Virginia Foxx

If our workforce system focuses on today's jobs only then we won't be equipped for the economy of the future.

we've got to talk about treating these people with dignity.

I do not understand why those things aren't getting more play, and while you all aren't talking about that.

Perhaps more concerning is the study's second conclusion, that only 17 percent of those employees are likely to find new work.

I don't think we need more money in these programs. I don't think the money is being spent very well.

I believe that a big part of the problem that we have in our country is the fact that we have segregated and divided our workforce into two different groups.

The skills gap is a growing concern for all sectors of the American economy, and it impacts businesses and workers alike.

the American people are very concerned about the treasure we have invested in Afghanistan over the years

I truly hope there's a place in heaven for you all.

I think most teachers want to be there and they have good hearts, they want to do it.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, in their statements supporting H.R. 1065, Democrat Members have encouraged the House to follow the examples of States that have enacted pregnancy accommodation laws. However, the…

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 14 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 9\3/4\ minutes remaining.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 315, nays 101, not voting 14, as…

While the program is meant to be an outlet to help disadvantaged youth gain the skills necessary to achieve a good education, the past failures of the program do a disservice to students, staff, and hardworking taxpayers who fund these…

Well, I think we keep trying to put Band-aids on programs. And until we look at what is causing these young people to be in the situations they are in, then I think we are doing nothing to improve our culture.

As we celebrate National Police Week, it is important that we remember the innumerable sacrifices that are made every day by the men and women of law enforcement. In communities across America, they serve as the gatekeepers of law and…

I thank my colleague for yielding tonight for a very short but very serious and solemn set of comments. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to two members of the Watauga County Sheriff's Office who lost their lives in the line of duty…

I agree with my colleague, Mr. Fulcher, who said reauthorizing to the old way of doing things is not responsible legislating.

Despite allocating trillions in education spending over the last several decades, student outcomes are underwhelming.

The American Jobs Plan calls for all construction projects to utilize project labor agreements, and government mandating, prevailing wages, which discourages non-union contractors from bidding on taxpayer funded construction contracts.

Ninety-five percent of the Biden administration's American Jobs Plan and American's Families Plan funds a socialist wish list.

Increasing student aid will only drive up tuition prices even further.

We cannot balance our spending sprees on the backs of hard-working American taxpayers, and our children and grandchildren.

One hundred billion dollars will be allocated to school buildings even though only 3 percent of our Nation's permanent school buildings were in immediate need or repair according to Federal data.

When Republicans talk about 'infrastructure,' we actually mean it.