WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Reps. Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) and Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) filed an amendment to H.R. 5376, the Democrats' Tax and Spend bill, that would allow drug manufacturers to send rebates directly to the government, thereby removing physicians from the middle of Medicare drug price-setting and ensuring patients still receive the lower price of a drug. The reckless spending package will result in sig  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2022: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has submitted an amendment to the "Inflation Reduction Act" that would prohibit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using new funding to conduct audits on individuals making less than $400,000 per year. The Senate failed to adopt a similar amendment from Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) after all 50 Democrats opposed it. Read the legislative text of the amendment HERE: ht  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2022: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC), House Republican Conference Secretary, released the following statement on Congressional Democrats' "Inflation and Recession Act" which will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday. "Families across our community continue to suffer from the highest inflation in 40 years, it costs twice as much to fill your tank as it d  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to Newsweek: * * * Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) published the below Newsweek opinion column exposing the deceptively named Inflation Reduction Act, what he calls, "the largest heist of Medicare dollars since the program's inception." * * * The Great Medicare Heist Under the guise of the deceptively named "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022", Congressional Democrats are poised to conduct the largest h  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Greg Murphy, R-North Carolina, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Although claiming to lower prescription drugs prices and extend affordable health care insurance to low-income families, the Manchin-Biden Build Back Better bill will stifle competition, significantly hamper the development of new cures, and redirect hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare to insurance companies and Green New Deal policies, writes W  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2022: Congressman David Price (NC-04), Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee (T-HUD) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded $35 million in Capital Investment Grant (CIG) funding to the City of Raleigh for the design and construction of the Wake Bus Ra  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letters: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced $60 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program. The grants will provide funding for six transportation projects to improve North Carolina's transportation systems. Funding for the grants were allocated through the bipartisan infrastructu  more