WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2022: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statement after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) add COVID-19 vaccines to the immunization schedule for children. "COVID-19 vaccines delivered through Operation Warp Speed helped save lives at the outset of the pandemic. "However,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to rulings from Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and a federal judge in Missouri regarding the Biden administration's student loan debt scheme: "This is an illegal action and there are multipl  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2022: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement regarding the 5th Circuit's decision ruling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) independent funding mechanism unconstitutional: "As Republicans have said all along, the CFPB's 'd  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release and letter: As inflation crushes American families and the U.S. faces a cruel Biden recession, the Biden Administration is politicizing the Treasury Department with a new far-left advisory committee. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNSawa) -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) received the Ben F. Massey Public Service Award from the American Physical Therapy Association NC (APTA NC). The award is given to a public figure who has demonstrated distinctive support for the PT profession. APTA NC President Mary Kay Hannah said: "Congressman Ted Budd has truly been a friend to physical therapists, demonstrated through his sponsorship of HR 688, the Eq  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) Chairman Lauren M. McFerran requesting the agency return to manual, onsite, secret-ballot electi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) awarded more than $1.4 million in grants to the state of North Carolina to advance and support office recruitment and retention, crisis intervention, de-escalation training, and provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies. "Law enforcement officers risk their lives e  more