“Retailers and consumers are feeling good about the state of the U.S. economy, and a big part of that is the result of lawmakers who have made economic growth and job creation a top priority."
WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation today honored a bipartisan group of lawmakers for their support of public policy priorities important to the retail industry and its millions of small businesses. House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., was named NRF’s Legislator of the Year, and 216 members of the House and 51 members of the Senate were recognized as “Heroes of Main Street.” The awards will be presented this week during the Retail Advocates Summit, NRF’s congressional fly-in.
“Chairwoman Foxx has been a steadfast advocate for commonsense regulatory policies that allow businesses large and small to grow and create jobs in their communities,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. “As a passionate champion for workforce development, she has advanced a number of initiatives to empower more students and workers to gain the skills they need to achieve a promising lifelong career.”
“Retailers and consumers are feeling good about the state of the U.S. economy, and a big part of that is the result of lawmakers who have made economic growth and job creation a top priority,” Shay said. “As Heroes of Main Street, these elected officials truly understand that the decisions they make here in Washington have a real impact on local businesses and communities across the country.”
The overwhelming majority of retailers are small businesses, with more than 98 percent of all retail companies employing fewer than 50 people.
The Hero of Main Street award was created by NRF in 2013, and eligibility is based on key votes, bill sponsorship and advocacy to advance retailers’ priorities. Recipients have supported policies that recognize the contributions of the retail industry, and have worked to encourage a “vibrant, sustained and healthy” retail sector.
Recipients include:
Senate
- Sen. Lamar Alexander
- Sen. John Barrasso
- Sen. Roy Blunt
- Sen. John Boozman
- Sen. Richard Burr
- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
- Sen. Bill Cassidy
- Sen. Susan Collins
- Sen. John Cornyn
- Sen. Tom Cotton
- Sen. Mike Crapo
- Sen. Ted Cruz
- Sen. Steve Daines
- Sen. Dick Durbin
- Sen. Mike Enzi
- Sen. Joni Ernst
- Sen. Debbie Fischer
- Sen. Cory Gardner
- Sen. Lindsey Graham
- Sen. Chuck Grassley
- Sen. Orrin Hatch
- Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
- Sen. Dean Heller
- Sen. John Hoeven
- Sen. James Inhofe
- Sen. Johnny Isakson
- Sen. Ron Johnson
- Sen. John Kennedy
- Sen. James Lankford
- Sen. Mike Lee
- Sen. John McCain
- Sen. Mitch McConnell
- Sen. Jerry Moran
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski
- Sen. Rand Paul
- Sen. David Perdue
- Sen. Rob Portman
- Sen. James Risch
- Sen. Pat Roberts
- Sen. Mike Rounds
- Sen. Marco Rubio
- Sen. Ben Sasse
- Sen. Tim Scott
- Sen. Richard Shelby
- Sen. Dan Sullivan
- Sen. John Thune
- Sen. Thom Tillis
- Sen. Pat Toomey
- Sen. Mark Warner
- Sen. Roger Wicker
- Sen. Todd Young
House of Representatives
- Rep. Ralph Abraham
- Rep. Robert Aderholt
- Rep. Richard Allen
- Rep. Justin Amash
- Rep. Mark Amodei
- Rep. Jodey Arrington
- Rep. Brian Babin
- Rep. Donald Bacon
- Rep. James Banks
- Rep. Lou Barletta
- Rep. Andy Barr
- Rep. Ami Bera
- Rep. John Bergman
- Rep. Andy Biggs
- Rep. Gus Bilirakis
- Rep. Mike Bishop
- Rep. Rob Bishop
- Rep. Marsha Blackburn
- Rep. Rodney Blum
- Rep. Mike Bost
- Rep. Kevin Brady
- Rep. David Brat
- Rep. Mo Brooks
- Rep. Susan Brooks
- Rep. Vern Buchanan
- Rep. Ken Buck
- Rep. Larry Bucshon
- Rep. Ted Budd
- Rep. Michael Burgess
- Rep. Bradley Byrne
- Rep. Ken Calvert
- Rep. Buddy Carter
- Rep. John Carter
- Rep. Steve Chabot
- Rep. Liz Cheney
- Rep. Michael Coffman
- Rep. Tom Cole
- Rep. Doug Collins
- Rep. James Comer
- Rep. Barbara Comstock
- Rep. Michael Conaway
- Rep. Paul Cook
- Rep. Jim Cooper
- Rep. Lou Correa
- Rep. Kevin Cramer
- Rep. Rick Crawford
- Rep. Henry Cuellar
- Rep. John Culberson
- Rep. Carlos Curbelo
- Rep. John Curtis
- Rep. Warren Davidson
- Rep. Rodney Davis
- Rep. Suzan DelBene
- Rep. Jeff Denham
- Rep. Ron DeSantis
- Rep. Scott DesJarlais
- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
