WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to the nation: "Tonight, we heard a powerful message of unity. In just two years, President Biden has brought our country together to lift us out of a pandemic, rebuild our economy, and ensure that no American is left behind. From lowering skyrocketing health c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today questioned witnesses from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on how fentanyl is entering WNC communities. Excerpts from his questioning: On fentanyl flowing into Western North Carolina: "I've heard from at least one member here this afternoon that they felt that they were the only person who represented a border district. "I just complete  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) issued the following statement this evening in response to President Biden's State of the Union address to Congress. "I had hoped to hear more from President Biden about his plans to address the real problems that are making life harder for Western North Carolinians. "Crime is rising in cities across America - including Asheville - and fentanyl i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) hiring U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as its Executive Director: "Time and time again, we have seen the Biden administration's Depar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives passed the Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act, legislation introduced by Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Congressman Mike Carey (OH-15) that will address the rise in cybersecurity threats against energy infrastructure in the United States. Cyberattacks on energy infrastructure, like the ransomware attack on the Colonial Gas Pipeline, surged to a record hi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) released the following statement on President Joseph R. Biden's second State of the Union Address. "During tonight's State of the Union, President Biden did what he does best: ignore the realities facing every day Americans in favor of political theater and progressive goals. Thanks to his reckless far-left policies, Americans have struggle  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) released the following statement after President Biden's State of the Union address. "Coming out of the pandemic, there was national hope for healing and unity. Sadly enough, President Biden has been the most divisive president in history. The last two years have been marked by one self-inflicted crisis after another," said Rep. Murphy. "This Administr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in advance of President Biden's State of the Union address: "Tonight, President Biden will make the two-mile trek to Capitol Hill and peddle more of his administration's radical policies and far-left vision of America.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded U.S. Congressman Andy Barr's (R-KY) reintroduction of a Congressional Review Act measure to nullify the Department of Labor's (DOL) recent rule to greenlight environmental, social, governance (ESG) investing in employer-sponsored retirement plans. U.S. Senator   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda to verify that Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met his ethics obligations as he sought employment with the National Hockey League Players Association. In the letter, Foxx writes: "It has come to my attention that afte  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The House Financial Services Committee is holding its first hearing of the Congress on combatting the economic threat from China. Committee Republicans are unified that we must outcompete China on the global stage by reinforcing American values, rather than undermining them. Watch Chairman McHenry's opening remarks here (https://www.youtube.com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address: "During tonight's State of the Union, President Biden did what he does best: ignore the realities facing everyday Americans in favor of political the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: Ahead of today's hearing entitled "Combatting the Economic Threat From China," the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and the Chairman of the Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee, French Hill (AR-02), reintroduced the International Nuclear Energy Financing Act.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement ahead of President Biden's State of the Union Address: "Under President Biden, America is off course. Working families are struggling to pay for necessities like groceries, gas, and utilities, and their wages aren't keeping up with inflation. Too many mothers and fathers are tragically losing their children to fentanyl, a drug th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently co-introduced the Public Health and Border Security Act, legislation that would require all COVID-related national states of emergency to be lifted before Title 42 is officially terminated and require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to put in place a workable plan to manage the chaos at the border. "Illegal crossings at our Southern border continue to  more