Official portrait of Valerie P. Foushee
U.S. House · North Carolina, District 4

Valerie P. Foushee

DDemocratIn this seat since January 3, 2023Term ends January 3, 2027This seat is on the ballot November 3, 2026.
Previous profession
Staffer, Chapel Hill Police department, 1987 to 2008
First public office
1997Member, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Board of Education, 1997 to 2004 (chair, 2001 to 2003)
Years in public office
27of 39 years since 1987, the first year the biography gives for any work

Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.

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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Foushee has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.

26 Yes · 34 No
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The record in plain language

Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Foushee is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Foushee votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.

Foushee votes Yes on the HALT Fentanyl Act, the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

On funding the government, Foushee votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.

Foushee votes No on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Foushee votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 24.

Foushee votes differently from most House Democrats on 2 of 60 Yes and No votes: No on the law that extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants and No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026.

Votes on laws that passed

Public Law 119-111 · Signed September 18, 2026Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Votes No
Public Law 119-98 · Signed June 10, 2026Secure America Act

Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.

House 214–212Senate 52–47Votes No
S. 4465 · Signed April 30, 2026Public Law 119-87

Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.

House 261–111Senate: voice voteVotes No
H.J.Res. 140 · Signed April 27, 2026Public Law 119-85

Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.

House 214–208Senate 50–49Votes No
H.J.Res. 142 · Signed February 18, 2026Public Law 119-78

Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.

House 215–210Senate 49–47Votes No
Public Law 119-75 · Signed February 3, 2026Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.

House 217–214Senate 71–29Votes No
Public Law 119-60 · Signed December 18, 2025National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

The annual defense policy law.

House 312–112Senate 77–20Votes No
H.J.Res. 131 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-52

Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

House 217–209Senate 49–45Votes No
H.J.Res. 130 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-51

Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.

House 214–212Senate 51–43Votes No
H.J.Res. 106 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-50

Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.

House 215–210Senate 50–46Votes No
H.J.Res. 105 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-49

Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.

House 215–211Senate 50–45Votes No
H.J.Res. 104 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-48

Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.

House 211–208Senate 52–47Votes No
S.J.Res. 80 · Signed December 5, 2025Public Law 119-47

Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

House 216–209Senate 52–45Votes No
Public Law 119-37 · Signed November 12, 2025Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.

House 222–209Senate 60–40Votes No
Public Law 119-27 · Signed July 18, 2025GENIUS Act

Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).

House 308–122Senate 68–30Votes No
Public Law 119-21 · Signed July 4, 2025One Big Beautiful Bill Act

A broad tax and spending law.

House 218–214Senate 50–50Votes No
S.J.Res. 31 · Signed June 20, 2025Public Law 119-20

Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.

House 216–212Senate 52–46Votes No
S.J.Res. 13 · Signed June 20, 2025Public Law 119-19

Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.

House 220–207Senate 52–47Votes No
H.J.Res. 89 · Signed June 12, 2025Public Law 119-17

Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.

House 225–196Senate 49–46Votes No
H.J.Res. 88 · Signed June 12, 2025Public Law 119-16

Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.

House 246–164Senate 51–44Votes No
H.J.Res. 87 · Signed June 12, 2025Public Law 119-15

Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.

House 231–191Senate 51–45Votes No
H.J.Res. 61 · Signed May 23, 2025Public Law 119-14

Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.

House 216–202Senate 55–45Votes No
H.J.Res. 60 · Signed May 23, 2025Public Law 119-13

Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

House 219–205Senate 50–43Votes No
S.J.Res. 28 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-11

Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.

House 219–211Senate 51–47Votes No
S.J.Res. 18 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-10

Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.

House 217–211Senate 52–48Votes No
H.J.Res. 75 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-9

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.

House 214–193Senate 52–45Votes No
H.J.Res. 42 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-8

Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.

House 222–203Senate 52–46Votes No
H.J.Res. 24 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-7

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.

House 203–182Senate 53–42Votes No
H.J.Res. 20 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-6

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.

House 221–198Senate 53–44Votes No
H.J.Res. 25 · Signed April 10, 2025Public Law 119-5

Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.

House 292–132Senate 70–28Votes No
Public Law 119-4 · Signed March 15, 2025Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.

House 217–213Senate 54–46Votes No
S.J.Res. 11 · Signed March 14, 2025Public Law 119-3

Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.

House 221–202Senate 54–44Votes No
H.J.Res. 35 · Signed March 14, 2025Public Law 119-2

Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.

House 220–206Senate 52–47Votes No
Public Law 119-1 · Signed January 29, 2025Laken Riley Act

Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.

House 263–156Senate 64–35Votes No

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Votes on a resolution that passed a law

Public Law 119-28 · Signed July 24, 2025Rescissions Act of 2025

Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.

House adopted H.Res. 590, 216–213Senate 51–48Votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed this law in the House

What this member says about laws and orders

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13 excerpts

  1. Rep. Foushee Calls on Trump Administration to Restore STEM Research Funding, Provide Transparency on PCAST

    “and technology initiatives in a letter to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and David Sacks, Special Advisor for AI and Crypto and Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), calling for transparency, accountability, and a renewed commitment to federal STEM education and research and development (R&D).”

    Named by: order title · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint a13682452e724650

  2. Rep. Foushee Calls on Trump Administration to Restore STEM Research Funding, Provide Transparency on PCAST

    “and technology initiatives in a letter to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and David Sacks, Special Advisor for AI and Crypto and Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), calling for transparency, accountability, and a renewed commitment to federal STEM education and research and development (R&D).”

    Named by: order title · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint a13682452e724650

  3. Rep. Foushee Calls on Trump Administration to Restore STEM Research Funding, Provide Transparency on PCAST

    “and technology initiatives in a letter to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and David Sacks, Special Advisor for AI and Crypto and Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), calling for transparency, accountability, and a renewed commitment to federal STEM education and research and development (R&D).”

