Amendment was suggested to Foxx by a town hall participant

Lincoln Tribune

Amendment was suggested to Foxx by a town hall participant

Washington, DC—Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) offered an amendment last night in the House Rules Committee to remove provisions completely unrelated to health care reform from the health care bill before the House. Foxx, who is a member of the Rules Committee, offered the amendment on the suggestion of constituent at a recent town hall meeting.

“This is a straightforward and common sense amendment that trims out completely unrelated education programs from this health care bill,” Foxx said. “By adding a nationalization of student loan programs to the health care bill my Democratic colleagues are only confirming to the American people that this process is rotten to the core.”

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