FOXX, VIRGINIA (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), H4174 [17MY]

Pittsburgh, PA: condemn shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue and rising anti-Semitism, honor those killed, support those who were injured, offer condolences to those affected, and commend first responders (H. Res. 1138), H9507 [13NO]

Appointments

Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans (Joint, Select), H1223 [23FE]

Conferee: H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act, H6501 [18JY]

——— H.R. 5515, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5984 [3JY]

Articles and editorials

Congress, Pass the PROSPER Act for Federal Student Aid Reform, Rochelle Peterson, Hill (publication), H4772 [5JN]

DACA = Dems Against Common Americans, Tom Joyce, Mount Airy (NC) News, E98• [25JA]

What Betsy DeVos Should Have Said About the PROSPER Act, Preston Coope, Forbes (publication), H4742 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (see H.R. 3), H4849 [6JN]

Dept. of HHS: disseminate resources to early childhood care and education providers working with young children on ways to recognize and respond to children who may be impacted by trauma related to substance abuse (see H.R. 5889), H5022 [8JN]

——— provide assistance to States in complying with and implementing child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs to promote better protections for young children and family-centered responses (see H.R. 5890), H5022 [8JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish an Advisory Committee on Opioids and the Workplace (see H.R. 5892), H5022 [8JN]

Drugs: establish an interagency task force to improve Federal response to families impacted by substance abuse disorders (see H.R. 5891), H5022 [8JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (see H.R. 6), H5151 [13JN]

GPO: establish and maintain a public website allowing access to electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports (see H.R. 4631), H733 [30JA]

Graham, Billy: authorize to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 107), H1226 [23FE]

——— tribute (see H.J. Res. 130), H1334 [27FE] (see H. Res. 759), H1341 [1MR]

Immigration: fund construction of southern border wall, ensure compliance with Federal immigration law, and combat sanctuary cities, transnational gangs, human trafficking, and drugs (see H.R. 7059), H9668 [27NO]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H5507 [21JN]

J. Howard Coble Post Office Building, Greensboro, NC: designate (see H.R. 5187), H1441 [6MR]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (see H.R. 2584), H6264 [16JY]

Pittsburgh, PA: condemn shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue and rising anti-Semitism, honor those killed, support those who were injured, offer condolences to those affected, and commend first responders (see H. Res. 1138), H9511 [13NO]

Taxation: provide tax relief for victims of Hurricane Florence (see H.R. 6854), H9569 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on Ethics (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 710), H624 [22JA]

Committee on the Budget (House): majority party rankings (see H. Res. 685), H169 [11JA]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 685), H169 [11JA]

Federal agencies and departments: modernize Federal grant reporting (see H.R. 4887), H676 [29JA]

Israel: celebrate independence anniversary, encourage equitable treatment in international forums, support U.N. Security Council candidacy, and encourage diplomatic recognition and engagement (see H. Res. 835), H3442 [18AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Federal agencies and departments: modernize Federal grant reporting (H.R. 4887), H677 [29JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H8173 [13SE]

Letters

Agriculture and Nutrition Act: by, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H4047 [16MY]

Peace Corps Reform Act: by, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H6023 [10JY]

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Juanita D. Duggan, National Federation of Independent Business, H6180 [13JY]

——— Neil L. Bradley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H6180 [13JY]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H6181 [13JY]

——— Representative Gowdy, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H6180, H6181 [13JY]

——— Representative Sessions, Committee on Rules (House), H6181 [13JY]

——— Representative Womack, Committee on the Budget (House), H6181 [13JY]

——— several State and local government organizations, H6180 [13JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H585 [20JA], H3403 [18AP], H4246 [21MY], H5994 [10JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 4712), H563 [19JA]

Appropriations: making continuing, H585 [20JA], H606 [21JA], H614 [22JA]

Bergsma, Heather: tribute to participation in Olympic Games, H741 [5FE]

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2353), H3966, H3967 [15MY], H9527 [15NO]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 2353), Senate amendment, H7190 [25JY]

Committee on Ethics (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 710), H617 [22JA]

Committee on the Budget (House): majority party rankings (H. Res. 685), H163 [11JA]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 685), H163 [11JA]

Constitution Day: observance, H8177 [13SE]

Constitution—U.S.: importance of balance of power between three branches of Government, H8178 [13SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend and modernize sugar program, repeal Feedstock Flexibility Program for bioenergy producers, and establish tariff-rate quotas for sugar, H4174, H4177 [17MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), H4174, H4177 [17MY]

Dept. of Education: revise counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers (H.R. 1635), H7851 [5SE]

——— support students in completing an affordable postsecondary education that will prepare them to enter the workforce with skills they need for lifelong success (H.R. 4508), H3966 [15MY], H4688–H4690 [23MY], H4742, H4743, H4770–H4773 [5JN], H9527 [15NO]

Dept. of HHS: provide assistance to States in complying with and implementing child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs to promote better protections for young children and family-centered responses (H.R. 5890), H5126 [13JN]

Dept. of State: provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes (H.R. 3851), H760 [5FE]

Dept. of the Interior: clarify use of amounts in the White Mountain Apache Tribe Settlement Fund (S. 140), H120 [10JA]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H3566, H3567 [25AP]

