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Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Madam Speaker, I want to say how much I admire Jennifer Wexton and the role model she has been as she has struggled with her disease. We saw her here on the floor a few minutes ago, and I commend her for her willingness to speak openly…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Jack Roemer of Winston- Salem, North Carolina, who will celebrate his 100th birthday on December 20. There are so many positive things to say about Jack. He is one of the most kindhearted…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Dan Bishop
@danbishop· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, this is my final week in Congress. Many come to the floor and ruminate over their service. As for me, I can't think of a better way to spend my final words on the floor than in support of recognition for the Lumbee Tribe. The…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 1147) to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for grants in support of training and education to teachers and other school employees, students, and the…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, anti-Semitism exploded on college campuses across the country following October 7, 2023, increasing 700 percent over the same period in the prior year. Swastikas were spread…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate Congressman Scott's comments very much. We have worked together very well. Now I urge my colleagues to vote for S. 5355, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, thank you so much my colleague from Texas and all the people who have come here to praise Dr. Michael Burgess. I join them in recognizing him on his pending retirement. For over two decades, he has more than ably represented…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 5355, the National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement, or NACIE, Act. NACIE is the Department of Education's Tribal advisory group…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, TCUs provide an important doorway to postsecondary education for many American students. TCUs know best what their students and communities need. S. 5355, the National…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on S. 1147. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 16, 2024

Mr. Speaker, a new report from Parents Defending Education, PDE, revealed that the Biden-Harris administration spent over $1 billion of taxpayer money on so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion programming. DEI is the woke addiction…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-16
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 16, 2024

Mr. Speaker, hiring people based on their unique individual skills is something I have promoted all my life. It is precisely why I introduced the Chance to Compete Act. As the largest employer in the Nation with almost 2.2 million…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-16
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 16, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 4077) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the ``Dianne Feinstein Post Office''. The…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-16
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 16, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-16
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 16, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This bill would rename a post office in San Francisco, California, as the Dianne Feinstein Post Office. Feinstein was the longest serving Senator to represent California and the…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-16
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Dec 16, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bucshon). The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, S. 4077…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-16