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Foxx rebukes the state for cost overruns

Posted on 12/20/2011
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STAFF WRITERS LYNN BONNER AND JOHN FRANK
Published in: Under the Dome

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx railed against the state Department of Health and Human Services from the floor of the U.S. House chamber last week, saying it was wasting national taxpayers' money.

The new Medicaid claims system that Computer Sciences Corp. is building for the state is going to cost nearly twice as much as the contracted amount, according to a state audit.

The state awarded a $265 million contract to CSC in 2009.

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Congresswoman: NC ‘flushed’ $200M ‘down the toilet,’ feds will pick up tab

Posted on 12/16/2011
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North Carolina Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx said on the House floor Thursday that the federal government will be “shelling out” $200 million to cover the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service’s “incompetence” and “inability” to keep “a lid” on costs for an upgrade to their Medicaid billing system.

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Rep. Virginia Foxx wants a balanced budget amendment

Posted on 11/18/2011
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Written by Mike Raley/David Horn
Friday, 18 November 2011 11:47

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote Friday on a constitutional amendment mandating a balanced federal budget. North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxs said there are a couple of balanced budget amendments floating around Congress.

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Foxx's office replaces medals stolen from Army officer

Posted on 11/10/2011
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011 (Updated 5:46 am)
By WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL

CLEMMONS — Someone broke into the Yadkinville home of retired Army Lt. Col. Kenis Carter last year and stole the medals he earned during his service with the N.C. National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve.

With help from staff for U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, who represents the 5th District, Carter got those medals replaced three months ago. Foxx presented them to him Wednesday at a brief ceremony in her Clemmons office.

"I was having trouble getting my medals back," Carter said to Foxx.

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U.S. House passes Foxx's bill to give veterans' spouses access to home loans

Posted on 10/14/2011
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By: JOHN HINTON | Winston-Salem Journal
Published: October 14, 2011

A bill overwhelmingly approved by the U.S. House of Representative would broaden the pool of surviving spouses of veterans eligible for low-interest Department of Veterans Affairs home loans.

The U.S. House voted 418-6 on Wednesday to approve the Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act, which is part of the Veterans Opportunity to Work legislation.

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