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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Tuesday November 01, 2022 ( 3 items )  

CAPAC Statement Supporting Affirmative Action During Supreme Court Oral Arguments
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (TNStalk) -- The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2022: * * * The Supreme Court of the United States will begin to hear oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, two cases that challenge the Court's long-standing support for affirmative action in higher education. CAPAC fully supports affirmative action policies that consider race as one fac  more

Rep. Foxx: New ED Rule on Student Loans Fails to Address Underlying Problems
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Department of Education announced final regulations which fail to address major problems in the federal student loan system: "The Department of Education's new regulations to 'streamline and improve'   more

Tillis Leads Colleagues Raising Concerns About Operational Integrity of the SEC
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Tim Scott (R-SC), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Steve Daines (R-MT) recently sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler questioning the operational integrity of the SEC following the recent release of the SEC Inspector General's Statement on the SEC's Management and Performance Challe  more