WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) praised U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack's announcement of nearly $17.5 million dollars in USDA Rural Development funding for the deployment of a fiber-to-the-premises network that will connect 5,434 people, 100 businesses, 76 farms, and 22 educational facilities to high-speed internet in Halifax and Warren Counties.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus, along with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Raul Ruiz (CA-36), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), and HBCU Caucus co-chair Rep. French Hill (AR-02) announced the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Cong  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) joined U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu, and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to announce new federal investments in affordable, high-speed internet in North Carolina. Supported by funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, USDA is providing $759 million to bring  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06), Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK), co-chairs of the House and Senate Bipartisan Task Forces for Combating Antisemitism, respectively, released the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The FBI found that antisemitic h  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Minority oversight staff released an interim report titled, "An Analysis of the Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic." The interim staff report summarizes a review to date of publicly available, open-source information related to the potential origin of S  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Minority oversight staff released an interim report titled, "An Analysis of the Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic." The interim staff report summarizes a review to date of publicly available, open-source information related to the potential origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. "Over one million Americans have d  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has awarded Warren County and Halifax County a $17.5 million grant to improve broadband and comes from the bipartisan infrastructure package which Senator Tillis helped negotiate and pass into law. This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to con  more