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By Joe Marusak
The Charlotte Observer

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert on Friday tapped U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-Banner Elk, to serve on the House committees on Agriculture, Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce.

"We are pleased to have someone with Virginia's skills and experience available to serve on these important committees," Hastert said in a written announcement. "She is a very hardworking person, and I know that she will do excellent work."

Foxx said she was delighted to receive her assignments because they reflect the needs and interests of the 5th District.

"My work on the Agriculture Committee will affect every person in the Fifth District," she said in the announcement. She joins the committee after decades of agricultural experience, from raising cattle and crops to operating a nursery and landscaping business to serving on the N.C. Senate's Agriculture Committee.

Foxx also brings experience to the House Committee on Government Reform, the central investigative body of the U.S. House.

For 10 years, she served on the N.C. Senate's Joint Legislative Administrative Procedures Oversight Committee, where she reviewed state regulatory programs to determine if there was overlap, conflicting goals or the need for simplification.

Foxx also said there are few things she is as passionate about as improving the education of every student in the district. She is a former community college president, university administrator/instructor and school board member.