    Named by: order title · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint a13682452e724650

  4. Rep. Foushee Calls on Trump Administration to Restore STEM Research Funding, Provide Transparency on PCAST

    “and technology initiatives in a letter to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and David Sacks, Special Advisor for AI and Crypto and Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), calling for transparency, accountability, and a renewed commitment to federal STEM education and research and development (R&D).”

    Named by: order title · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint a13682452e724650

  5. Rep. Foushee Calls on Trump Administration to Restore STEM Research Funding, Provide Transparency on PCAST

    “and technology initiatives in a letter to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and David Sacks, Special Advisor for AI and Crypto and Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), calling for transparency, accountability, and a renewed commitment to federal STEM education and research and development (R&D).”

    Named by: order title · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint a13682452e724650

  6. Rep. Valerie Foushee Cosponsors Legislation to Defund and Dismantle ICE

    “An Amendment to H.R. 7148 to revoke Big, Ugly Bill funding for ICE and divert it to cover health care funding cuts.”

    Named by: bill number · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint 28e27dd36b817cbe

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  1. Reps. Foushee, Nunn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Participation in AI Education, Research, and Workforce

    “This legislation will help unlock the tremendous STEM talent found at MSIs, HBCUs, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and rural-serving institutions, including those in my home state of North Carolina—to foster a skilled workforce ready to take on the risks and benefits to society spurred by AI. I thank Congressman Nunn for joining me in introducing this bill, and I look”

    Named by: order title · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint 19270ad9f5132646

  2. Reps. Foushee, Nunn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Participation in AI Education, Research, and Workforce

    “This legislation will help unlock the tremendous STEM talent found at MSIs, HBCUs, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and rural-serving institutions, including those in my home state of North Carolina—to foster a skilled workforce ready to take on the risks and benefits to society spurred by AI. I thank Congressman Nunn for joining me in introducing this bill, and I look”

    Named by: order title · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint 19270ad9f5132646

  3. Rep. Foushee Votes Against Republican Continuing Resolution

    “WASHINGTON, DC (November 12, 2025) — Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026.”

    Named by: bill number · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint ef39707bc72bb283

  4. Rep. Foushee Opposes GOP’s Partisan Stopgap Funding Bill

    “WASHINGTON, DC (September 19, 2025) — Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) released the following statement after voting against the House Republican short-term government funding bill, H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026.”

    Named by: bill number · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint 90d5d8b1959b0295

  5. Rep. Foushee Votes Against Trump’s Rescissions Package

    “WASHINGTON, DC (June 12, 2025) — Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, legislation to rescind federal discretionary funding in accordance with President Trump’s request to Congress.”

    Named by: bill number · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint b1b8b373ff98a8ce

  6. Congresswoman Foushee Votes Against Partisan Government Funding Bill

    “WASHINGTON, DC (March 11, 2025) — Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025.”

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  7. Congresswoman Foushee Votes Against Partisan Government Funding Bill

    “WASHINGTON, DC (March 11, 2025) — Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025.”

    Named by: bill number · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint 8623a3bd59c50c4d

Member-requested spending

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Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $21,191,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.

Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.

RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
Town of HillsboroughPublic Law 119-37Water Treatment Facility ImprovementsRural Utilities Service · Rural Water and Waste Disposal ProgramNC$1,000,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e NC City of Mebane Station and F Improvement PEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$4,000,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e NC Durham County Lift StationEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$1,092,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate NC Orange Water a Authority for Replacement PEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$1,092,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate NC Orange Water a Authority for Facility ProjEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$1,092,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate NC Town of Fuquay Water StorageEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$1,092,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate NC Town of Holly Harnett Regio Improvement PEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$1,092,000
City of Durham Police DepartmentPublic Law 119-74Real-Time Crime Center Technology and EquipmentDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$1,031,000
Durham County Office of the SheriffPublic Law 119-74Mobile Command Center ProjectDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$1,000,000
Raleigh-Durham Airport AuthorityPublic Law 119-75RDU Taxiway J ReconstructionDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsNC$850,000
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RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
NCPublic Law 119-75Fordham Boulevard SidepathDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNC$1,000,000
Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority, d/b/a GoTrianglePublic Law 119-75Triangle Mobility HubDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure GrantsNC$2,000,000
Town of Chapel Hill, North CarolinaPublic Law 119-75Legion Road Affordable Housing DevelopmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNC$2,000,000
City of Durham, North CarolinaPublic Law 119-75Southside Revitalization Phases III and IVDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNC$2,000,000
Town of PittsboroPublic Law 119-75Pittsboro Downtown RevitalizationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNC$850,000

Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A list the Congressional Record printed on two days is counted once, from the later printing. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.

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Campaign money

For the 2026 election cycle, Foushee's campaign reports receiving $912,010.90 and reports spending $949,918.41, as of June 30, 2026.

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What the filing reports2026 cycleFEC number H2NC06114as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number H2NC06114as of December 31, 2024
Money raised (total receipts)$912,010.90$695,097.87
Money spent (total disbursements)$949,918.41$737,113.53
Cash on hand (at the end of the period)$47,788.08$85,695.59
Debts (owed by the committee)$4,000.00$0.00

Where it comes from

Reported as received from2026 cycleFEC number H2NC06114as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number H2NC06114as of December 31, 2024
Individuals, itemized$321,453.11$226,851.10
Individuals, unitemized$86,346.82$109,725.41
Other political committees$489,618.00$352,195.11
Party committees$6,000.00$0.00
The candidate, contributions$0.00$0.00
The candidate, loans$0.00$0.00

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