WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: Yesterday Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Senator Natasha Marcus (NC-SD-41) sent a letter to the leadership of the North Carolina General Assembly asking for their support for the Town of Huntersville in the state budget. Adams' letter requests equitable funding for the town in the final American Rescue Plan Act budget; Governor Roy Cooper's proposed budget already includes the   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13) introduced the Care That's Fair Act of 2021. The bill will empower states, through grant funding from the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), to utilize medical claims, clinical data, and social data to address racial disparities, social determinants of health, and maternal and infant mortality. "There is   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: The House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Marcia Fudge. Republicans will use the hearing to hold the Biden Administration accountable for its mismanagement of the COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) programs. Last month, all Committee  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Marcia Fudge. During the hearing Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), the Republican Leader of the House Financial Services Committee, called for the Biden Administration to be held accountable for its mismanagement of the COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) progr  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Greg Murphy, R-North Carolina, Republican leader of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, issued the following opening statement on July 20, 2021, at a joint subcommittee hearing on the direct care workforce: * * * "Direct care workers are an essential part of the health care sector. I have personally worked with these individuals for over 30 years. These individuals act as primary providers of care, supervision,   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $200 million in Pandemic Assistance to provide relief to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses that have experienced losses due to COVID-19. "North Carolina's timber producers, harvesters and haulers are critical to North Carolina's rural communities. I applaud the  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-07), joined by Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (NC-05), Rep. Rick Allen (GA-12), and Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26), introduced the Association Health Plans Act of 2021 (H.R. 4547). The legislation expands health care options and lowers costs for small busin  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following commentary on July 19, 2021, to Roll Call: The strength of the relationship between a family and their child care provider is deeply important. It's one of the many reasons parents today spend months, if not years, researching the best child care options for their needs. Unfortunately, finding adequate, affordable child care has become i  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following opening remarks on July 20, 2021, at a hearing entitled "The Path Forward: A Federal Perspective on the COVID-19 Response": * ** This is the Committee's third hearing with federal officials on the COVID-19 pandemic this year. Ranking Member Richard Burr's Prepared Opening Remarks: "Chair Murray, I am pleased to hold this hearing today  more