WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2021: Every Republican Member of the Education and Labor Committee, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) requesting he provide all Members of the Committee with draft text of the reconciliation legislation as soon as possible in advance of next week's anticipated Bud  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2021: Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-09) introduced a resolution affirming the importance of states' Right to Work laws in response to Democrats including radical provisions of the PRO Act in Speaker Pelosi's $3.5 Trillion socialist spending package. "American workers should be free to do their jobs without Democrats forcing them to fund Leftist political causes. Right to Work laws are an important saf  more

ADVANCE, North Carolina, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd visited two restaurants in Burlington and Asheboro alongside the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association and State Senator Amy Galey. They spoke with owners and workers at the Golden Corral in Asheboro and the Biscuitville in Burlington about the ongoing labor shortage and the importance of ending the current federal stay at home unemployment bonus.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 3, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after reports that only 235,000 jobs were added in August, falling nearly 500,000 short of expectations: "Failing to meet expectations is the new normal in Biden's America. Despite widespread vaccine a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) cosponsored two bills related tot he crisis in Afghanistan. The first, H.R. 5142, is a bipartisan bill introduced by Congresswoman Lisa McClain (MI-10) to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the thirteen U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan last week. H.R. 5142 will award the Congressional Gold Medal to Staff S  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2021: One week from today, Committee Democrats will hold a hearing to review "Reforms to Expedite Emergency Rental Assistance." This long overdue examination of the failed Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program comes after months of work by Committee Republicans to provide relief to American families in need--met by   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2021: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) shared the following statement in response to President Biden's disastrous August jobs report. Liberal economists had forecasted 728,000 job gains for the month of August, but Biden's economy only delivered 235,000 jobs - falling way short of expectations: "President Biden's abysmal August jobs report exposes the weakness of his 'America Last' economi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the Curriculum Review of Teachings (CRT) Transparency Act. This legislation would require local school districts to post the curriculum for each grade of their elementary and secondary schools on  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2021: Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), and Kathy Manning (NC-04) led a coalition of 40 colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer requesting that the budget reconciliation package provide relief to the 1.2 million individuals stuck in the employment-based green card backlog. Under the curren  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and nine of his Republican colleagues wrote President Biden Thursday seeking answers on how the Administration plans to evacuate the Americans and Afghan allies still on the ground in Afghanistan. In the letter to the President, Secretary of State Blinken, Defense Secretary Austin, and Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, the senators asked de  more