Virginia Foxx Explained
Virginia Foxx |
Office: | Chair of the House Rules Committee |
Term Start: | January 3, 2025 |
Predecessor: | Michael C. Burgess |
Office1: | Chair of the House Education Committee |
Term Start1: | January 3, 2023 |
Term End1: | January 3, 2025 |
Predecessor1: | Bobby Scott |
Successor1: | Tim Walberg |
Term Start2: | January 3, 2017 |
Term End2: | January 3, 2019 |
Predecessor2: | John Kline |
Successor2: | Bobby Scott |
Office3: | Ranking Member of the House Education Committee |
Term Start3: | January 3, 2019 |
Term End3: | January 3, 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Bobby Scott |
Successor3: | Bobby Scott |
Office4: | Secretary of the House Republican Conference |
Leader4: | John Boehner Paul Ryan |
Term Start4: | January 3, 2013 |
Term End4: | January 3, 2017 |
Predecessor4: | John Carter |
Successor4: | Jason T. Smith |
State5: | North Carolina |
Term Start5: | January 3, 2005 |
Predecessor5: | Richard Burr |
Office6: | Member of the North Carolina Senate |
Term Start6: | January 1, 1995 |
Term End6: | January 1, 2005 |
Predecessor6: | Alexander Sands Fred Folger |
Successor6: | John Garwood |
Constituency6: | 12th district (1995–2003) 45th district (2003–2005) |
Birth Name: | Virginia Ann Palmieri |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1943 |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Children: | 1 |
Education: | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA) University of North Carolina, Greensboro (MA, EdD) |
Signature: | Virginia Foxx signature.png |
Virginia Ann Foxx (Palmieri;[1] [2] born June 29, 1943) is an American educator, businesswoman, and politician serving as the U.S. representative from since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Foxx has served as chair of the House Rules Committee since 2025 and is the only woman leading a committee in the 119th Congress.[3] She also served as Secretary of the House Republican Conference from 2013 to 2017.[4] She was the ranking member of the House Committee on Education and Labor from 2019 to 2023 and served as the committee's chair from 2017 to 2019 and from 2023 to 2025. Foxx's district encompasses much of the northwestern portion of the state, including most of the city of Greensboro. Since January 2025, Foxx has been the dean of North Carolina's congressional delegation.
Early life and career
Foxx was born in the Bronx borough of New York City, to Dollie (née Garrison) and Nunzio John Palmieri. She was raised in a rural area of Avery County, North Carolina. Foxx grew up in a poor family and didn't live in a home with running water and electricity until age 14.[5]
While attending Crossnore High School in Crossnore, North Carolina, Foxx worked as a janitor at the school and was the first in her family to graduate from high school.[6] She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's degree in 1968 and later earned both a Master of Arts in college teaching (1972) and an Ed.D (1985) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.[2] [7] Foxx and her husband owned and operated a nursery and landscaping business.[7]
Foxx worked as a research assistant and then an English instructor at Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute and Appalachian State University before moving into university administration. From 1987 until her 1994 entry into politics, she was president of Mayland Community College. Under North Carolina Governor James G. Martin, Foxx served as Deputy Secretary for Management.[7] From 1994 to 2004, she served in the North Carolina Senate.[8]
United States House of Representatives
Political campaigns
Foxx was first elected to the U.S. House in 2004, defeating Jim Harrell, Jr. with 59% of the vote.[9]
Foxx was briefly targeted for defeat in the 2006 elections, but the Democrats' top choice, Winston-Salem mayor Allen Joines, decided not to run. Joines later said he lacked the stomach for the kind of race he felt it would take to defeat Foxx.[10] Her 2006 opponent was Roger Sharpe, whom she defeated.
Roy Carter of Ashe County was Foxx's opponent in the 2008 election; she won by a substantial margin.
