When House Administration Committee Chairwoman Candice Miller retires and hands over her gavel next year, GOP leaders will be facing a familiar quandary: finding another female lawmaker to lead a committee.
Miller, a Michigan Republican, is the only woman among the 21 GOP committee chairs. And leadership — cognizant of the poor optics of a potential all-white, male lineup — will be… Read more »
A partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security was averted on Tuesday when the House of Representatives voted 257-167 to pass full funding for the rest of the fiscal year. It includes money for executive orders on immigration that President Barack Obama signed in recent years.
Most Democrats and 75 Republicans, including Speaker John Boehner, voted for it. The Senate had… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress:
“Prime Minister Netanyahu is absolutely right - the world cannot tolerate a nuclear Iranian regime. The Obama administration is signaling it will support temporarily restricting, not eliminating, Iran’s potential… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted against a long-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The House passed the legislation by a vote of 257 to 167.
“Unfortunately, this legislation does nothing to prevent President Obama’s unlawful plans to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens through executive actions, which undermine our system of checks… Read more »
Internet activists declared victory over the nation’s big cable companies Thursday, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to impose the toughest rules yet on broadband service to prevent companies like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T from creating paid fast lanes and slowing or blocking web traffic.
The 3-2 vote ushered in a new era of government oversight for an industry… Read more »
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to regulate broadband providers as public utilities:
“This attempt by the FCC to regulate broadband providers is yet another example of Obama appointees overstepping the bounds of the statutory authority granted to them by Congress. These excessive regulations will… Read more »
Each year Washington imposes thousands of pages of rules and regulations on America’s local governments and small businesses. Hidden in those rules are costly mandates that stretch state and city budgets and make it harder for employers to hire.
In 1995, members from both parties got behind, and President Bill Clinton signed, the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), which sought to… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would strengthen and improve the investment tool known as a 529 plan, which helps families save for their child’s college education. H.R. 529 passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 401 to 20.
“Paying for college is hard work, and it’s getting more difficult as tuition and fees continue to… Read more »
The current K-12 education system is failing our students, and state and local attempts to make it better have been hampered by an enormous federal footprint. Parents and education leaders have lost much of their decision-making authority to Washington bureaucrats, and the Secretary of Education has bullied states into adopting the Obama administration’s pet projects.
Unsurprisingly,… Read more »
Last October national pro-life groups met at the Capitol with House GOP leaders to present their priorities for the new Congress. The coalition meeting itself wasn’t unusual, but the timing was: It was the first time the leaders met with pro-life groups to discuss the next Congress before the election had taken place. It was also the first time the organizations came with a unified… Read more »
