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U.S. Representative — North Carolina's 4th District

Valerie Foushee

Democrat · North Carolina

Democrat U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (44 on record)

  • H.R.9956 — Seizure Safe Schools Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9903 — Stop Prison Price Gouging Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9852 — Slow Down Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.Res.1448 — Expressing support for the designation of August 1 as "National Woman Astronomers Day". (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9677 — Grad Student Affordable Housing Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
  • H.R.9619 — To require artificial intelligence chatbot providers to provide data privacy and security, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 9, 2026)
  • H.R.9427 — AI Workforce Impact Study Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
  • H.R.9273 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require public institutions of higher education that receive grants under the Medical Student Education program to include training for medical students relating to menopause in the curriculums of such institutions, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9959 — To establish a Green New Deal for public schools. (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9971 — Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9898 — Transportation for Reentry Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9915 — Stealth Bot Prohibition Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.7230 — Buying American Cotton Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • H.R.7335 — Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in ICE and CBP Custody Act (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)

Voting analysis

Valerie Foushee is ranking member on space and aeronautics, and nothing in her displayed filings goes to space. They cover epilepsy safety in schools, the prices charged to people in prison, vehicle speed, deceptive uses of artificial intelligence, and writing a student work programme into immigration statute. Science and technology still tops her classified subjects, because that count reaches back across everything she has filed rather than the recent five.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Valerie Foushee's cluster into: Science, Technology, Communications (10), Education (5), Health (5), Crime and Law Enforcement (4), Armed Forces and National Security (3), Transportation and Public Works (3).

44
Bills sponsored
829
Bills cosponsored

Of all 44, 42 currently sit at Introduced.

Where she broke ranks

Six times she was a no while the caucus was a yes, and the measure passed regardless: clock changes, a children's online safety act, organised retail crime, renewed surveillance authority, an Iran resolution, and the year's spending package. Once she was a yes while the caucus was a no, on war powers, and that one failed.

Read as a whole this is a page of things declined. Six refusals against a single crossing describes a member positioned to the left of her caucus rather than beside or across from it, and the arithmetic makes the point without needing a label.

3.3%
Votes against the Democrat majority
214
Roll calls where a party majority formed
93 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 7 roll calls where Valerie Foushee voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7757
KIDS Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 228		Jun 29, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.Con.Res.84
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201		Jun 4, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.2853
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 157		May 12, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
S.4465
To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 155		Apr 30, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.Res.1099
Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree · roll call 84		Mar 5, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7148
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
On Passage · roll call 45		Jan 22, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Below the North Carolina Democrats

The four Democrats North Carolina sends to the House keep a high shared rate, and hers comes in well beneath it. The distance between the two figures is wider than most pages on this site show.

Among the 4 Democrats in the North Carolina delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 7.9%. Valerie Foushee is below that average at 3.3%.

Tenure and attendance

She is in her second term. A modest number of roll calls happen without her.

First elected in 2023, now serving across 2 terms. Valerie Foushee falls in the mid cohort.

2.7%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
6
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Valerie Foushee has 44 bills sponsored, 829 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Energy
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Space and Aeronautics (Ranking Member)
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Aviation
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

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