WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives today passed legislation that includes language by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., to ensure unfunded mandates are incorporated into regulatory reform.
“The issue of unfunded mandates is frequently overlooked in the debates about reforming our regulatory system and carrying out federal policies,” said Foxx during a speech on the House floor. “It is… Read more »
Congress kicked off 2016 by passing a bill that repeals Obamacare and stops taxpayer funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
The nearly party-line vote in the House was 240-181. The bill will be sent directly to President Barack Obama's desk via the special reconciliation process.
That process allows a budget bill to pass with a simple majority, avoiding an… Read more »
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… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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… Read more »
