As Of May 2025, Foxx Held Up To $50,000 In Biopharmaceutical Company AbbVie Inc. Stock. According to The Daily Caller, “Republican North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx held opioid and coal company stocks amid the state’s overdose crisis and hundreds of mine safety penalties, according to records reviewed by the Daily Caller. As of May 2025, Foxx held between $15,001 and $50,000 in AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) stock, according to her annual Personal Financial Disclosure (PFD) filed with the House Clerk.” [Daily Caller, 10/7/26]
2022: Allergan Agreed To A $2.37 Billion Settlement With North Carolina Over Allegations It Contributed To The State’s Opioid Crisis By “Overstating The Benefits Of Opioids.” According to The Daily Caller, “Allergan agreed to a $2.37 billion settlement in 2022 with North Carolina over allegations it contributed to the opioid crisis by ‘overstating the benefits of opioids, downplaying the risk of addiction, and failing to maintain effective controls to prevent opioid diversion,’ according to the North Carolina Department of Justice press release. Under the agreement, Allergan was required to ‘stop selling opioids for the next 10 years.’” [Daily Caller, 10/7/26]
Foxx Held Up To $100,000 In Alliance Resource Partners Stock Along With Up To $15,000 Worth Of Stock In Its Subsidiaries. According to The Daily Caller, “Separately, Foxx has held significant investments in other industries facing regulatory scrutiny. Her 2023 financial disclosure reported between $50,001 and $100,000 in Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) stock, along with up to $15,000 in partnership distributions.” [Daily Caller, 10/7/26]
Alliance Resource Partners And Its Subsidiaries Accumulated More Than 900 Workplace Safety Penalties Since 2000, Including 827 Penalties At A Mine In West Virginia. According to The Daily Caller, “ARLP and its subsidiaries have accumulated more than 900 workplace safety penalties since 2000, according to Good Jobs First’s Violation Tracker. According to Capitol Trades, she made 20 ARLP transactions totaling roughly $209,000, including 17 purchases. At ARLP’s Mountain View Mine in West Virginia, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued 827 penalties since 2019, according to the West Virginia Gazette-Mail report.” [Daily Caller, 10/7/26]
2023-2025: Foxx Was Chair Of The House Education And Workforce Committee When A CDC Report Found Increased Silica Exposure Contributed To Black Lung. According to The Daily Caller, “Foxx chaired the House Education and Workforce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Department of Labor from 2017 to 2019 and again from January 2023 through January 2025. A CDC report found that increased silica exposure has contributed to black lung as miners increasingly cut through rock to reach thinner coal seams.” [Daily Caller, 10/7/26]
In Response To The Report, The Mine Safety And Health Administration Passed A Rule To Lower The Permissible Exposure Limit For Respirable Crystalline Silica And Require Mine Operators To Offer Free Periodic Health Exams. According to Safety and Health Magazine, “The rule went into effect in June 2024. It lowers the permissible exposure limit for respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air – half the previous limit – over an 8-hour time weighted average. The new PEL matches the one OSHA established in 2016. The rule also increases silica sampling and enforcement at metal and nonmetal mines, as well as requires mine operators to provide periodic health exams at no cost to miners.” [Safety and Health Magazine, 4/10/26]
Foxx Called The Rule “Wrongheaded Recklessness” And Complained About The Rule’s Compliance Costs. According to The Daily Caller, “Foxx emphasized the silica rule’s compliance costs, citing a $162 million estimate from the National Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association, according to the House Education and Workforce Committee press release. After the rule was finalized in April 2024, she called it ‘wrongheaded recklessness’ and accused the Department of Labor of ‘economic illiteracy.’” [Daily Caller, 10/7/26]