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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.… Read more »

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… Read more »

REP. FOXX VOTES AGAINST DEBT LIMIT INCREASE   Washington, D.C.  – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today voted against an increase in the nation’s debt limit. “President Obama and Congressional Democrats have shown no willingness to work with House Republicans on addressing the growing debt that will be handed to our children and grandchildren,” Congresswoman Foxx… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, who represents most of Iredell except for Statesville and the most northern and northeastern parts of the county, invited Sgt. Matt Cooke as his personal guest to the Jan. 28 State of the Union address. Cooke was wounded five times using his body to shield others from the 2009 attack at Fort Hood in Texas. The wounds left Cooke disabled, and he now lives… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded passage of HR 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Congresswoman Foxx delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House as the bill was being considered: “Before liberty, equality, free speech, freedom of conscience, the pursuit of happiness and justice for all, there has to be life. And yet, for millions of aborted… Read more »

  Washington, D.C.  – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in response to the President’s State of the Union speech: “Unfortunately, tonight’s State of the Union fits within a long tradition of speeches that deploy platitudes in support of a long list of policy goals that seem to be forgotten by the White House as soon as they are… Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after President Obama’s speech in Raleigh. “In today’s speech, President Obama talked about ways to reach the goal of an economy that produces good jobs for all Americans who want to work. I share this goal, and hope the President will follow through on his rhetoric with action. Unemployed Americans want to get back to… Read more »

  Rep. Foxx Tries to Balance Needy Students, Tax Dollars in Education Debate By: Renee Schoof  WASHINGTON — Rep. Virginia Foxx says she can empathize with struggling low-income students. She used to be one. Foxx describes herself as… Read more »

In the Worst Congress Ever, These Few Lawmakers Actually Did Something By: Samantha Lachman The 113th Congress is on track to pass just 55 bills in 2013 -- a record low level of productivity. But despite the historic levels of inter-party polarization, some legislators managed to work through the gridlock. We took a look -- with data from Find the Best -- at a handful of members… Read more »

On Dec. 17 Congresswoman Virginia Foxx visited the Food Lion headquarters facility in Salisbury for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certified distribution center. On a tour led by Distribution Center Manager Tim Overcash, Congresswoman Foxx learned more about the complex path groceries… Read more »