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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
81
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
  1. 2026-07-14
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  5. 2026-07-13
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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 81 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.

How congressional sessions work

Each numbered Congress spans two calendar years and is divided into two sessions: the first session (odd-numbered year, e.g., 2025) and the second session (even-numbered year, e.g., 2026). Modern Congresses begin on January 3 of odd-numbered years and end on January 3 two years later, unless a law sets a different date. The House is elected every two years, while Senators serve six-year terms staggered so that roughly one-third of the Senate is up for election every two years.

Legislative Record

119-hres530 2025-06-23 House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3944) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 275) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish on a monthly basis the number of special interest aliens encountered attempting to unlawfully enter the United States, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 875) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and deportable; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 516) condemning the violent June 2025 riots in Los Angeles, California.

Referred to Rules Committee

Committee Nay
119-hres489 2025-06-09 House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2056) to require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2096) to restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 331) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.

Referred to Rules Committee

Committee Nay
119-hr2096 2025-03-14 House

To restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Committee Nay
119-hres458 2025-06-03 House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2931) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2966) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2987) to amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies, and for other purposes.

Referred to Rules Committee

Committee Nay

North Carolina Congressional Delegation

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