WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to the North State Journal's Randolph Record: * * * Last month, the National Federation of Independent Businesses reported that 46% of small businesses currently have unfilled job openings. Our country is still down 7.1 million jobs from our pre-lockdown boom, and 9.5 million jobs remain unfilled nationwide. While well-intentioned, the federal government's enhanced unemployment benefit of $300 extra dollar  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: In a blow to bipartisanship, Democrats today advanced H.R. 3992, the Protect Older Job Applicants Act; H.R. 729, the Strength in Diversity Act; H.R. 730, the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act; and, H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Service Improvement Act of 2021 through Committee. Education and Lab  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: In response to a series of partisan actions by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director David Uejio, Committee Republicans, led by Republican Leader Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter to the Acting Director detailing how his policies will harm American consumers, workers, and families. Addit  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 16 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) announced that the North Carolina Department of Administration's (DOA) Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses received a $385,000 federal grant from the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The five-year grant allocates funding to open an MBDA Business Center that will provide essential training and services to minority  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), and Rep. French Hill (R-AR-02), co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional HBCU Caucus, announced that Best Buy is joining the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Partnership Challenge. The HBCU Partnership Challenge is an effort to promote greater engagement and support between private companies and HBCUs. "Best Buy is committed to i  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held itsnomination hearing for David Weil to be the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division for the Department of Labor and Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty to be Members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Excerpt of Ranking Memb  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and 20 of their colleagues introduced a Senate resolution (S. Res. 303) in support of the courageous Cuban people leading historic protests throughout the island against six decades of repression from the autocratic Communist Party of Cuba and the Castro and Diaz-Canel regime. The resolution highlights the dictatorship's long record of oppression a  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Better Wound Care at Home Act, bipartisan legislation to update payment rules at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to give Americans better access to cutting-edge technology and treatment options used in home health settings. "Outdated Medicare payment methods and billing rules shouldn't limit treatment options f  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Better Wound Care at Home Act, bipartisan legislation to update payment rules at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to give Americans better access to cutting-edge technology and treatment options used in home health sett  more