Congresswoman Virginia Foxx

McHenry on health care overhaulHere's what U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, a Cherryville Republican, had to say about the health care bill that passed the House last night. McHenry voted "no," reports Barb Barrett."This is an anti-jobs bill," McHenry said. "Instead of helping businesses create jobs it will increase federal spending, raise taxes and slow economic growth."The fight goes on, McHenry added."This summer more than 5,000 people stood up against Obamacare at the 11 town halls I held...Read Full Story

Published on Apr 29, 2012 by zinasaundersdotcomSee more at http://www.zinasaunders.com -- Ultra-conservative North Carolina Republican congresswoman Virginia Foxx, chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee in the House, made news in the past week when she said that she has "very little tolerance" for people who take out student loans. "There's no reason for that. We live in an opportunity society and people are forgetting that ... You don't sit on your butt and have it dumped in your lap."Ah...Read Full Story

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Dear Representative Foxx:Let me be the first to thank you for the courage you showed standing in the well of the House and deriding the evil Hate Crimes Legislation. It must be very hard to stand up for your convictions, no matter how insane or absurd. I thought Michelle Bachmann was a tough act to follow, but, baby, you knocked her right out of the ring.It must have taken a lot of fortitude to stand before the nation and proclaim that a young man, savagely beaten for his sexuality, was...Read Full Story

The Republican congresswoman Virginia Foxx from my former adopted home state of North Carolina yesterday on the House floor stated the unthinkable, that Matthew Sheppard was not the victim of a hate crime. She went so far as to say it was simply an unfortunate case of robbery and that the media perpetrated a "hoax" to trump up the gay agenda.Foxx made these inflammatory comments while debating the Federal Anti-discrimination Act (commonly known as the Matthew Sheppard Act) which would add...Read Full Story