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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Wednesday December 14, 2022 ( 4 items )  

Rep. Foxx Leads Fight in House to Save Independent Contractor Jobs
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022, and letter: A bicameral comment letter, led in the House by Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), was sent today to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh opposing DOL's confusing and burdensome proposed rule regarding independent contractors. In the letter, the Members wri  more

Rep. Foxx: President Biden Sinking Federal Student Loan System
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- 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) spoke on the House floor to warn the American people about the catastrophic consequences of President Biden's unilateral changes to the federal student loan programs. Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks "President Biden is turning the federal student loan program i  more

Rep. Kathy Manning: House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism Hosts FBI for Briefing on 2021 Hate Crime Statistics Report
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: Representatives Kathy Manning (NC-06), and Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chairs of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, hosted a briefing with senior Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials to review the FBI 2021 Hate Crime Statistics report. Members discussed how federal and local law enforcement are responding to the increase in hate targeting the Jewish co  more

Rep. McHenry at FTX Hearing: We Have to Separate Out Bad Actions of an Individual from Good Created by Industry, Innovation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The House Financial Services Committee is holding a bipartisan hearing to investigate the events surrounding the collapse of digital asset trading platform FTX. Committee Members will question current FTX CEO John Ray to get the answers the firm's customers and the American people deserve. Watch Chairman-elect Patrick McHenry's (  more