WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement: * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the so-called "Good Jobs Principles" framework that was unveiled by the Department of Labor: "Coming from one of the most dysfunctional federal agencies on the planet, these so-called "Good Jobs Principles" are the  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Financial Services Committee Republican Leader Patrick McHenry (NC-10) and U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), along with 12 of their colleagues, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging him to fully study the potential environmental impacts of digital asset mining,  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court striking down a prohibition against religious schools' participation in a Maine tuition assistance program: "Religious freedom and school choice had   more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), along with Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Republican Leader John Boozman (R-AR) and Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced an agreement to help school and summer providers keep kids fed. The Keep Kids Fed Ac  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Carson v. Makin that religious schools cannot be excluded from Maine's private-school tuition assistance program, which helps stud  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, issued the following joint statement with Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, on June 21, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) released the following statement. "Today, we finalized bipartisan, commonsense legislation to protect America's children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violen  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that Shil Patel will be replacing Ted Lehman as his chief of staff and Corey Brown Weber will be his new legislative director. Shil Patel most recently served as legislative director for Senator Tillis and also previously served as his chief economic advisor. He started his career working for Northern Trust Bank in Chicago and then worked for the Banking Super  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement on June 21, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Murphy (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) released the following statement. "Today, we finalized bipartisan, commonsense legislation to protect America's children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country. "Our legislation will save lives and will not infringe on any law-abiding Am  more