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 »
Virginia Foxx, who represents North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced legislation to stop the use of political “robocalls” across the United States.
According to information released by Foxx’s office, she was joined by fellow Republican David Jolly, of Florida, in introducing House Resolution 827.
“Every campaign season, like… Read more »
Libraries are the great equalizer — a point sharpened Saturday as U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx and N.C. Rep. Jonathan Jordan completed penciled in visits to the Appalachian Regional Library’s Ashe County branch.
From the recent and archived copies of the Watauga Democrat to the books and programs that educate, inform and entertain a community — all at no cost and no barrier to entrance —… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., is encouraging high school students in North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District to submit entries for the 2015 Congressional Art Competition, which is a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize talented young artists and promote the valuable role meaningful art plays in our society.
“Every year our country’s top young… Read more »
Now that the Republicans control Congress, what are they doing about higher education? Time will tell, but in my judgment both Senate Education Committee leader Lamar Alexander and House Higher Education Subcommittee Chair Virginia Foxx are saying some sensible things. Both are former college presidents – Rep. Foxx at the community college level, and Sen. Alexander at the University of… Read more »
N.C. Rep. Jonathan Jordan and U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx along with other elected officials visited the Ashe County Public Library on Saturday afternoon to learn more about the programs it offers.
For Foxx, this was her first time visiting the Ashe County Library since new renovations were made in 2009. While speaking with Ashe County Librarian Suzanne Moore, Foxx expressed the importance… Read more »
