Foxx is the representative for North Carolina’s 5th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. She has served since Jan 4, 2005. Foxx is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
Misconduct
Rep. Foxx failed to complete security screening on May 13, 2021 and was fined $5,000.
May. 18, 2020 | House Committee on Ethics announced that Foxx had been fined by the Sergeant at Arms. |
![Photo of Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC5]](/static/legislator-photos/400643-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Foxx is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Foxx has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 13, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Virginia Foxx sits on the following committees:
- House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform
National Security subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Foxx was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 150 (116th): Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019
- H.R. 50 (116th): GREAT Act
- H.R. 951 (115th): To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.
- H.J.Res. 37 (115th): Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
- H.R. 5134 (113th): To extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance for one year.
- H.R. 803 (113th): Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
- H.R. 1121 (111th): Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009
Does 9 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Foxx sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (33%) International Affairs (27%) Agriculture and Food (10%) Economics and Public Finance (10%) Health (7%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) Transportation and Public Works (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Foxx recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6896: RETURN Act of 2022
- H.R. 6606: Robo COP Act
- H.R. 6301: Spending Safeguard Act
- H.R. 5481: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Forest City, …
- H.R. 4680: Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2021
- H.R. 4250: War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
- H.R. 2574: To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate a …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2005 to May 2022, Foxx missed 77 of 11,675 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. This is better than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills