THOMASVILLE, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) announced that he helped secure an $80,000 competitive federal grant for the Thomasville Fire Department. The grant came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters grant program. The funding will be used to install Source Capture Exhaust Extraction Systems in two fire stations, which will remove diesel soot from th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Last week, Congressman G. K. Butterfield, along with Congressman Steven Horsford reintroduced H.R. 4871, the Expanding Broadcast Opportunities Act of 2021. The bill willpromote diversity of ownership in the broadcast industry by reestablishing the Minority Tax Certificate Program at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). "America is a nation rich in diversity and ownership of media broadcast  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2021, after the New York State Attorney General released a report backing the sexual assault claims made against Gov. Andrew Cuomo: * * * "The New York investigation into Cuomo confirms the necessity of proper investigations into sexual assault allegations. "I wholeheartedly condemn his actions and remind the Biden adminis  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) has introduced the 21st Century Broadband Deployment Act, legislation to expand broadband access in rural and unserved communities. "This pandemic has exposed new haves and have-nots in America - those with access to the internet and those without it," said Rep. Hudson. "As a Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, I am determined to help close the dig  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2021: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement on President Biden's decision to extend the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium, which the Supreme Court found unconstitutional, instead of fixing his mismanage  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: Yesterday, Congressman Patrick Mchenry (NC-10), the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on President Biden's decision to extend the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium, which the Supreme Court found unconstitutional, rather than addressing his mismanagement of the rental assistance programs: "  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter to Chairwoman Maxine Waters (CA-43). The letter demands Chair Waters convene a hearing with Treasury Secretary Yellen to answer for the Biden Administration's complete failure to administer the Emergency Rental Assis  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced a new CDC eviction moratorium: "As COVID-19 positive rates rise, the pandemic continues to exact a devastating human toll on our country," said Congresswoman Ross. "The end of the eviction moratorium has put millions of families at risk of homelessness and housing instability, t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: Congresswomen Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and Congressman David Trone (MD-06), as well as Congresswoman Marie Newman (IL-03), announced the introduction of the Emergency Child and Adult Nutrition Assistance Act of 2021. This legislation combines and extends both Rep. Adams's FEED the Children Act and Rep. Trone's Food and Nutrition Provider Emergency Support Act from the 116th Congres  more