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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Saturday February 19, 2022 ( 2 items )  

Rep. Budd Urges CMS to Exempt Rural Hospitals From Vaccine Mandate
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure asking for a waiver from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for rural hospitals facing staffing shortages. * * * February 18, 2022 To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, 7500 S  more

Rep. Manning & Sen. Kaine Introduce Bicameral Auto Re-Enroll Act to Improve Americans' Long-Term Financial Stability
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06), a member of the Education and Labor Committee, and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the bicameral Auto Reenroll Act of 2022, legislation to increase workers' participation in employer-sponsored retirement plans by encouraging retirement plans to automatically re  more