Virginia Foxx

Virginia Foxx

Virginia Ann Foxx (born June 29, 1943 in New York City ) is an American politician . Since 2005 she has represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Virginia Foxx studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 1972 . She later continued her education at that university's field office in Greensboro until 1985 . In the following years she worked as a lecturer at various universities. She also became Associate Dean of Appalachian State University in Boone . From 1987 to 1994 Foxx directed Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine .

Politically, she joined the Republican Party . She became associate director of the North Carolina Department of Administration . From 1967 to 1988 she was a member of the Watauga County Education Committee ; she served in the North Carolina Senate between 1994 and 2004 . In the 2004 congressional election , Foxx was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of her state , where she succeeded Richard Burr on January 3, 2005 . As she was re-elected in all subsequent elections, including the one in 2016, she can continue to exercise her mandate today. Its latest legislative term runs until January 3, 2019. Foxx is or was a member of the Education and Working Committee , the Rules of Procedure committee and three sub-committees.

Political positions

When debating in the House of Representatives to pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act , a law that makes hate crimes against homosexuals official hate crimes, she called the murder of Matthew Shepard normal robbery. Matthew Shepard was the victim of a homophobic murder committed by the killer, which he later confessed to. Foxx called this fact "hoax" (dt .: vertigo). This statement was heavily criticized in the press, including the New York Times , the Washington Post and the Huffington Post . In September 2005, Foxx was one of 11 members of Congress to vote against the $ 51 billion aid program for Hurricane Kathrina victims . In 2006 she voted against the law in a vote to expand the Voting Rights Act , an electoral law that guaranteed equal participation of minorities, especially African Americans, in US elections. Regarding US health care reform (called Obamacare ), she said that this law posed a greater threat to America than terrorist attacks. On October 29, 2019, she voted as one of 11 members of the House of Representatives against the resolution classifying the murder and deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.

Virginia Foxx is married to Thomas Foxx and lives privately in Banner Elk , North Carolina .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Akers Mary Ann: Virginia Foxx: Matthew Shepard's Murder Not a Hate Crime , Washington Post. April 29, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2009. 
2. ^ Matthew Shepard Act , The New York Times. May 5, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2012. 
3. ^ Mary Ann Akers: The Sleuth - Virginia Foxx: Matthew Shepard's Murder Not a Hate Crime . The Washington Times. April 29, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
4. ↑ Grim Ryan: Virginia Foxx: Story of Matthew Shepard's Murder A "Hoax" , Huffington Post. May 30, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2011. 
5. ↑ Jeffrey McMurray: Representatives stand by their votes against hurricane aid . In: Rome News-Tribune , September 22, 2005. 
6. ↑ Michael O'Brien: Foxx: Health bill a greater threat than any terrorist . In: thehill.com . November 2, 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
7. ↑ H.Res. 296: Affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide. govtrack, October 29, 2019, accessed on October 31, 2019 . 

• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia

Web links

Commons : Virginia Foxx  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Virginia Foxx in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Web presence at the congress