Representative Virginia Foxx (R)

Current Office: Representative
District: NC-5
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Female
Family: Husband: Thomas; 1 Child: Theresa
Birth date: 06/29/1943
Birthplace: New York, NY
Home City: Banner Elk NC
Religion: Roman Catholic

Profession

Owner/Operator, Grandfather Mountain Nursery, 1976-2004 President/Consultant, Maryland Community College, 1987-1994 Deputy Secretary for Management, North Carolina Department of Administration, 1985-1987 Professor/Assistant Dean of the General College, Appalachian State University, 1978-1985 Secretary/Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1964-1968 Instructor, Caldwell Community College

Education

EdD, Curriculum/Teaching/Higher Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1985 Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972 AB, English, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1968

Committees

Education and the Workforce
Rules
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House

Recent Votes

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

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