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{{Officeholder
|name=Virginia Foxx
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Thomas Foxx
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=North Carolina
|district=5th
|terms=January 3, 2005 – present
|preceded=[[Richard Burr]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''Virginia Ann Foxx''' (born June 29, 1943) is a businesswoman and [[conservative]] Republican serving as the current U.S. representative for [[North Carolina]]'s 5th district.
==U.S. House of Representatives==
Foxx co-sponsored a bill in late November 2018 to provide $5 billion in funding to build a wall along the southern border.<ref>[https://www.wxii12.com/article/congresswoman-foxx-co-sponsors-bill-to-build-wall-along-southern-border/25339744 Congresswoman Foxx co-sponsors bill to build wall along southern border]</ref>
Foxx supported [[Donald Trump]]'s travel ban executive order issued in January 2017, acknowledging the priority of national security.<ref>[https://foxx.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399004 Foxx Statement on President Trump's Immigration Executive Order]</ref>
Rep. Foxx opposed<ref>[https://foxx.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399824 Rep. Foxx Statement On President Trump's Impeachment Acquittal]</ref> and voted against<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeachment-vote.html Impeachment Results: How Democrats and Republicans Voted]</ref> the Democrat [[impeachment coup]] articles brought against [[President Trump]].
==Political views==
Foxx's voting record is strongly [[conservative]]. Thoroughly [[pro-life]], she has received a 100% rating from the [[NRLC]] and an A rating from the [[Susan B. Anthony List]].<ref>[https://www.sba-list.org/representative/virginia-foxx Rep. Virginia Foxx - Susan B. Anthony List]</ref> An ardent opponent of [[illegal immigration]], Foxx has received a 100% rating from the USBC.
Foxx supported [[Donald Trump]] since May 2016, then acknowledging the importance of accepting him being the Republican nominee for the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], saying: “not to support the nominee is to deny that the people have a choice in this, and the people, it appears, have chosen Mr. Trump.”<ref>[https://www.journalnow.com/news/elections/u-s-rep-foxx-on-trump-not-to-support-the/article_aa8aaf2d-7536-519f-b33c-8923c0844c30.html U.S. Rep. Foxx on Trump: 'Not to support the nominee is to deny that the people have a choice in this']</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://foxx.house.gov/ U.S. Congresswoman Virginia Foxx]
*[https://www.ontheissues.org/NC/Virginia_Foxx.htm Virginia Foxx on the Issues]
[[Category:North Carolina]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-Life]]
|name=Virginia Foxx
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Thomas Foxx
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=North Carolina
|district=5th
|terms=January 3, 2005 – present
|preceded=[[Richard Burr]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''Virginia Ann Foxx''' (born June 29, 1943) is a businesswoman and [[conservative]] Republican serving as the current U.S. representative for [[North Carolina]]'s 5th district.
==U.S. House of Representatives==
Foxx co-sponsored a bill in late November 2018 to provide $5 billion in funding to build a wall along the southern border.<ref>[https://www.wxii12.com/article/congresswoman-foxx-co-sponsors-bill-to-build-wall-along-southern-border/25339744 Congresswoman Foxx co-sponsors bill to build wall along southern border]</ref>
Foxx supported [[Donald Trump]]'s travel ban executive order issued in January 2017, acknowledging the priority of national security.<ref>[https://foxx.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399004 Foxx Statement on President Trump's Immigration Executive Order]</ref>
Rep. Foxx opposed<ref>[https://foxx.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399824 Rep. Foxx Statement On President Trump's Impeachment Acquittal]</ref> and voted against<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeachment-vote.html Impeachment Results: How Democrats and Republicans Voted]</ref> the Democrat [[impeachment coup]] articles brought against [[President Trump]].
==Political views==
Foxx's voting record is strongly [[conservative]]. Thoroughly [[pro-life]], she has received a 100% rating from the [[NRLC]] and an A rating from the [[Susan B. Anthony List]].<ref>[https://www.sba-list.org/representative/virginia-foxx Rep. Virginia Foxx - Susan B. Anthony List]</ref> An ardent opponent of [[illegal immigration]], Foxx has received a 100% rating from the USBC.
Foxx supported [[Donald Trump]] since May 2016, then acknowledging the importance of accepting him being the Republican nominee for the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], saying: “not to support the nominee is to deny that the people have a choice in this, and the people, it appears, have chosen Mr. Trump.”<ref>[https://www.journalnow.com/news/elections/u-s-rep-foxx-on-trump-not-to-support-the/article_aa8aaf2d-7536-519f-b33c-8923c0844c30.html U.S. Rep. Foxx on Trump: 'Not to support the nominee is to deny that the people have a choice in this']</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://foxx.house.gov/ U.S. Congresswoman Virginia Foxx]
*[https://www.ontheissues.org/NC/Virginia_Foxx.htm Virginia Foxx on the Issues]
[[Category:North Carolina]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-Life]]