FOXX, VIRGINIA (a Representative from North Carolina)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H1162 [23JA]

Amendments

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 7), H2863 [27MR]

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), H2494 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5626 [11JY]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1790, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7745 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H1213 [24JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H1211 [24JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 962), H1361 [5FE]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2480), H3439 [2MY]

Committee on Education and Labor (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 194), H2614 [8MR]

Dept. of HUD: require Community Development Block Grant Program recipients to submit land use plans to disclose potential discriminatory housing policies (see H.R. 4351), H7753 [17SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for an exception to certain departmental small business contracting requirements relative to procurement of certain goods and services covered under the Ability One program (see H.R. 4920), H8677 [30OC]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see H.R. 787), H1211 [24JA]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H9386 [9DE]

FCC: initiate a proceeding to protect called parties from one-ring scams (see H.R. 3264), H4694 [13JN]

FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and preventing providers from dispensing drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see H.R. 4399), H7834 [19SE]

Federal agencies and departments: require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H1283 [29JA]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H201 [3JA]

GPO: establish and maintain a public website allowing access to electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports (see H.R. 736), H1171 [23JA]

Immigration: close loopholes in immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the U.S. unlawfully (see H.R. 586), H4011 [20MY]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H5585 [10JY]

——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (see H. Res. 246), H3286 [25AP]

Jews: reject anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred (see H. Res. 72), H2371 [5MR]

Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office Building, Charlotte, NC: designate (see H.R. 4981), H8729 [5NO]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1855), H2795 [25MR]

Members of Congress: terminate pensions, except the right to continue participating in Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 191), H12292 [19DE]

Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (see H.R. 336), H3843 [15MY]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 779), H10259 [12DE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Chief Pharmaceutical Negotiator responsible for trade negotiations and agreements relative to foreign governments that fail to reward U.S. pharmaceutical innovation (see H.R. 2209), H10124 [11DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1398), H6001 [17JY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 369), H678 [16JA]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2042 [19FE]

Religion: condemn global persecution of Christians or members of any faith and prioritize freedom of conscience and religious freedom in U.S. foreign policy consideration (see H. Res. 640), H8259 [18OC]

——— ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 897), H1363 [5FE]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to remarks during hearing on whistleblower complaint against President Trump and alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 604), H8145 [15OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

SEC: carry out a study with certain Federal agencies on accounting standards (see H.R. 3182), H7990 [25SE]

Small business: establish additional criteria for determining when employers may join together in a group or association of employers that will be treated as an employer for purposes of sponsoring a group health plan (see H.R. 2294), H3263 [12AP]

Taxation: establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for elementary and secondary students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations (see H.R. 1434), H2312 [28FE]

——— impose Federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers (see H.R. 219), H361 [9JA]

——— modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H8541 [28OC]

——— provide tax relief for victims of Hurricane Florence (see H.R. 536), H543 [14JA]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 218), H209 [3JA]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3252 [10AP]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H201 [3JA]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H8102 [8OC]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1854), H9058 [19NO]

Turkey: impose sanctions relative to military offensive in Syria (see H.R. 4695), H8596 [29OC]

Walter B. Jones, Jr., Post Office, Farmville, NC: designate (see H.R. 5037), H8783 [12NO]

Women: observe anniversary of passage and ratification of 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage and strengthen democratic participation and precedent established by such amendment (see H. Res. 354), H3844 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: establish direct spending safeguard limitation on any direct spending program without a specific level of authorized spending (see H.R. 2516), H3447 [3MY]

Congress: require supervisors of congressional employees to report on outside compensation earned by such employees (see H. Con. Res. 62), H7705 [12SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform Federal sugar program (see H.R. 4521), H8053 [26SE]

Dept. of Defense: develop guidelines and resources on acquisition or licensing of intellectual property (see H.R. 3313), H4770 [18JN]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 296), H282 [8JA]

Dept. of State: provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes (see H.R. 1819), H2754 [18MR]

Dept. of Transportation: repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 3904), H7240 [23JY]

Federal agencies and departments: modernize Federal grant reporting (see H.R. 50), H202 (see H.R. 150), H206 [3JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions (see H.R. 661), H717 [17JA]

FTC: revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 805), H1242 [28JA]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (see H.R. 300), H282 [8JA]

White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing: codify (see H.R. 4956), H8717 [31OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Budget: establish direct spending safeguard limitation on any direct spending program without a specific level of authorized spending (H.R. 2516), H3448 [3MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform Federal sugar program (H.R. 4521), H8055 [26SE]

Dept. of Defense: develop guidelines and resources on acquisition or licensing of intellectual property (H.R. 3313), H4771 [18JN]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 296), H286 [8JA]

Dept. of State: provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes (H.R. 1819), H2755 [18MR]

Dept. of Transportation: repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (H.R. 3904), H7243 [23JY]

Federal agencies and departments: modernize Federal grant reporting (H.R. 50), H212 [3JA]

——— modernize Federal grant reporting (H.R. 150), H215 [3JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions (H.R. 661), H720 [17JA]

