WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment issued the following testimony by Pittsboro Town Manager Christopher 'Chris' F. Kennedy as part of a hybrid hearing on Oct. 6, 2021, entitled "Emerging Contaminants, Forever Chemicals, and More: Challenges to Water Quality, Public Health, and Communities": * * * I thank you for the opportunity to speak today about the effects of emerging contaminants and forever chemicals on a sma  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement in opposition to raising the debt ceiling. "Instead of using the debt limit to address our dangerous fiscal situation, Democrats are once again kicking the can down the road toward their multi-trillion dollar socialist spending spree. "We should not be raising the limit on the national credit card given the current state of our country's finances  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2021: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement after President Joe Biden appointed Reginald Speight to serve as the North Carolina State Director for Rural Development at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Bob Etheridge to serve as the USDA's State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in North Carolina: "I am pleas  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Oct. 12, 2021: * * * Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) released the following statement after voting to temporarily extend the debt limit until December 3, 2021. "We cannot afford to play games with the full faith and credit of the United States government. Today, I voted to extend the debt limit to avert a Republican-led economic crisis. "Extending the debt limit isn't about future government sp  more

ADVANCE, North Carolina, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2021: Reps. Ted Budd (R-NC) and Patrick McHenry (R-NC) announced a $21.2 million competitive Department of Education grant for Iredell-Statesville Schools. Both congressmen represent parts of Iredell County. The federal dollars come from the Department of Education's Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Incentive Grant Program and would allow Iredell-Statesville Schools to implement th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2021: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) and Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced the official relaunch of the Congressional Global Road Safety Caucus today. The Caucus will continue to bring awareness to road safety initiatives and mobilize Congressional support to tackle this significant domestic and global health and safety crisis. "This is a critically important issue, as milli  more