of the United States, we are afforded basic rights and privileges under the Constitution. One of these fundamental rights is the Second Amendment, and its guarantee to keep and bear arms is clear. Today, in yet another attempt to erode our basic liberties, President Obama announced plans to undermine the will of Co...
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It has taken nearly five years, but a Clemmons financial advisor’s idea to alter language on the federal IRA accounts was adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives last week. Shepherded through by U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, the bill streamlines SIMPLE IRA rollovers. Paul Johnson of Clemmons first brought it to her attention. Johnson said the process had given him some indication about how cumbersome the law making process can be. “In some ways, I am glad bills take a while to get passed. I thin...
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It’s an election year for all members of the U.S. House, but Rep. Virginia Foxx predicts a productive 2016. Foxx, R-5, will be involved in primary and general election competitions in 2016, but expects an on-time budget, a more thorough budget process and more examples of what Republican leadership can produce when in control of the U.S. Senate and House. She spoke this week about her expectations for 2016 and experiences in 2015 during an interview with the Salisbury Post. She shied away from c...
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of the bipartisan “omnibus” spending bill to appropriate funds for the federal government. The House passed the legislation by a vote of 316-113. “As a legislator, I am often responsible for making a decision on the legislation before me rather than the legislation I’d like to see,” said Foxx. “While an omnibus spending bill is not ideal, this legislation includes a number of conservative victories and advances Republican priorities i...
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