Several North Carolina lawmakers are pushing for the National Sept. 11 memorial and museum to be built with Mount Airy granite.

In a letter to New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, the memorial commission's chairman, they urge him to considering a contract with the Mount Airy Granite Corp. The letter is signed by U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan and U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, Ben Niolet reports at the Under the Dome blog.

"The North Carolina Granite Corporation has a proven track record and is no stranger to sites of national significance," the NC members wrote to Bloomberg. "For example, Mount Airy granite was selected in the construction of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., in addition to other historically significant projects."

The choice would also create work in Mount Airy, where the company's granite quarry has operated for more than a century.

Read the full Under the Dome report, and the lawmakers' letter, here.

When NC Rep. Virginia Foxx talks about health care, comedian and talk show host Wanda Sykes hears "Enough is enough!"

Foxx got called out on "The Wanda Sykes Show" Saturday night for her comments against health care reform, with Sykes likening Foxx's remarks to made-up movie lines.

Sykes spent nearly her entire monologue on the health care debate, and near the end of the monologue she named a couple of Republicans in Congress who are fighting the legislation. She singled out Rep. Steve King (Iowa) and Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Michigan), and then Foxx.

Sykes quoted Foxx as saying that health care reform is more dangerous than any terrorist, then offered this:

In the wake of U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx's remarks about Matthew Shephard's murder, we already have a song written and recorded for the occasion -- a folksy number titled "Virginia" that asks of Foxx, "How do you sleep in your warm bed?"

New York singer/songwriter Lee Waters did this song and has pledged 100 percent of the proceeds from any sales to the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Check the lyrics and take a listen here.

(Thanks, Leigh.)