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The House voted Tuesday to begin negotiations with the Senate on legislation to renew the No Child Left Behind law. Both chambers passed their respective versions of the bill in July. Lawmakers hope to finish conference negotiations by the end of the year to send a final reconciled measure to President Obama’s desk. The original 2002 law expired in 2007. In the absence of Congress… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, today was appointed by House Speaker Paul Ryan to participate in the committee that will iron out the differences between the House and Senate versions of legislation to improve K-12 education by replacing No Child Left Behind.  “It is a privilege to serve on this conference… Read more »

A visit by U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, brought more than a dozen city officials and local business people to Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce on Friday. Invited guests interested in hearing how national policy has affected Davidson County exchanged questions and answers with Foxx during an hour-long lunchtime meeting. Foxx – who represents a district that includes a very small… Read more »

Even as the terrorist attacks on Paris were ongoing late Nov. 13 and into the early morning hours of Nov. 14, President Barack Obama and North Carolina’s top lawmakers were promising prayers, unity and solidarity with France. Obama, speaking as gunshots and explosions still could be heard throughout the French capital, promised, “We are going to do whatever it takes to work with the… Read more »

The Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce hosted U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, Friday for an informal forum with members of the public. Foxx spent an hour during lunchtime meeting with small business owners and Thomasville area citizens discussing many of the issues Davidson County faces with the federal government. “I know what it’s like to have a small business, make payroll,… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement to commemorate Veterans Day: “On Veterans Day we rightly single out the members of our military past and present to honor them with the respect and gratitude they deserve. The veterans that we honor today are a reflection of American greatness. Liberty is bought and paid for by the incomprehensible… Read more »

Lynchburg College President Kenneth Garren was sipping wine at a reception before Virginia’s gubernatorial inauguration last year when he spotted a familiar face: Sen. Mark Warner. Mr. Garren had known the senator for years and had met with the lawmaker’s daughter on campus when she was considering applying to the small Christian college. At the inauguration party, Mr. Garren says, he… Read more »

During his first full week as Speaker, Paul Ryan gave a glimpse of how he’ll run the House differently than his predecessor, John Boehner. The 45-year-old Wisconsin Republican opened up the legislative process and allowed hours of freewheeling debate on more than 100 amendments to a long-term highway bill. Then he pushed the bill through the House on a huge bipartisan vote. Ryan… Read more »

After the death this week of former U.S. House Rep. Howard Coble, local politicians and friends who knew Coble expressed an outpouring of support and remembrance. Coble, who was the longest-serving Republican House member in North Carolina history, represented Davidson County on Capitol Hill for 15 terms beginning in 1984 before redistricting split the county among the 5th, 8th and… Read more »

Speaker Paul D. Ryan has directed a task force to make recommendations on how to diversify representation on the Steering Committee. Members charged with overhauling the powerful panel that determines appointments to the House’s committees will submit recommendations to the full Republican Conference the week before Thanksgiving. Republican Policy Chairman Luke Messer, R-Ind., who… Read more »