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Foxx Statement on Decision to Award Purple Heart to Fort Hood Victims

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement following an announcement by the Army that victims of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting will receive the Purple Heart: “The Army’s decision today to award the Purple Heart to victims of the massacre at Fort Hood is long overdue. By classifying the attack as workplace violence instead of terrorism, the Army has…

McHenry, Meadows, Foxx vote to repeal Obamacare

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With less than two weeks remaining in the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, House members from Western North Carolina voted to fully repeal the legislation aimed at reforming the American health-care system. Reps. Patrick McHenry, Mark Meadows and Virginia Foxx all cast votes in favor of H.R. 596, which would fully repeal President Barack Obama’s signature health…

House Passes Foxx’s Bipartisan Regulatory Transparency Legislation

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WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives today passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., that would shed light on how federal policies impact the budgets of state and local governments and private sector employers. The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H.R. 50, passed the House by a vote of 250 to 173. Foxx has introduced this legislation…

Foxx 'Unfunded Mandates' Bill Clears House

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The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx that would shed light on how federal policies impact the budgets of state and local governments and private sector employers. The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H.R. 50, passed the House by a vote of 250 to 173. Foxx has introduced this legislation in the past four…

House passes regulatory reform bill

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The House on Wednesday passed legislation to require federal agencies to evaluate the full economic effects of regulations. Passed 250-173, the measure would further require agencies to consult with private sector entities impacted by the proposed rules. Under the bill, the Congressional Budget Office would be required to evaluate economic effects of regulations on state, local and…

House Passes Unfunded Mandates Bill To Limit Costs of Rules to Businesses

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The House passed by a vote of 250-173 the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act (H.R. 50), which is intended to protect the private sector from regulatory costs imposed by the federal government. The legislation, introduced again this year by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), was approved over Democrats' objections in January by the House Committee on Oversight and Government…

Foxx Votes to Repeal Obamacare

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation to repeal Obamacare in its entirety. H.R. 596, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 239 to 186, also calls on the relevant House committees to submit legislation within each committee’s jurisdiction to find alternative health care reforms. “The simple truth is that the president’s government…

GOP seeks to counter Obama's efforts to bypass Congress

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House Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation this week to counter President Obama’s efforts to circumvent Congress by having federal agencies push the envelope in federal rulemaking. Under Obama, the agencies have adopted various new interpretations of their rulemaking authority that effectively allow the president to legislate without lawmakers. The Republicans' legislation…

Foxx: First HEA bill coming next month:

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The House will likely produce a Higher Education Act reauthorization bill the first week of March, said Rep. Virginia Foxx, chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Speaking at the National Council of Higher Education Resources’ 2015 legislative conference, Foxx said that through reauthorization, she and her colleagues will “do all that we can to…

Foxx on President’s Budget: ‘More of the Same Ineffective Policies’

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2016: “One of the concerns I often hear from folks in North Carolina is that the federal government spends too much. Many worry that our ballooning national debt threatens economic stability and jeopardizes the American dream for their…

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