- Rep. Dan Donovan
- Rep. Sean Duffy
- Rep. Jeff Duncan
- Rep. Neal Dunn
- Rep. Tom Emmer
- Rep. Ron Estes
- Rep. John Faso
- Rep. Drew Ferguson
- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann
- Rep. Bill Flores
- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
- Rep. Virginia Foxx
- Rep. Matthew Gaetz
- Rep. Michael Gallagher
- Rep. Gregory Gianforte
- Rep. Bob Gibbs
- Rep. Louie Gohmert
- Rep. Paul Gosar
- Rep. Kay Granger
- Rep. Garret Graves
- Rep. Sam Graves
- Rep. Tom Graves
- Rep. Morgan Griffith
- Rep. Glenn Grothman
- Rep. Brett Guthrie
- Rep. Karen Handel
- Rep. Andy Harris
- Rep. Vicky Hartzler
- Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler
- Rep. Jody Hice
- Rep. Clay Higgins
- Rep. French Hill
- Rep. George Holding
- Rep. Trey Hollingsworth
- Rep. Richard Hudson
- Rep. Bill Huizenga
- Rep. Randy Hultgren
- Rep. Will Hurd
- Rep. Bill Johnson
- Rep. Mike Johnson
- Rep. Jim Jordan
- Rep. David Joyce
- Rep. John Katko
- Rep. Mike Kelly
- Rep. Trent Kelly
- Rep. Ron Kind
- Rep. Peter King
- Rep. Steve King
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger
- Rep. Stephen Knight
- Rep. Raj Krishnamoorthi
- Rep. David Kustoff
- Rep. Darin LaHood
- Rep. Doug LaMalfa
- Rep. Doug Lamborn
- Rep. Leonard Lance
- Rep. Robert Latta
- Rep. Jason Lewis
- Rep. Daniel Lipinski
- Rep. Billy Long
- Rep. Barry Loudermilk
- Rep. Mia Love
- Rep. Frank Lucas
- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
- Rep. Tom MacArthur
- Rep. Kenny Marchant
- Rep. Tom Marino
- Rep. Roger Marshall
- Rep. Thomas Massie
- Rep. Brian Mast
- Rep. Kevin McCarthy
- Rep. Michael McCaul
- Rep. Tom McClintock
- Rep. Patrick McHenry
- Rep. David McKinley
- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
- Rep. Martha McSally
- Rep. Mark Meadows
- Rep. Paul Mitchell
- Rep. John Moolenaar
- Rep. Alex Mooney
- Rep. Markwayne Mullin
- Rep. Stephanie Murphy
- Rep. Richard Neal
- Rep. Daniel Newhouse
- Rep. Kristi Noem
- Rep. Ralph Norman
- Rep. Devin Nunes
- Rep. Pete Olson
- Rep. Steven Palazzo
- Rep. Gary Palmer
- Rep. Erik Paulsen
- Rep. Stevan Pearce
- Rep. Scott Perry
- Rep. Scott Peters
- Rep. Collin Peterson
- Rep. Bruce Poliquin
- Rep. Bill Posey
- Rep. John Ratcliffe
- Rep. Tom Reed
- Rep. James Renacci
- Rep. Tom Rice
- Rep. Martha Roby
- Rep. Phil Roe
- Rep. Hal Rogers
- Rep. Mike Rogers
- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
- Rep. Francis Rooney
- Rep. Peter Roskam
- Rep. Keith Rothfus
- Rep. David Rouzer
- Rep. Steve Russell
- Rep. John Rutherford
- Rep. Paul Ryan
- Rep. Steve Scalise
- Rep. Kurt Schrader
- Rep. David Schweikert
- Rep. Austin Scott
- Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner
- Rep. Pete Sessions
- Rep. John Shimkus
- Rep. Mike Simpson
- Rep. Adrian Smith
- Rep. Jason Smith
- Rep. Lloyd Smucker
- Rep. Jackie Speier
- Rep. Elise Stefanik
- Rep. Christopher Stewart
- Rep. Steve Stivers
- Rep. Scott Taylor
- Rep. Claudia Tenney
- Rep. Glenn Thompson
- Rep. Mac Thornberry
- Rep. Scott Tipton
- Rep. Michael Turner
- Rep. Fred Upton
- Rep. David Valadao
- Rep. Ann Wagner
- Rep. Tim Walberg
- Rep. Greg Walden
- Rep. Mark Walker
- Rep. Jackie Walorski
- Rep. Mimi Walters
- Rep. Randy Weber
- Rep. Dan Webster
- Rep. Peter Welch
- Rep. Brad Wenstrup
- Rep. Bruce Westerman
- Rep. Roger Williams
- Rep. Joe Wilson
- Rep. Robert Wittman
- Rep. Steve Womack
- Rep. Robert Woodall
- Rep. Kevin Yoder
- Rep. Ted Yoho
- Rep. David Young
- Rep. Don Young
- Rep. Lee Zeldin
Foxx, who represents North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District, was selected as Legislator of the Year by NRF’s Policy Council because of her support for regulatory relief, workforce development and pro-growth tax reform.
About NRF
The National Retail Federation is the world’s largest retail trade association. Based in Washington, D.C., NRF represents discount and department stores, home goods and specialty stores, Main Street merchants, grocers, wholesalers, chain restaurants and internet retailers from the United States and more than 45 countries. Retail is the nation’s largest private-sector employer, supporting one in four U.S. jobs — 42 million working Americans. Contributing $2.6 trillion to annual GDP, retail is a daily barometer for the nation’s economy.