April 30, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE REP. VIRGINIA FOXX SUPPORTS VETERANS/MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) voted in favor of H.R. 4486, the 2015 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill. “The hardest part about military service shouldn’t be coming home. Those who wear our country’s uniform make tremendous sacrifices, and providing the support needed to ensure they successfully re-integrate into civilian ...
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Last week, President Obama announced the creation of a $600 million grant program to help prepare people for jobs that are currently going unfilled. It’s good that the President is giving the issue of workforce development some greatly needed attention, but I fear his unilateral approach will be counterproductive. The jumbled, confusing federal workforce development system currently spends $18 billion on 47 different programs spread across nine agencies. Putting a $600 million layer of gloss on ...
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) voted in favor of House Concurrent Resolution 96, the Republican “Path to Prosperity” budget sponsored by Rep. Paul Ryan. Rep. Foxx delivered the following remarks as part of a floor speech in support of the legislation: “The CBO has warned that if we fail to address our lackluster economic growth and rising debt, our children and grandchildren are guaranteed a lower standard of living than what we currently enjoy. For the first time i...
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Rep. Virginia Foxx took Labor Secretary Tom Perez to task over the Obama administration's approach to workforce development programs at a hearing on Capitol Hill this morning. Recently, Foxx — who spearheaded a House-passed workforce bill called the SKILLS Act — has repeatedly criticized President Barack Obama for saying he would like to streamline federal workforce programs but has not taken action to do so. Foxx's bill would consolidate dozens of programs. She asked Perez if the president stil...
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about Affordable Care Act birth control coverage mandates. “I hope the Supreme Court sees fit to stand up for religious liberty and stop this assault on business owners who believe their faith does not begin and end at the church door.” “Americans should be free to practice their religion and conduct their business without unnecessary interference from Washington. It’s striking that t...
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After more than four decades, and the efforts of Rep. Virginia Foxx and local veteran’s organizations, Jim Judson was re-awarded military decorations he earned during his service in Vietnam in a ceremony on March 21. “It really meant the world to me, that Rep. Foxx and (Ashe County Veterans Service Officer) Darryl Vaughn would take this on for me,” Judson said. “Foxx has done a lot for me, and that’s touching ... because for many years, I’ve felt Vietnam vets never really had a welcome home.” A ...
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The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act bypasses the usual partisan debates about the size and role of government and simply requires federal agencies to consider the costs of their actions. Democrats and Republicans worked together to pass the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act in 1995 because they believed Americans are better served when regulators are required to measure and consider the costs of rules they create. UMITA builds on and strengthens
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This week, the House of Representatives will consider bipartisan regulatory transparency legislation sponsored by Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), and Collin Peterson (D-MN). H.R. 899, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act (UMITA) will strengthen the bipartisan Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA). “Every year federal agencies impose thousands of regulatory mandates on small businesses and local gov...
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House Republicans next week will call up a bill that tries to reduce the proliferation of unfunded federal mandates on state and local governments, companies and other entities. In 1995, Congress passed the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), which was meant to stop the government from writing laws and issuing regulations that come with stiff compliance costs and not enough funding. But members of both parties say UMRA only went so far and that it needs to be strengthened and expanded. "Transpa...
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This week brought news that the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office predicts Obamacare will cause the loss of 2.3 million jobs over the next decade. While the President’s ill-conceived healthcare law continues to have disastrous consequences for our economy, it’s important to highlight what The Congress has been doing to help stabilize our economy and put people back to work. Budget As a proud fiscal conservative, I was skeptical of the compromise Bipartisan Budget Agreement (BBA) when it w...
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