Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx | |
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Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Chair of the House Rules Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Michael C. Burgess |
| Chair of the House Education Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Bobby Scott |
| Succeeded by | Tim Walberg |
| In office January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | John Kline |
| Succeeded by | Bobby Scott |
| Ranking Member of the House Education Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Bobby Scott |
| Succeeded by | Bobby Scott |
| Secretary of the House Republican Conference | |
| In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 | |
| Leader | John Boehner Paul Ryan |
| Preceded by | John Carter |
| Succeeded by | Jason T. Smith |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 5th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Burr |
| Member of the North Carolina Senate | |
| In office January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Sands Fred Folger |
| Succeeded by | John Garwood |
| Constituency | 12th district (1995–2003) 45th district (2003–2005) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Virginia Ann Palmieri June 29, 1943 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Thomas Foxx (m. 1963) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA) University of North Carolina, Greensboro (MA, EdD) |
| Signature | |
| Website | House website |
Virginia Ann Foxx (née Palmieri; born June 29, 1943) is an American educator, businesswoman, and politician serving as the U.S. representative from North Carolina's 5th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Foxx has served as chair of the House Rules Committee since 2025 and is the only woman leading a committee in the 119th Congress. She also served as Secretary of the House Republican Conference from 2013 to 2017. She was the ranking member of the House Committee on Education and Labor from 2019 to 2023 and served as the committee's chair from 2017 to 2019 and from 2023 to 2025. Foxx's district encompasses much of the northwestern portion of the state, including most of the city of Greensboro. Since January 2025, Foxx has been the dean of North Carolina's congressional delegation, she previously shared the deanship with Patrick McHenry until the latter retired.