WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) has introduced the Protecting Wages of Essential Workers Act of 2022. The Protecting Wages Act will protect $1,000 or 75 percent, whichever is greater, of take-home earnings per week from seizure and index that net amount annually based on inflation. "Wage garnishment can push a family into poverty when they're struggling to make ends meet," said Adams  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: Reps. Greg Murphy, M.D., Virginia Foxx, Kat Cammack, Burgess Owens, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks held the second annual Congressional Campus Free Speech Roundtable in the U.S. Capitol. The event brought together leaders from the Young America's Foundation (YAF), the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), current college students, and members of the Alumni Free Speech Al  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) blasted the Biden administration for pushing regulations that will throttle the franchise model and undermine the path to the American Dream for many entrepreneurs. Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: "The Biden administration's destructive regulatory agenda is jeo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after Biden's Department of Education disbanded its partisan national parents council following lawsuits from multiple parental rights groups: "Claiming President Biden's National Parents and Families Council wa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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 Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte A. Burrows to sound the alarm on the agency's draft Strategic Plan, which misses opport  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced the College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act, which makes college cost decisions more consumer friendly. The Congresswomen introduced this legislation in response to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) re  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Recently, bipartisan legislation co-introduced by U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Gary Peters (D-MI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to help protect the health and safety of firefighters and emergency responders from PFAS exposure passed the House. The Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances (PFAS) Act directs federal agencies to develop best practices, training, and educational  more