WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to The Hill: * * * Democrats' "voting rights" legislation is finally dead. With the Senate's failure to end the filibuster, President Biden is unable to achieve his top priority of overruling state election integrity reforms and mandating deeply concerning voting practices nationwide. Yet the president still has a backdoor plan to influence elections. He's using the vast and powerful federal bureaucracy to r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the White House released its plan, via the task force on union organizing, to increase union bosses' stranglehold over American workers: "It's truly baffling to watch a President openly collude with anti-worker group  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2022: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) is introducing new legislation to expand access to vital health services during and after pregnancy for people with Medicaid coverage, to advance reproductive and maternal health justice, and to save lives. The Advancing Maternal Health Equity Under Medicaid Act would increase the federal reimbursement rate for states that increase their spending on   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2022: * * * U.S. Representatives G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), Deborah Ross (NC-02), David E. Price (NC-04), Kathy Manning (NC-06), and Alma Adams (NC-12), the Democratic members of North Carolina's congressional delegation, issued the following statement after the North Carolina Supreme Court voted to strike down the new voting maps Republicans passed in November. "We appreciate the Supreme Court  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2022: Representatives Deborah Ross' (NC-02) and Raja Krishnamoorthi's (IL-08) amendments to support immigrants who are leading our nation's STEM innovation passed the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the America COMPETES Act. This legislation will make historic investments to advance production of American-made semiconductors, tackle supply chain vulnerabilities to make more goods in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers recently sent a letter calling for the extension of expanded coverage of telehealth services. In the letter to congressional leadership, the legislators noted that a short-term extension of Medicare telehealth services, which were extended during the COVID-19 pandemic, would provide much-needed certainty to healthcare provid  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 10 of his colleagues recently raised concerns with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding the recently-announced final rule for broadband infrastructure funding through the Coronavirus State and Local Recovery Funds and to urge the Secretary to ensure broadband funding focuses on unserved areas throughout the country. "As you know, the authority provided by Congre  more