WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion issued the following testimony by Caroline Sullivan, executive director of the North Carolina Business Committee for Education, involving a hybrid hearing on May 24, 2022, entitled "Diversity Includes Disability: Exploring Inequities in Financial Services for Persons With Disabilities, Including Those Newly Disabled Due to Long-Term COVID": * * * My name is Caroline Sullivan, and I am the Executive Direc  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson is leading the official House Republican opposition to the House Democrat gun control legislation being voted on this week. Tomorrow, Rep. Hudson will introduce the STOP II, Secure Every School and Protect Our Nation's Children Act. This legislation builds on the STOP School Violence Act to fund additional school resource officers, mental health counselors, hardeni  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times: * * * In case you missed it, Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) wrote the following opinion piece for the Washington Times highlighting the concerns about the Biden Administration's plan to rewrite WOTUS and the impact it will have on communities across the country: The Washington Times The harmful impact of an overly-burdensome federal water rule By U.S. Rep. David Rouzer - Mon  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to cut red tape on its volunteer driver certification process, also known as the Volunteer Transportation Network (VTN), to assist veterans traveling to and from health care appointments. In January 2021, the Senate pa  more