FTC: revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (H.R. 805), H1243 [28JA]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 300), H286 [8JA]

White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing: codify (H.R. 4956), H8719 [31OC]

Excerpts

‘‘Seven Miracles That Saved America—Why They Matter and Why We Should Have Hope,’’ Representative Stewart and Ted Stewart, H7717 [17SE]

Lists

EEOC Equal Pay Act statistics, H2853 [27MR]

Motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 7), H2872 [27MR]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H705 [17JA]

——— repeal Mexico City policy relative to limiting U.S. foreign assistance from being spent on the promotion or provision of abortion services, H186 [3JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 962), H1562 [13FE]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 962), unanimous-consent request, H2818 [26MR]

al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr: tribute to U.S. intelligence and military personnel who carried out mission leading to death in Syria, H8465 [28OC]

Alleghany County, NC: anniversary of Alleghany County Rescue Squad, E1259• [8OC]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, E1614• [18DE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 21), H186 [3JA]

Blackburn, Howard: Wilkes County, NC, Agricultural Hall of Fame inductee, E1475• [20NO]

Boone Drug, Inc.: anniversary, H1169 [23JA], E99• [28JA]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2480), H3991 [20MY]

Civil rights: exempt employers with fewer than 100 employees from reporting compensation data relative to efforts to improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H2868, H2869 [27MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 7), H2848, H2853, H2855, H2857, H2858, H2863, H2864, H2865, H2867, H2868, H2869, H2870, H2871, H2872 [27MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 7), motion to recommit, H2873 [27MR]

——— make it unlawful to discriminate against employees for inquiring or discussing with employers why wages of employees are set at certain rate or salary, H2871, H2872 [27MR]

——— recognize severity of gender wage gap for girls and women of color, H2864, H2865 [27MR]

Committee on Education and Labor (House): renaming, H12 [3JA]

Congress: codify disclosure requirements for paid congressional fellowships sponsored by nongovernment sources, H2495 [6MR]

Constitution Day: observance, H7717 [17SE]

Courts: cap attorney fees to certain percent of judgement in cases of discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H2873 [27MR]

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International: tribute to North Carolina State Organization Region IX recipients of State convention awards, H7247 [24JY]

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), H2495 [6MR], H2509 [7MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5554, H5555 [10JY], H5629 [11JY]

——— publish on website distribution of Tuition Assistance Program funds to higher education institutions and audit eligibility of any for-profit college that fails to meet financial responsibility standards, H5554, H5555 [10JY]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions (H.R. 2486), H7736 [17SE]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal financial assistance to distribute voter registration forms to students enrolled at the institution, H2509 [7MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H10112, H10117 [11DE], H10202 [12DE]

——— prohibit certain research on human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion, H4385 [10JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide Inspector General with authority to investigate allegations of misconduct by departmental attorneys (H.R. 202), H564 [15JA]

——— Youth PROMISE local delinquency prevention grant funding through reductions in U.S. Marshals Service Federal Prisoner Detention funding, H4889 [19JN]

Dept. of Labor: clarify ability of health care and social service workers to report violent incidents to law enforcement, H9144 [21NO]

——— clarify workplace violence prevention plans adopted by health care and social service employers shall not limit existing protections or laws relative to domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, and sexual assault, H9148 [21NO]

——— ensure health care and social service employers incorporate changes to comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan based on informed findings from annual evaluation, H9147 [21NO]

——— ensure that healthcare and social service workers are aware of legal protection from retaliation by employers when reporting workplace violence, H9144 [21NO]

——— include information on women and girls of color during research on gender pay gap, H2865, H2867, H2868 [27MR]

——— issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1309), H9128, H9130, H9131, H9134, H9138, H9139, H9144, H9145, H9146, H9147, H9148, H9149 [21NO]

——— Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center funding, H4541, H4542 [12JN]

——— prioritize technical assistance to health care and social service employers to ensure compliance with comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, H9149 [21NO]

——— provide additional training for employees who work with victims of torture, human trafficking, and domestic violence under a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, H9146 [21NO]

——— provide information to health care and social service employees on available mental health resources, trauma, and related counseling, H9139 [21NO]

——— provide report containing statistical data with respect to violence in healthcare and social service workplaces, H9145 [21NO]

——— report to Congress on gender pay gap in teenage workforce and provide recommendations to address such gap, H2870, H2871 [27MR]

——— require covered health care and social service employers to share workplace violence prevention plans with employees following completion of annual training, H9138 [21NO]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations, H186 [3JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), H7323, H7325, H7326 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for an exception to certain departmental small business contracting requirements relative to procurement of certain goods and services covered under the Ability One program (H.R. 4920), H10271 [16DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H4889 [19JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4541, H4542 [12JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), H3936 [17MY]

District of Columbia: congressional role in local budget matters, H5107 [25JN]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H9259 [5DE]

——— lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition, H10202 [12DE]

——— lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (H.R. 19), H10113 [11DE]

