WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today issued the following statement following her reelection as Secretary of the House Republican Conference for the 114th Congress: “I am grateful for the support of my colleagues and look forward to continuing to work with them as Conference Secretary so we may advance our shared vision of an America with expanded opportunity, protected freedoms and efficient governance. “This Conference is well-prepared to solve our nation’s most pressing issues by ge...
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Rowan County’s two Republican U.S. representatives say next year’s majority in both the U.S. House and Senate could be a positive indicator of coming productivity, but say that the coming lame duck session could be exactly what its name implies — uneventful. Congress returns to Capital Hill this week for the first time since the midterm elections, which saw a number of Democrats across the country defeated and Republicans take a majority in the Senate. North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race was perha...
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A group representing congressional staffers who served in the military is urging lawmakers to hire more veterans. According to nonpartisan HillVets, fewer than 3 percent of staffers in Capitol Hill offices are military veterans — a number below nearly every federal agency. "We have a number of veterans who are consistently looking for positions, who are very well-qualified, but, for whatever reason, they're just not getting positions," HillVets co-founder Justin Brown said in an interview Tuesda...
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Five-term U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx understands people have a negative view of Congress. But she thinks part of the problem is that very word: Congress. “Congress is short-hand,” Foxx said. “Congress is both the House (of Representatives) and the Senate. They really need to segment them. The Senate is totally dysfunctional. The House is not.” Foxx said the House – where she has represented North Carolina’s 5th District for 10 years – has been enormously productive. “We’ve passed over 400 bills to ...
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., will host a U.S. Service Academy Day on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wilkes County Public Library, 215 10th St., North Wilkesboro, NC 28659. The event will help familiarize students with the application and nomination process for applying to the nation's five military service academies. “North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District has a proud tradition of military service. Every year, some of the area’s finest young men and women choose...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today presented brothers Ben and William Casstevens of Winston-Salem with Congressional Award Medals for their commitment to bettering themselves and giving back to the communities in which they live. The Congressional Award is the United States Congress’ award for young Americans who set personally challenging goals and achieve them. It is non-partisan, voluntary and non-competitive. The program is open to all 14- to 23-year-olds. There are six leve...
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., made the following statement after a recent press report indicated President Obama is considering unilateral executive action to transfer prisoners housed at Guantanamo Bay to the United States mainland: “Closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is a fanciful idea but importing vicious terrorists onto the United States mainland and giving them legal protections reserved for American citizens has been consistently rejected by bipartisan majorities ...
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Washington D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx introduced H.R. 5672, no-cost, bipartisan legislation to correct a technical limitation preventing the rollover of tax-deferred retirement funds into existing SIMPLE IRA accounts. Representative Foxx released the following statement after introducing the legislation: “This legislation will simplify Americans’ retirement planning and ensure a complex tax code does not prevent sensible financial planning decisions. Individuals should be able to...
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Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) voted in favor of H.R. 4, the Jobs for America Act, which passed on a 253 to 163 bipartisan vote. Rep Foxx spoke on the House floor in support of the measure: “Each year Washington imposes thousands of pages of rules and regulations on America’s private sector employers as well as state and local governments. Buried in those pages are costly federal mandates that make it harder for businesses to hire and cash-strapped states, counties, and ci...
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Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following remarks after President Obama’s speech about ISIL: “ISIL is a vicious terrorist group that controls significant land and resources, has repeatedly called for the destruction of the United States and has publicly killed two U.S. citizens in the most brutal way imaginable. I am glad that the President has come around to recognizing this threat for what it is, and has outlined the beginnings of a strategy to confront it. “We m...
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