Virginia Foxx

If we are going to roll back rigid Federal requirements, it is up to accrediting agencies to take the flexibility we are working to provide and do something meaningful with it.

Accreditors must also embrace the commitment to high quality and improved outcomes.

Tomorrow, GE will hold its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareowners in Asheville, North Carolina. The company will also be celebrating its 125th anniversary. GE likes to hold its shareowners meeting in a different city each year to highlight the…

We applaud Congresswoman Virginia Foxx for introducing H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act.

Like some of you, I served as an elected official in State and local government, and can testify to the difficulty of balancing a State budget when there are dozens of complicated unfunded Federal mandates that must be taken into account.

I have always admired the purpose and spirit of UMRA, but weaknesses in the law have been exploited in the intervening decades, and they need to be addressed.

UMRA was designed to force the Federal Government to estimate and report how much its mandates would cost local and State governments, which was previously not the case.

On Monday night, fans across my home State and the entire country were ecstatic as we celebrated the University of North Carolina's sixth NCAA men's basketball championship. It was a thrilling evening. But in the Fifth District, one…

Last weekend I had the pleasure of visiting Bridges Academy, a charter school in State Road, North Carolina. The school was celebrating the decision by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction unanimously to renew its charter…

Last month I had the privilege of meeting Lisa and Chad Smith and their charming son Jamil during a visit to Newland, North Carolina, in the Fifth District. The Smiths are the proprietors of Forage Soaps, which began in 2014 with a $50…

Today I rise to mourn the loss of John Crutcher, who passed away on March 12, 2017, at the age of 100. A native of Kansas, John spent many years in public service, including teaching in a one-room school on the prairie. He was elected to a…

I want to thank our witnesses today, and I also want to thank Mr. Rokita for introducing this bill.

We should not waste a dime of hardworking taxpayer dollars and to excuse this kind of abuse and fraud is unconscionable.

This kind of fraud and abuse is not a good use of hardworking taxpayer dollars.

Skyrocketing cost, diminished choices for patients, small businesses destroyed, fewer jobs, and lower wages, that is ObamaCare's legacy. That is what Democrats imposed on our country. We believe the American people deserve a better way…

I now yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell), a member of the committee.

I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), the distinguished chairman of the Small Business Committee.

Today I rise to recognize Theresa Bryant, who is West Forsyth High School's 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year. This first-generation college graduate, Kiwanis member, and Key Club adviser has worked at West Forsyth in Clemmons since 2000…

March is National Reading Month, and students across the country often kick off this observance by celebrating the birthday of treasured children's author Dr. Suess. Last week I visited Forsyth Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina…

For years Americans across the country have struggled under a government takeover of health care. Because of ObamaCare, insurance markets are collapsing, healthcare costs are soaring, and patients' choices are dwindling. Simply put, the…

I want to thank my colleague from Alabama for his able testimony in regard to this resolution. I rise today in support of this resolution because it will reverse an unlawful power grab and restore responsible worker health and safety…

Well, today, we are not talking about repealing and replacing ObamaCare. We are talking about issues outside that.

If we are going to have a debate on health care, it would be helpful if the Republicans would conform with the directions of the reconciliation instructions and come up with a plan that we can actually debate.

The Affordable Care Act has been described as a disaster, but I think we need to recognize that a lot of problems were occurring in health care before the Affordable Care Act.

I do not think there is any question that ObamaCare has been an unmitigated disaster.