CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), one of the leaders in Congress of the movement to cancel student loan debt, released the following statement about President Biden's plan to excuse up to $20,000 of student loan debt per borrower. "I am overjoyed millions of students and borrowers can breathe a little easier today," said Congresswoman Adams. "As a college professo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement on the Biden administration's move to cancel student loans through unilateral executive action. "The Biden administration's cancellation of student loans is a wealth transfer from everyday taxpayers who don't have a college degree to wealthy elites who don't need a bailout. This move is an insult to working families and those who   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) issued the following statement after President Biden announced the Department of Education is providing up to $20,000 in debt cancellation to Pell Grant recipients and up to $10,000 in debt cancellation to non-Pell Grant recipients, capping the amount borrowers would pay monthly for undergraduate loans at 5 percent of their income, and extendi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration's announcement that it is extending the student loan repayment moratorium for a fifth time and forcing taxpayers to pay for certain borrowers to receive $10,000 in loan "fo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and an Aug. 24, 2022, letter: * * * House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC); Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC); House Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA); and Senate Employment and Workp  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) announced $6 million in Department of Transportation (DOT) funding for the City of Winston-Salem to construct an extension of the Long Branch Trail from downtown Winston-Salem to north Winston-Salem. This funding, which is available through the DOT's Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) Discretiona  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration's decision to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt through unilateral executive action. "Welcome to Joe Biden's liberal utopia. Those who work and pay their bills get punished; those who don't, get a free ride. "Student debt doesn't automatical  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on President Biden's announcement that he intends to cancel broad swaths of federal student loan debt, transferring more than $300 billion of debt onto Americ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022 with Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina: * * * U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Co-Chairs of the Senate Human Rights Caucus, issued the following statement in continued support of the Ukrainian people: "As Co-Chairs of the Senate Human Rights Caucus, we stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people as they continue to fight for their independence six months af  more