On Thursday, March 4, 2010 the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 362 on a roll call vote. H. Res 362 reads:
Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program.
H. Res. 362 was bipartisan and considered a non-controversial piece of legislation. As a result, the final vote count was 403 Ayes, 13 Nays, 15 Present/Not Voting.
"My" House representative, Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC5-Nutjob), was one of 13 legislators to vote against the bill. Here she is, in all her Godly Constitutional Glory:
It's such a freaking laugh. You see, Virginia Foxx has a local reputation of stealing and hording eats of all kinds off food buffet tables. No, I'm really not kidding. Foxx attends ladies' luncheons and dinners throughout the district wearing coats or sweaters with big, unzippered pockets and takes every opportunity to stuff those pockets full of everything from fried chicken to oversized chocolate chip cookies.
When Foxx's staff lets on that their gal will be attending a local fundraiser for someone who can't afford their chemo treatments, everyone battens down the doors. The not-so-funny joke and refrain these days is "Hide yer biscuits."
You see, "free is good," as long as it's all for her, and none for you.
The irony of Virginia Foxx telling America's school kids they are out of line for even needing a free or discounted lunch while she stuffs her pockets and her mouth with sweets and savories from district buffet lines just isn't even funny anymore.
Local blog Watauga Watch perhaps said it best:
Let's give credit where credit is due. Congresswoman Virginia Foxx has gone from obscure N.C. state senator with a celebrated penchant for stealing buffet food to a national sensation, "Madam Doctor Foxx," known for smearing a wealth of lipstick on or near her mouth and ... for uttering some of the most devastatingly stupid lines in the interest of partisan hatefulness.
All is not lost. Billy Kennedy, a fantastic, Democratic progressive populist is running against the hate and bigotry and elitism of Virginia Foxx in this year's election. He weighed in on Foxx's vote against the school lunch program yesterday. It's so nice to have a candidate who is willing to actually call Foxx out on her hypocrisy by letting folks know she gets subsidized wild mushroom ravioli at the House's Longworth Cafeteria on Tuesdays.
What a sad day for North Carolina’s 5th Congressional district. Rep. Foxx was one of just 13 House members to vote against H RES 362, a bill "Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program."
If you can’t say "yes" to the "goals" of America’s national school lunch program, then what the heck can you say "yes" to? America’s national lunch program provides a mid day meal to over 30 million school kids every day and snacks for children in after-school programs. The School Lunch Program operates in public schools, non-profit private schools, and some child care facilities. Its goal is to provide "nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches."
1-in-7 children in North Carolina lives in a household that is forced to reduce food intake, alter normal eating patterns, or go hungry because they lack the money or resources to obtain adequate food. More than 800,000 NC school children take part in the National School Lunch Program each day. In 2007, even before the current recession hit, 7 out of 10 children in Alleghany County participated in the school lunch program. Almost that many children got free or reduced lunches in Surry, Wilkes and Ashe counties, and more than half the children in Yadkin and Forsyth counties participated.
What was Rep. Foxx thinking? Maybe she was still mulling over the words of Rush Limbaugh who said just this February about our national school lunch program: "It never occurs to the parents to go to the grocery store?" I doubt Rush Limbaugh has ever gone hungry, and it looks like Rep. Foxx isn’t having any trouble finding her next meal either. In fact, maybe she should get out of the Washington House members’ Longworth cafeteria a little more often, where on Tuesdays she can dine on Wild Mushroom, Cheese Stuffed Ravioli at a discount and where the coffee comes from Pura Vida. At least that’s what the "United States House of Representatives Dining Service Website" says.
Virginia Foxx is an embarrassment to our district and our nation. It's time she had to eat her own cake.