Retire through Ownership Act
House roll call 314 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Result: Passed
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House · NC · Democratic
Open full interactive profile ↗Valerie P. Foushee
District 4th · Office phone: (202) 225-1784
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Career and professional background
- Education
graduated from Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1974
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B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 2008
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staff, Chapel Hill, N.C., police department, 1987-2008
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member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City board of education, 1997-2004, chair, 2001-2003
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member of the Orange County, N.C., board of commissioners, 2004-2012
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chair, 2008-2010
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member of the North Carolina state house of representatives, 2013
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member of the North Carolina state senate, 2013-2022
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elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023-present).
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Her House biography says she joined the Chapel Hill Police Department as an administrative officer in 1987 and retired in 2008 after 21 years. Administrative employment should not be relabeled as sworn police service without separate evidence.
Member's official House biography or announcement · attributed government office account · Retrieved Nov 5, 2026
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Her office describes leaving UNC-Chapel Hill after two years because of cost, then graduating in 2008 with study in political science and African and Afro-American studies. This provides context for the later graduation date.
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Her biography dates Chapel Hill-Carrboro school-board service to 1997–2004 and election to the Orange County commissioners in 2004, followed by county commission chairmanship. These were local education and county-government roles before state and federal office.
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Background retrieved Nov 5, 2026. Selected claims reviewed Nov 5, 2026. Career facts do not establish current employment, holdings or income.
Recent recorded congressional votes
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Water Resources Development Act
House roll call 313 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Ratepayer Protection Act
House roll call 312 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”
House roll call 311 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗PROOF Act
House roll call 310 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
House roll call 309 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
House roll call 308 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
House roll call 307 · Sep 15, 2026
On Agreeing to the Resolution · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Reported campaign finances
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FEC record H2NC06114
2026 cycle · Reporting through 10/14/2026
- Reported receipts
- $1,048,543
- Disbursements
- $1,084,884
- Cash on hand
- $49,354
- Debts owed
- $0
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