Education: importance of workforce development and role of skills-based training programs in sustaining viability of U.S. workforce, H3964, H3965, H3966, H3967 [15MY]

Federal agencies and departments: modernize Federal grant reporting (H.R. 4887), H9075 [26SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H585 [20JA], E98• [25JA]

Government regulations: establish a sunset on additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates if certain economic growth rates are not attained, H6189 [13JY]

——— exclude independent agencies from additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates, H6187 [13JY]

——— exempt from additional safeguards any mandate that protects children from sexual predators, prevents domestic violence, rape, or sexual assault, or requires a background check for school and other employees, H6190 [13JY]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H6179, H6180, H6182, H6183, H6184, H6187, H6188, H6189 [13JY]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), motion to recommit, H6190 [13JY]

——— require online posting of any consultation with or comments by any non-Federal party during the development of regulatory proposals with unfunded mandates, H6188 [13JY]

GPO: restrict distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the U.S. (H.R. 195), Senate amendment, H585 [20JA], H606 [21JA], H614 [22JA]

Graham, Billy: authorize to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol (H. Con. Res. 107), H1269 [27FE]

Griffin, Kimani: tribute to participation in Olympic Games, H741 [5FE]

Israel: celebrate independence anniversary, encourage equitable treatment in international forums, support U.N. Security Council candidacy, and encourage diplomatic recognition and engagement (H. Res. 835), H3959 [15MY]

Kernersville, NC: anniversary of Kernersville Chamber of Commerce, H7783 [4SE]

Lovette, Charlie O.: Wilkes County, NC, Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, H9771 [10DE]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H463 [17JA]

Members of Congress: appreciation for concern over potential impact of Hurricane Florence, H8251 [13SE]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (S. 3530), H10313 [19DE]

Nagorno-Karabakh: anniversary of genocide in Khojaly, E222• [26FE]

National Adoption Day: observance, H9474 [13NO]

National Apprenticeship Week: observance, H9527 [15NO]

National Charter Schools Week: observance, H3785 [8MY]

National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day: observance, H21 [9JA]

National Month of the Military Child: observance, H3214 [13AP]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (H.R. 2584), H6198 [16JY]

National parks and recreation areas: modify boundary of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi and establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System (H.R. 88), Senate amendment, E1723• [21DE]

National Police Week: observance, H4213 [18MY]

National School Choice Week: observance, H415 [17JA]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act, H120 [10JA]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4177 [17MY]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: oppose reduction in premiums paid by certain cooperative and small employer pension plans, E1723• [21DE]

Pittsburgh, PA: condemn shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue and rising anti-Semitism, honor those killed, support those who were injured, offer condolences to those affected, and commend first responders (H. Res. 1138), H9506 [13NO]

Religious Freedom Day: observance, H398 [16JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6638 [23JY]

Sanguinetti, Bobby: tribute to participation in Olympic Games, H741 [5FE]

Small business: improve access to and choice of medical care for employees (H.R. 1101), H9577 [27NO]

Smith, Larry: National Christmas Tree Association Grand Champion Grower, H9577 [27NO]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H585 [20JA], H614 [22JA]

Sparta, NC: tribute to Alleghany High School girls’ softball team, H5634 [25JN]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, relative to segregated schools and ensure vigilance against resegregation of society, H3987 [16MY]

——— anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H463 [17JA]

——— hearing of arguments in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra relative to whether certain disclosures required by California law violate freedom of speech, H1592 [14MR]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, H22 [9JA], H585 [20JA], H671 [29JA], H1702 [20MR], H3457, H3501 [24AP], H4742 [5JN], H5347 [20JN]

Taxation: extend expiring provisions, modify tax treatment of disaster relief and retirement and savings, stimulate innovation, clarify and correct certain existing provisions, and modernize and improve the IRS, E1723• [21DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 184), H6636 [23JY]

Trump, President: proposed rule prohibiting family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services, H4246 [21MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: give effect to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units (H.R. 5787), H9507 [13NO]

Vestal, Sean: North Carolina High School Athletic Association Homer Thompson Memorial Eight Who Make a Difference Award recipient, H3785 [8MY]

Walker, Joyce: North Carolina Association of Municipal Clerks Clerk of the Year award recipient, H8896 [26SE]

Wichita, KS: tribute to business and education partnerships to train workers for aerospace industry jobs, H3965 [15MY]

Winston-Salem, NC: tribute to Fairview Moravian Church, H8112 [12SE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 115th Congress: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H. Rept. 115–1123), H10609 [2JA]

Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity Through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4508) (H. Rept. 115–550), H1074 [8FE]

Tributes

Beasley, Cora, E196• [15FE]

Bullard, Samuel N., H4688 [23MY]

Bush, Barbara Pierce, H3403 [18AP]

Graham, Billy, H1269 [27FE]

Herman, Eli, H7914 [6SE]

Pearce, Krisann, H9773 [10DE]

Salmi, Molly McLaughlin, H3496 [24AP], E538• [25AP]

Sears, Ed, H1370 [5MR]

Walker, Betty, H5994 [10JY]

Winebarger, Crystal, H416 [17JA]

Wood, Lewis, H1129 [14FE]