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House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials (Vice Ranking Member)
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight (Ranking Member)
Subcommittee on Energy
Election
Assumed office on January 3rd, 2023
Media Contacts
Jennifer Putney, Communications Director
Phone: (919) 967-7924
Email: Jennifer.Putney@mail.house.gov
Maxime Oget, Press Secretary
Phone: (202) 225-1784
Email: Max.Oget@mail.house.gov
Valerie Foushee's Biography
Valerie Foushee represents North Carolina’s Fourth District which includes Alamance, Durham, Granville, Orange, and Person Counties, as well as parts of Caswell County.
Before she began serving in Congress, Valerie worked as an administrator for the Chapel Hill police department and served 25 years as a local and state elected official. She went from serving on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board, to being the first African American woman elected to chair the Orange County Board of Commissioners, to serving in the North Carolina State House and the North Carolina State Senate.
In Congress, Valerie serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and is the Vice Ranking Member of the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee and a member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee. She also serves on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and is the Ranking Member of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee and a member of the Energy Subcommittee.
Valerie was born and raised in Orange County and received her undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Stanley, and they are parents to two sons and one grandson.