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Our bipartisan legislation fully funds the federal government, guarantees troop pay, puts Obamacare and all its uncertainty for families and small businesses on hold, and permanently repeals Obamacare’s innovation hampering medical device tax – something more than thirty Senate Democrats want removed. Read more »

House Rules Committee House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, holds the chair for Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., as the panel meets at the Capitol, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, in Washington, to hear amendments to the continuing appropriations resolution to fund the government and avoid a possible shutdown. At right is Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Read more »

“Unfortunately, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are trying to put the blame on us for saying that we’re here because we’re fighting what we see as a failed policy. The American people see it as a failed policy also. The majority of the American people are opposed to what we have come to call ObamaCare. It was not passed by bipartisan vote”, said a clearly perturbed Rep. Virginia Foxx. Read more »

Republicans in the House of Representatives blasted President Barack Obama Saturday for negotiating with Iran and Russia over Tehran's nuclear ambitions and Syria's chemical weapons stash but not with them over avoiding a potential federal government shutdown. Read more »

The Senate on Friday approved a government funding bill to keep the federal government open, and now the fiscal fight heads back to the House. Read more »

On the twelfth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the House Higher Education Subcommittee held hearings to look at how to best manage some of the problems new veterans have transitioning from military to civilian life. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the chair of the subcommittee, summed up the situation saying, “As more troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, post-secondary institutions now face the largest influx of student veterans on campus since World War II.” Read more »

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx recently toured Corinthian’s Everest College campus in Santa Ana, California to learn more about its programs, students, faculty and facilities. Rep. Foxx is serving her fifth term as the Representative of North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the chair of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education. Read more »

On Tuesday, October 1st at 10:00 a.m. EST, I will hold a Higher Education and Workforce subcommittee hearing regarding simplifying federal student aid as part of our subcommittee’s ‘Keeping College Within Reach’ hearing series. As the committee prepares to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, this hearing will provide members with an opportunity to explore certain proposals to… Read more »

"There is a better way to move forward with patient-centered health care reform. The American Health Care Reform Act will undo the damage of Obamacare." Read more »

On the day that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces significant choice and lower than expected premiums in the new Health Insurance Marketplace in North Carolina, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx offers a rebuttal. Read more »