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WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx received the American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF) Award for Conservative Excellence in 2018. ACUF selected several key votes that reflect how lawmakers view the role of government in an individual’s life, including the rollback of numerous harmful Obama-era regulations, cuts to profligate spending, immigration reform, welfare reform, re-instating “net-neutrality” internet regulations and the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Rep. Foxx stated, “Conserving the principles of individual liberty and limited government that our nation was founded upon guide all my actions as a proud conservative in the U.S. House of Representatives. It is an honor to be recognized for this commitment by the ACUF, and I look forward to maintaining my strong conservative record in 2019.”

ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp and ACU Executive Director Dan Schneider

• Members who scored 80 percent or better in ACUF Center for Legislative Accountability’s 48^th Edition of the Ratings of Congress earned awards for their voting records in the 2018 session.

• This past session, the percentage of Republicans earning awards for conservative voting records fell compared to the 2017 session (from 66 percent to 55 percent). Congressional Democrats earned average scores of 10 percent in the Senate and 8 percent in the House. This session’s scorecard is made up of 25 bills in the U.S. House of Representatives and 20 bills in the U.S. Senate.

• Click here to view ACU Foundation’s Ratings of Congress.

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U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx represents North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District and is Senior Republican of the House Committee on Education and Labor.