“We’ve all seen how Washington’s involvement in rate-setting is a recipe for uncertainty and confusion. Students deserve better. The Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act, much like the House’s Smarter Solutions for Students Act, ends the temporary fixes that have failed to strengthen our nation’s student loan system and offers long-term simplicity, rate caps, and an assurance that interest rates are immediately in line with the free market. It’s a shame that it took Senate Democrats this long to join us and correct the problem, but it’s better they complete the assignment late than never.” Read more »
"McKenzie Chasteen represented Watauga well today," Foxx said. "I'm so happy that the Congressional Art Competition gives talented students like McKenzie the opportunity to come to their Capitol for recognition and a front row seat to the work that goes on in the People's House. Hundreds of thousands of visitors pass through the Capitol each year, and I'm glad McKenzie's artwork will be enjoyed by so many." Read more »
The House of Representatives is carefully considering how to correct immigration policies so that America’s border is secured, our laws dutifully enforced, and the draw for illegal immigration removed. I encourage you to take a moment to read a column I wrote that outlines my priorities for strengthening immigration. The text is available here and an excerpt is included below. Read more »
Wednesday evening, bipartisan regulatory transparency legislation sponsored by Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike McIntyre (D-NC) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) successfully advanced from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H.R. 899, will fix loopholes within the bipartisan regulatory reform act known as UMRA. Read more »
Foxx called the current regulations "ill-conceived" and urged the full House to act to repeal them so issues of affordability, accountability, and transparency can be carefully addressed during the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Read more »
That proposal – the Smarter Solutions for Students Act authored by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) – got tangled up in gridlock and division among Senate Democrats, who were so committed to extending the status quo that they left town and let interest rates on some loans double. “Republicans took political advantage of the fissure among Democrats” to secure a victory for students and their families with a final bill that one member of the Senate majority grudgingly admits is “almost identical to that passed by a … Republican-led House.” Read more »
Congresswoman Foxx on Student Success Act
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 9:32AM
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement upon the House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 5, the Student Success Act which she cosponsored. The legislation reforms and reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: “North… Read more »
Rep. Foxx said, “Students and institutions stand to be unfairly burdened by the Obama administration’s ill-conceived program integrity regulations. The Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act will remove the barrier three of those regulations put in the way of schools working to innovate, grow, and meet the changing demands of an increasingly diverse American student body. I hope to see the House of Representatives act soon to remove these barriers as well so issues of affordability, accountability, and transparency can be carefully addressed during the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.” Read more »
Transparency and accountability are not partisan issues. Democrats and Republicans who worked together to pass UMRA in 1995 believed the American people would be served better if government issued regulations only when the cost of those regulations was fully understood. My colleagues and I still think that’s the case. And while UMRA is good, it needs to be strengthened. The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act builds off of UMRA and goes even further to make sure government is held accountable for considering how prospective regulatory will impact small businesses and local governments.
The legislation is purely about making government work better for the American people by requiring openness and honesty from Washington about the true cost of regulations, whether those costs come in dollars or in lost jobs. It is my hope the strong bipartisan support with which it was introduced will pave the way for its swift passage from the House of Representatives. Read more »
“These regulations are stifling pioneering institutions at a time when forward-thinking solutions are desperately needed,” Foxx said in a written statement. Read more »
