DURHAM, NC (December 5, 2025) — Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) announced her Community Project Funding request for the Town of Hillsborough’s Water Treatment Facility Improvement Project was included in the FY26 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Act. This $1 million in federal funding will be used to convert the water treatment plant from a chlorine gas disinfection system to a safer sodium hypochlorite system. Water treatment facilities i… Continue Reading
(May 15, 2025) — Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Space is holding a hearing titled, Strategic Trajectories: Assessing China’s Space Rise and the Risks to U.S. Leadership. Ranking Member Valerie Foushee's (D-NC) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Good morning and thank you Chairman Haridopolos for holding today’s hearing to review China’s space activities and the implications for the United States space program. I want to also w… Continue Reading
(December 2, 2025) — Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging the Commission to thoroughly review the environmental impacts of the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) and the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate (Southgate) project before advancing the projects further. “We are concerned that FERC has not adequately reviewed all possible risks… Continue Reading