Foxx Voted For The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Which Delivered An Average Tax Cut Of $12,540 To The Top 20% Of Earners But Just $150 For The Bottom 20%. According to CBS News, the Tax Policy Center projected the law would send over 60% of tax breaks to the top 20% of earners (those making $217,000 or more). Over 60% of adults surveyed believed the law favors wealthy Americans. [CBS News, Viewed 2/16/26]
The Law Imposed The Largest Cuts To Food Assistance In SNAP History, Threatening Benefits For 1.35 Million North Carolinians. According to the NC Institute of Medicine, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act projects a $187 billion cut to SNAP over the next decade — the largest cut to the program to date. Approximately 1.4 million North Carolinians receive SNAP benefits, representing 1 in 8 people in the state, including 46,000 veterans. [NC Institute of Medicine, Viewed 2/16/26]
The Law Is Projected To Strip Medicaid From 200,000 North Carolinians. According to KFF, the reconciliation law is expected to cut federal Medicaid payments to North Carolina by $23 billion, or 11%, over the next 10 years and cause 200,000 North Carolinians to become uninsured due to the loss of Medicaid coverage. [KFF, Viewed 2/16/26]
Foxx Voted Against The Inflation Reduction Act, Which Capped Insulin At $35 And Allowed Medicare To Negotiate Drug Prices For The First Time. According to KFF, the Inflation Reduction Act capped insulin copays at $35 per month for Medicare beneficiaries and capped out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 per year. [KFF, Viewed 2/16/26]
Foxx Voted Against Adding Millions Of Children To SCHIP Eligibility. According to On the Issues, Foxx voted No on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program and No on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. [On the Issues, Viewed 2/16/26]
Foxx Voted Against Giving Mental Health Full Equity With Physical Health. According to On the Issues, Foxx voted No on requiring mental health parity with physical health coverage in 2008. [On the Issues, Viewed 2/16/26]
North Carolina's Food Banks Said They Cannot Fill The Gap From SNAP Cuts Foxx Voted For. According to WUNC, Jason Kanawati Stephany, vice president of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC, stated that "'four out of every five households...participate in SNAP because there are children, people with...seniors in the household.'" He noted that for every one meal food banks provided, "'SNAP provides nine,'" making it impossible for charitable food systems to compensate for federal cuts. [WUNC, 7/2/25]
More Than 650,000 North Carolinians Enrolled In Medicaid Expansion — Coverage Foxx Voted To Undermine. According to Governor Josh Stein's office, 650,000 newly eligible North Carolinians gained access to affordable health care through Medicaid expansion as of April 2025, reaching the state's two-year enrollment target in half the projected time. Tens of thousands in Foxx's own district enrolled, including 3,069 in Surry County and 2,877 in Wilkes County. [NC Governor, 4/9/25]
Foxx's District Has A Median Household Income Of $58,753 — Below The National Average — Yet She Voted For A Tax Law That Overwhelmingly Benefits The Wealthy. According to Data USA, Congressional District 5 in North Carolina had a median household income of $58,753 in 2023. The district includes rural Appalachian communities where households are particularly vulnerable to rising costs from tariffs and cuts to food assistance. [Data USA, Viewed 2/16/26]