In 2010, Foxx was reelected with about 65% of the vote.[11]
In 2014, Foxx was reelected with about 60% of the vote, defeating software developer Josh Brannon.[12]
In 2016, Foxx was reelected with about 59% of the vote, again over Brannon.[13]
In 2018, Foxx was reelected with 57% of the vote, defeating DD Adams, a council member for the North Ward of Winston-Salem.[14]
In the 2020 general election, Foxx won over 66% of the vote, defeating Democrat David Brown.[15]
In 2022, Foxx sought re-election in the redrawn 5th congressional district, which favored Republicans.[16] Foxx was endorsed by former President Donald Trump in 2021.[17] She defeated Democrat Kyle Parrish, 63.2–36.8%.[18]
Tenure
Hurricane Katrina
In September 2005, Foxx was one of 11 members of Congress to vote against[19] the $51 billion aid package to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Opposition to birthright citizenship
In January 2013, Foxx co-sponsored legislation that would stop children born in the United States to undocumented parents from gaining citizenship.[20]
First Trump impeachment
On December 18, 2019, Foxx voted against both articles of impeachment (abuse of power and obstruction of Congress) of President Donald Trump.
House security
In May 2021, Foxx became the fifth Republican representative to be fined for evading metal detectors put in place outside the chamber after the January 2021 storming of the Capitol. Foxx ran through the magnetometer, setting it off, and ignored officers attempting to prevent her entering the House floor.[21] [22] [23]
Behavior with the news media
Foxx has been known for frequently scolding reporters and staff for being on or near members-only elevators in Capitol buildings.[24] In October 2023 while among Republicans gathered for a press conference for then-House speaker nominee Mike Johnson, she was scrutinized for telling a reporter to "go away" and "shut up" when he was asked to speak about his efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.[25] [26] [27]
Committee assignments
Caucus memberships
Political positions
Abortion
Foxx opposes legal access to abortion. She voted for a bill to repeal a rule requiring state and local governments to distribute federal funds to qualified health centers, even if they perform abortions.[32] In 2014 Foxx was asked whether there were any conditions under which she considered abortion acceptable. She replied that, even in the case of rape, incest, or the health of the mother, no exception should be made to justify abortion.[33]
Economy
In a 2007 interview, Foxx said, "We have the best economy we have had in 50 years."[34]
Foxx, along with all other Senate and House Republicans, voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[35]
Health care
An opponent of the Affordable Care Act, she has said, "we have more to fear from the potential of the Affordable Health Care for America Act passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country."[36] [37] When commenting on the House version of the reform bill that funds counseling for end-of-life issues, Foxx said, "Republicans have a better solution that won't put the government in charge of people's health care" and "[The plan] is pro-life because it will not put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government."[38]
LGBT rights
In April 2009, Foxx expressed opposition to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, claiming that Matthew Shepard's murder was not a hate crime. While debating the act in the House, she called the murder a "very unfortunate incident" but claimed "we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn't because he was gay." She ultimately called that allegation "a hoax that continues to be used as an excuse for passing hate crimes bills".[39] Some media outlets, including The New York Times,[40] The Washington Post,[41] and The Huffington Post,[42] criticized her statements, as did Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz.[43] Democratic sources claimed that Matthew Shepard's mother was present during Foxx's statements.
Foxx later retracted her comments, suggesting her use of the word "hoax" was in bad taste.[44] She suggested that Shepard's murder was a tragedy and that his killers had received appropriate justice.
In 2010, Foxx voted against the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act.[45]
In 2015, Foxx condemned the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which held that same-sex marriage bans violated the constitution.[46]
In 2019, Foxx strongly opposed the Equality Act, a bill that would expand the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and urged Congress members to vote against it.[47]
In December 2022, Foxx voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which codified same-sex and interracial marriage rights into federal law.[48] [49] [50]
Privacy rights
She introduced the 'Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act' (H.R. 1313; 115th Congress) in 2017.[51] The bill would eliminate the genetic privacy protections of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–233); allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars; and let employers see that genetic and other health information.[52] [53]
Texas v. Pennsylvania
In December 2020, Foxx was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump.[54]
2021 Electoral College vote certification
On January 6, 2021, Foxx was one of 147 Republican lawmakers who objected to the certification of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election.[55]
Marijuana
In December 2020, Foxx voted against the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE).[56] According to financial disclosure reports, she has made at least six investments in Altria, one of the world's largest tobacco companies and a leader in the burgeoning U.S. cannabis industry, since September 2020.[57] In all, records show she has purchased somewhere between $79,000 and $210,000 in Altria stock.[58]
Personal life
Foxx is Catholic.[59] Her former son-in-law, Mustafa Özdemir, is a Turkish businessman.[60] [61]
See also
External links
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