WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) released the following statement on the ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas against DACA, halting new applications. "Last week's ruling underscores the urgency for Congress to enact H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, which the House passed earlier this year. "Senate Republicans continue to block this bill's considerat  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to CNBC: * * * This year began with a question about whether we had done enough to secure a full economic recovery. Now the question is: can our economy handle this recovery? Prices are rising and they are rising fast -- unsound fiscal policy and government spending are contributing to these higher costs. Families are feeling it when they buy groceries, fill up their tank, or book a plane ticket   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 19, 2021: Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03), a member of the Healthy Future Task Force, announced his appointment to the Doctor and Patient Relationship Subcommittee. The subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) will focus on creating patient-oriented solutions to personalize health care options and maximize consumer choice for American families. "As a physician of over   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 19, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) announced that all ten of the community project funding requests she submitted on behalf of North Carolina's 2nd District have been included in House appropriations bills. These projects total $10.6 million in federal investments for education, affordable housing, and transit projects for the people of the 2nd District of North Carolina. Once approve  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 19, 2021: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA-29), Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) and Congresswoman Kathleen Rice (NY-04) led a majority of the House Democratic Caucus in sending a letter urging President Biden permanently close the digital divide for all Americans. 120 members of the House Democratic Caucus signed the letter thanking President Biden for p  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to the Roll Call: * * * 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 lim  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security issued the following information for a hearing entitled: "Addressing Disparities in Life Expectancy" at 10 a.m. on July 21, 2021, at 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Kathleen Mullan Harris, Ph.D., James E. Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chair, Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and Socioeconomic Disparit  more