Virginia Foxx

United States Representative from North Carolina since 2005

Virginia Ann Foxx (born June 29, 1943) is an American educator and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 5th congressional district, which encompasses much of the northwestern portion of the state and the Gastonia area. Foxx is a member of the Republican Party and served as Secretary of the House Republican Conference from 2013 to 2017. She has been the ranking member of the House Committee on Education and Labor since 2019, and served as the committee's chair from 2017 to 2019.

Virginia Foxx

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  • (The bill) is emblematic of the attempt by the majority party to control every aspect of our lives.
  • (The Republican plan would) make sure we bring down the cost of health care for all Americans and that ensures affordable access for all Americans and is pro-life because it will not put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government.
  • I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country.

About Virginia Foxx

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  • Wanda Sykes: Now come on, that sounds like something from a Harrison Ford movie. That just shows you how much money they are being paid by insurance lobbies. Nobody says crazy stuff like that for real. That's made up! You get paid to play a role like that. When they say stuff like that, you know what I hear? 'Enough is enough! I have had it with these [blanketyblanking] snakes on this [blanketyblanking] plane!' That's what I hear. It's crazy. They're movie lines.
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