WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today praised passage of legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. S. 1 passed the House by a vote of 270 to 152 and now goes to President Obama who has threatened to veto the bill.
“For more than six years, supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline have been fighting to secure the necessary approval that would allow the U.S. to take… Read more »
Fed up with getting those obnoxious and incessant political robocalls during election seasons? One congressional representative from the Piedmont understands your pain.
But don’t bet the house on her bill passing, which would prohibit automated political calls from candidates and campaigns.
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, recently introduced House Resolution 827, the Robo Calls Off… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
