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POSITIVE CHANGES MARK FIRST 100 DAYS OF 109th CONGRESS
Washington, DC,
May 1, 2005
It is truly an honor to represent the people of Northwest North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives. The citizens of the Fifth District have entrusted me with an awesome responsibility and my staff and I are committed to working very ha
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Since I was sworn into office in January, a whirlwind of activity has taken place on Capitol Hill. This past month, I introduced my first bill, the H.E.R.O. Act. This bill will amend the tax code to allow soldiers earning hazard pay in a combat zone to make the maximum contributions to their individual retirement accounts. This common-sense piece of legislation will help our servicemen and women without costing taxpayers a penny. I am also proud to report that my colleagues and I have worked to make many other positive changes for our nation. During the past four months, we have fought to reduce taxes and the burdensome rules and regulations that plague hardworking Americans. Just last week, the House passed a Budget Resolution Conference Report that will implement $106 billion in tax cuts over the next five years. Our fiscally responsible budget funds our top priorities such as national security and defense, while stimulating our economy and creating jobs. It also reins in spending and reduces the federal deficit. We have also acted to permanently repeal the death tax, which is an unfair burden on thousands of American families, small businesses, and family farms. The death tax has caused many of these small business and farms to go out of business. I am happy that we’ve acted to bury this unreasonable burden. We have strengthened our national security by passing the Real I.D. Act. This bill will require rigorous proof of identity and strong security requirements for all applicants for driver’s licenses and state issued identity cards. It will also close a hole in the border fence and permit all terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility to be grounds for deportation. We have passed an $81.4 billion wartime supplemental bill
that provides the funds necessary to continue fighting the War on Terror while
providing our men and women in uniform with vital equipment and training. We have voted for a responsible transportation bill that will improve our roads and create many new jobs. We have passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 which will encourage personal responsibility and ensure that bankruptcy in America is available for all who truly need it, and not abused by those looking to game the system. We have all been affected by high gas prices. To forge a long term solution, we passed a comprehensive energy bill that will lower energy prices, strengthen the economy, generate hundreds of thousands of new jobs and encourage greater energy conservation and efficiency. This bill will also reduce our dependency on foreign oil and encourage investment into alternative energy sources. These are just a few of the many positive changes that we’ve
made. Rest assured that my colleagues
and I are working very hard. But we
still have a lot left to do. I invite
you to contact my office if you have any suggestions on how to make our country
a better place. As I have said before,
the best ideas don’t come from Editor’s Note: Virginia Foxx is a United States
Representative from
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