WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has helped introduce H.R. 5236, the Prevent Taliban Support Act. The legislation would prohibit the removal of any sanctions against the Taliban government in Afghanistan unless explicitly authorized by Congress. The bill was originally introduced by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA). "The new Taliban government is filled with Islamic terrorists, they continue to give aid and comfort to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored H.R. 1115, the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act. The bill establishes that the location of the Global War on Terrorism War Memorial would be constructed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The bipartisan bill is a follow up to the Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act, which was signed into law by President Trump in 2017. "Since 2001, the s  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06), member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, touted investments in child care, education, job training, and child nutrition advanced through the Committee's section of the Build Back Better Act. The historic investments will lower costs for families, secure good-paying jobs for American workers, and set a strong foundati  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: The House Committee on Financial Services is holding a markup of its portion of Democrats' partisan $3.6 trillion spending package that would fundamentally restructure Americans' relationship with the federal government. Democrats' tax-and-spending spree would be disastrous for our economic recovery--leading to   more