WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, which authorizes funding for America’s military and defense initiatives. It passed the House by a vote of 269-151.
“Providing for the common defense of the United States of America is the federal government’s primary responsibility,” said Foxx. “This bill… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today praised passage of legislation that would prohibit elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, which is the point at which scientific evidence has shown that an unborn child can feel pain.
“The science is clear. Unborn children at 20 weeks of development are individuals capable of experiencing great pain,” said Foxx. “Today the… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation to reform the nation’s intelligence-gathering programs operated under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) while preserving tools critical to safeguarding America.
“Congress should be vigilant in ensuring that the government doesn't infringe upon the constitutional rights of individual Americans,… Read more »
Phil Berger is not a man in a hurry. The North Carolina Senate leader seems to have all the time in the world — his scheduler enters his sun-drenched, wood-paneled office three, four times to get him to wrap up our interview and Berger cheerfully shoos him out. “You’re going to have to give me at least 10 more minutes,” he says in an easy Southern drawl. And why shouldn’t he have them?… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, exactly two years after a Pennsylvania jury found abortionist Kermit Gosnell guilty of murdering late-term infants born alive.
“Late-term abortion is not health, and it’s not care,” Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., a registered nurse, said on the House floor. “This is a human rights issue.”
The… Read more »
The House voted Wednesday to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy as Republicans delivered a key piece of the pro-life agenda and overcame an embarrassing false start earlier this year.
Dubbed the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," the legislation cleared on a 242-184 vote that largely broke along party lines, with just four pro-life Democrats joining in support and… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would require the Obama administration to withdraw its flawed “Waters of the United States” rule, which would negatively impact North Carolina farmers and landowners.
“Federal agencies frequently place burdensome regulations on the American public, and the ‘Waters of the United States’ rule is no… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today announced that she will host a telephone town hall for 5th District residents on Tuesday, June 9, at 7:15 p.m.
“Telephone town halls are one of the opportunities where the people I represent can share directly with me their concerns and ideas,” said Foxx. “It’s my hope that many constituents will choose to take part in the June 9th… Read more »
A sunny Saturday helped draw crowds from Jonesville and the surrounding area for the annual Jonesville Jubilee. From local skydivers putting on a show to bouncy houses for the kids, the festival had something to offer for everyone in attendance.
The event, which drew an estimated crowd of hundreds, featured local churches selling food, including port-a-pit chicken, as well as… Read more »
West Iredell High School students got instruction on a little bit of everything from U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx on Monday.
The six-term congresswoman for the 5th District visited Ms. Brooke Campbell’s personal finance class as part of an event called the SIFMA Foundation Capitol Hill Challenge, which has taken place for more than a decade and includes something called the Stock Market… Read more »
