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Valerie P. Foushee

Democrat U.S. House • North Carolina 04 · North Carolina 04
Salary
$174,000/year
Tenure
3 years, 6 months
361
Recorded Votes
80
Became Law
31
Bills Sponsored
Call Office All Representatives
Next Election On the November 3, 2026 Ballot
Term ends: January 3, 2027 Last won: 2024 (71.8%, +45.7pt) Terms served: 2 Term length: 2 years

Current Focus

119th Congress · 2025–2027

Foushee has been active across several areas in the 119th Congress, most often Law & Justice, Defense & Veterans and Technology.

  • Law & Justice 37 actions
  • Defense & Veterans 27 actions
  • Technology 12 actions
  1. Sponsored 119-hr7733 — Ensuring OB–GYN Care in Prisons Act 26 cosponsors
  2. Sponsored 119-hr7535 — Second Chance Mental Health Access Act of 2026 11 cosponsors
  3. Sponsored 119-hr6138 — To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program for partnerships between covered basic needs banks and military installations to provide diapers and diapering supplies to military families, and for other purposes. 16 cosponsors
  4. Sponsored 119-hr5622 — National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025 13 cosponsors

Recent Activity

Last 14 days
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  7. 2026-07-09

Valerie P. Foushee is a Democratic Representative representing North Carolina's 4th District in the 119th Congress (2025–2027). Now in their 2nd term, they have cast 361 recorded votes, seen 80 measures become law, and sponsored 31 bills. They won their 2024 election with 71.8% of the vote, a 45.7-point margin. Up for re-election November 2026.

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Legislative Record

119-hres707 2025-09-15 House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity; and for other purposes.

Referred to Rules Committee

Committee Nay
119-hr4922 2025-08-08 House

To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes.

Referred to Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Committee Nay
119-hr3838 2025-06-09 House

Securing American Funding and Expertise from Adversarial Research Exploitation Act of 2025

Referred to Oversight and Government Reform Committee; Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee; Appropriations Committee; Ways and Means Committee; Foreign Affairs Committee; Small Business Committee; Judiciary Committee; Education and Workforce Committee; Budget Committee; Committee on House Administration; Homeland Security Committee; Energy and Commerce Committee; Natural Resources Committee; Science, Space, and Technology Committee; Agriculture Committee; Financial Services Committee; Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Veterans' Affairs Committee; Armed Services Committee

Committee Yea
119-hres682 2025-09-09 House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3838) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3486) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally enter and reenter the United States after being removed, and for other purposes.

Referred to Rules Committee

Committee Nay
119-hres672 2025-09-03 House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4553) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 104) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ‘‘Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment’’; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 105) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ‘‘North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan’’; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 106) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ‘‘Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan’’; and for other purposes.

Referred to Rules Committee

Committee Nay

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