WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 29, 2021: The House voted to pass H.R. 4502, the FY22 Appropriations Minibus, which includes Congresswoman Ross' (NC-02) amendment to prohibit funds from being used to implement former President Trump's 10-year moratorium on offshore wind energy leasing off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, which is set to go into place in 2022. The amendment is included in the  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 29, 2021: H.R. 4502, the FY 2022 seven-bill appropriations minibus passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill includes Congresswoman Deborah Ross' amendment (NC-02) that will support nearly four million pregnant and parenting students. Passed as part of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations division, the amendment instructs the Institut  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 30, 2021: Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14), the co-founders and co-chairs of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, released the following statements after multiple priorities of the Caucus passed the House of Representatives as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations. "I'm proud to join Congresswoma  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2021: Every Republican Member of the Education and Labor Committee, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Department of Labor Secretary Martin Walsh highlighting the importance of employer-sponsored health insurance. Democrat h  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 30, 2021: Yesterday, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Biden calling on Congress to extend the unconstitutional eviction moratorium: "This is a full-scale failure by the Biden Administration that Republicans have been trying to address for months," said Congressman McH  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on July 30, 2021: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) today released the following statement on the passing of former Michigan Senator Carl Levin. "I'm saddened by the passing of Carl Levin. Carl was already an institution in the Senate by the time I arrived in 2005. "Our political beliefs might have been on opposite ends of the spectrum, but we agreed on the importance of working across the aisle to get  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on July 30, 2021: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on new data related to the spread of COVID-19 released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "I'm deeply concerned it took the CDC three d  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-introduced the Restore Public Health Institution Trust Act, legislation that would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) decision making and messaging surrounding its reversal on mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans. The legislation follows the CDC's Tuesday announcement  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), and every Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) seeking a follow-up hearing and more information about the nomination of David Chipman to be Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) following now-corroborated reports of racist comments directed at other ATF employees.  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 20 of his Senate colleagues in the bipartisan infrastructure working group released the following statement after agreeing on a bipartisan infrastructure deal. "We are proud to announce we have reached a bipartisan agreement on our proposal to make the strongest investment in America's critical infrastructure in a generation. "Our plan will create good-pa  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security issued the following information for a hearing entitled: "Toxic Marketing Claims and Their Dangers" at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2021, at 253 Russell Senate Office Building: The hearing will address, among other topics, how alleged deceptive marketing practices and claims may have fueled the proliferation of unsafe products among vulnerable populations in the   more