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Foxx Statement on Supreme Court Decision in King v. Burwell

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision that the federal government can subsidize health insurance policies purchased on Obamacare’s federal exchange: “For the past two years, my email inbox, mailbox and phone lines have been flooded with reports of cancelled health insurance plans, soaring premiums,…

Kline, Foxx Respond to Administration’s Retreat on College Rating Proposal

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WASHINGTON - House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following joint statement in response to today’s announcement from the Department of Education regarding its controversial college rating system:   "The department’s decision to abandon an arbitrary…

Veterans crowd library session

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About 100 veterans crowded into the Clemmons Library auditorium on Friday to seek U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx’s help in receiving a variety of health benefits. “Thank you, veterans,” Foxx said. “We will go to the ends of the earth to help you. We see that as our obligation.” About a dozen veteran related organizations were represented including the Disabled American Veterans, Military…

'Chaos' avoided: SCOTUS upholds ACA subsidies

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued a 6-3 opinion upholding the eligibility of federal Health Insurance Marketplace enrollees to receive tax subsidies. “The system as it’s been is intact; there are no changes to how it’s been working," said Eric Schneider, outreach and eligibility specialist for High Country Community Health. "Everyone’s going to continue to get their…

Supreme Court ruling rankles Iredell reps

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Both members of Iredell County’s contingent to the U.S. House of Representatives were hoping a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court would take some of the wind from the sails of the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as "Obamacare." Through emails, both said they were disappointed on Thursday when the Supreme Court ruled, in a case known as King v. Burwell, that federal tax…

For local Obamacare recipients, mystery over

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Up until Thursday morning, insurance agent Mark Thacker took calls from clients wondering what would happen to their health coverage if the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a key part of the Affordable Care Act. Today, Thacker’s clients can wonder no longer. In the second landmark decision on the Affordable Care Act in the past three years, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold…

Obama administration retreats from federal college rating plan

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The Obama administration has abandoned a plan for the federal government to rate colleges and universities, opting instead to give consumers more tools and information to draw their own conclusions. The announcement Thursday shifted the course of an initiative that had drawn sharp criticism from the higher education community soon after President Obama announced it on Aug. 22,…

Foxx Votes to Help Keep Electricity Affordable, Stop EPA’s Regulatory Assault on States

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of bipartisan legislation designed to help keep electricity prices affordable for families and businesses. “The EPA is out of touch with the energy needs of Americans, and its unelected bureaucrats too often make decisions without consideration for how those choices will affect people's daily lives. The ‘Clean Power Plan’…

Foxx Statement on Passage of Trade Promotion Authority

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of trade promotion authority, or TPA, legislation, which would impose congressional accountability to the president’s trade negotiation efforts through enhanced oversight and additional transparency.  “There have been many mischaracterizations of what TPA is. The allegation that TPA is something for President Obama is…

Foxx Votes to Minimize Damage of Obamacare, Repeal Medical Device Tax

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would permanently repeal Obamacare’s 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices. “When the Democrat-controlled Congress rammed the so-called Affordable Care Act through this chamber, I joined my Republican colleagues in expressing our grave concerns over the effects of the law’s tax increases.…

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