EEOC: prohibit collection of pay information and other employment-related data disaggregated by sex, race, and ethnic identity of employees, H2863 [27MR]

——— strengthen Federal antidiscrimination laws and expand accountability within the Federal Government (H.R. 135), H560 [15JA]

Federal agencies and departments: modernize Federal grant reporting (H.R. 150), H571, H572 [15JA]

——— modernize Federal grant reporting (H.R. 150), Senate amendment, H10297 [16DE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3351), H5107 [25JN]

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (H.R. 113), H567 [15JA]

GAO: report on economic and employment impacts of minimum wage increases, H7124, H7125 [18JY]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H561 [15JA]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 300), H3799 [15MY]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (H. Res. 109), H2799 [26MR]

Health: reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3864, H3868 [16MY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H1276 [29JA]

House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 6), consideration (H. Res. 5), H12 [3JA]

Immigration: close loopholes in immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the U.S. unlawfully (H.R. 586), H5915 [17JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 466), H5234 [27JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), unanimous-consent request, H5234 [27JN]

Insurance: provide that rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage shall have no force or effect, H3864 [16MY]

Israel: celebrate independence anniversary, encourage equitable treatment in international forums, support U.N. Security Council candidacy, and encourage diplomatic recognition and engagement, H1276 [29JA]

——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (H. Res. 246), H7381 [25JY], H9302 [6DE]

——— reaffirm relationship with the U.S., H1276 [29JA]

Lewisville, NC: Forsyth Country Day School recipient of National Athletic Trainer’s Association Safe Schools Sports Award, H8139 [15OC]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H705 [17JA]

Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (H.R. 336), H7382 [25JY]

——— support U.S. role in efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution (H. Res. 326), H9302 [6DE]

Minimum wage: increase (H.R. 582), H7097, H7101, H7103, H7104, H7105, H7115, H7118, H7124, H7125 [18JY]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, E1614• [18DE]

Nagorno-Karabakh: anniversary of genocide in Khojaly, E205• [25FE]

National Apprenticeship Week: observance, H8788 [13NO]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: anniversary, H3120 [8AP]

National Internship Awareness Month: observance, H3296 [29AP]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (H.R. 1865), Senate amendment, E1614• [18DE]

National Police Week: observance, H3773 [14MY]

National School Choice Week: observance, H537 [14JA]

National Women’s History Month: observance, H2630 [11MR]

NATO: support central role in efforts to improve military interoperability across Europe, H5629 [11JY]

New York: passage of Reproductive Health Act that revises abortion laws, H1353 [5FE]

North Wilkesboro, NC: North Wilkes Middle School recipient of FranklinCovey Co., Lighthouse certification, H4058 [21MY]

——— tribute to Samaritan’s Purse (organization) new Ministry Center, H4058 [21MY]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 4334), H8475 [28OC]

OMB: rename Office of E-Government and Information Technology as Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) and elevate and codify position of Federal CIO (H.R. 247), H569 [15JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H705 [17JA]

Taylorsville, NC: opening of Borealis AG plant, H3552 [9MY]

Terrorism: anniversary of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, H7562 [10SE]

Trump, President: impeachment, H8372 [22OC]

——— impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12174 [18DE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1585), consideration (H. Res. 281), H2998 [3AP]

West Jefferson, NC: tribute to Christmas in July Festival, H5291 [9JY]

Wilkesboro, NC: Lincoln Heights School named to National Register of Historic Places, H2926 [1AP]

——— West Wilkes Middle School recipient of FranklinCovey Co., Lighthouse certification, H4058 [21MY]

Winston-Salem State University: inclusion in Money (publication) best public historically Black universities and colleges for value list, H7549 [9SE]

Women: observe anniversary of passage and ratification of 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage and strengthen democratic participation and precedent established by such amendment (H. Res. 354), H4052 [21MY]

Wood, John: Career Colleges & Schools of Texas (organization) Lifetime Achievement award recipient, H7890 [24SE]

World War II: recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, the D-Day amphibious landing at Normandy, France, H4221 [4JN]

Statements

Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7): Several Organizations, H2855 [27MR]

Tributes

Bishop, Representative Dan, H7743 [17SE]

Brown, Ralph and Christine, H7247 [24JY]

Brown, Wanda K., H5171 [26JN]

Bullard, Samuel N., H3773 [14MY]

Dorsett, Tom and Jo, H2652 [12MR]

Faile, J. Gene, H1235 [28JA]

Gilley, John, E56• [16JA]

Gwaltney, Gerald, H4221 [4JN]

Hodges, Ryan, H4778 [19JN]

Johnson, Elizabeth, H2630 [11MR]

Jones, Walter B., H1556 [13FE], H2343, H2349 [5MR]

Murphy, Representative Gregory F., H7743 [17SE]

Scales, Manderline, H2088 [25FE]

Sewell, Scott, H9102 [20NO]

Stillerman, William, E1381• [31OC]

Taylor, Ginny, E285• [11MR]

Walker, Ginny, H2343 [5MR]

Wellman, Ron, E600• [15MY]