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When Rep. Virginia Foxx flexed her power to block Democratic recommendations to Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), she didn’t just make a political move—she made a statement. A statement that reaffirms what many of us already know: Foxx has no interest in protecting this nation’s most vulnerable, especially when they are Black, poor, or marginalized.
The bill, which is most likely to pass today in the U.S. House of Representatives, is a sweeping 1,100-page conservative wish list that slashes social programs, guts labor protections, and places even more burdens on working-class Americans.
But Rep. Virginia Foxx, wielding her authority as Chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, made sure Democrats couldn’t soften the blow. She led efforts to block proposed amendments that would have preserved access to Medicaid, expanded food aid, and upheld key worker rights—provisions that disproportionately impact Black communities.
No Room for Compromise
Democrats didn’t try to gut the bill; they simply proposed changes to make it less harmful, such as preserving Medicaid and SNAP funding. Yet Foxx and her Republican colleagues shut those doors, dismissing every proposed change with the bang of a gavel.
Silencing Black Voices in the Halls of Power
This isn’t the first time Rep. Virginia Foxx has used her platform to silence those speaking on behalf of justice.
In June 2023, she literally banged the gavel nine times to interrupt Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a Black congressman, as he tried to speak about systemic racism in policy.
The message was loud and clear: in Foxx’s America, there’s no room for truth-tellers who challenge white supremacist norms.
A Long History of Harm from Rep. Virginia Foxx
Her recent actions around the OBBBA are not isolated incidents. They’re part of a longer, troubling pattern.
In 2009, Rep Virginia Foxx referred to a financial bill as a “tar baby”—a term steeped in anti-Black racism.
That same year, she labeled the hate crime murder of Matthew Shepard a “hoax.” And more recently, she’s co-sponsored anti-trans legislation and pushed hard to strip Critical Race Theory from classrooms, insisting it “divides students based on race.”
But let’s be honest: the only thing CRT divides is ignorance from truth.
Who Benefits? Who Loses?
With OBBBA, the losers are clear. Families that rely on food stamps. Workers who need union protection. Black mothers who need access to reproductive healthcare. Young trans girls just trying to play sports. Foxx has consistently stood on the wrong side of these issues, and the impact is devastating.
Her defenders might argue it’s just politics. But when your policies deny food, strip dignity, and erase identities—that’s not just politics. That’s policy violence.
Final Word about Rep. Virginia Foxx
Foxx’s decision to block Democratic efforts on OBBBA isn’t surprising—it’s consistent. It’s consistent with a record that resists equity, undermines justice, and silences the very voices who dare to challenge systemic oppression.
So no, she didn’t just block amendments. She blocked compassion. She blocked humanity. And history will not forget.
Having worked in Medicaid for over 30 years I believe I have a good idea as to the waste in the program. The Democrats are not concerned as to who has Medicaid Benefits and who does not. They are concerned only with votes. I wonder ( I truly do not know) how many Congressmen and women have ever been on Medicaid or worked in the program? If they had they would better understand the fraud, waste and abuse that exists in the program.