WILSON, North Carolina, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) released the following statement on the $28 million funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve access to jobs, expand health care, and upgrade infrastructure for residents across rural eastern North Carolina. "We've not always received our fair share, and these investments are critical for helping to jumpstart  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Feb. 16, 2023: * * * Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) issued the following statement today after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their annual Budget and Economic Outlook report. "The CBO released disturbing data yesterday that the futures of our children have been mortgaged by prior reckless spending. It is more evidence of how previous lawmakers' failed economic policie  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: This week, Congressman Dan Bishop (NC-08) and U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the COVID-19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act to ensure that federal taxpayer dollars are not used to support healthcare facilities that deny care to patients based on their COVID-19 vaccination status. "There's no reason that medical facilities should deny care to people based on their COVID-19 va  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to demand accountability from the Department on its failure to respond to several Committee inquiries. In the letter, Foxx writes: "I write to express my deep dissatisfaction with what I can onl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to The Paper on Feb. 4, 2023: * * * Ready To Get To Work On Behalf Of Burke County The start of 2023 marked the beginning of a new Congress--the 118th--and a change for the people of Burke County. As has become habit in North Carolina, our state's congressional maps were again redrawn for the 2022 elections. With this change, Burke County is once again part of the Tenth Congressional District and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) and National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) sent a comment letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Acting Director Himamauli Das in response  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on ending trade that cheats American workers, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) slammed China for their continued deception, fraud, and inhumane practices and called on Congress to hold China accountable. Senator Tillis on China "I do think the focus needs to be China, but there are other bad actors. We have allies who are bad actors, but I think we need to hav  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his colleagues recently introduced the Keep Our Communities Safe Act, legislation to end the catch-and-release policy that requires the federal government to release illegal immigrants into the United States' interior after detaining them for six months, if no other country accepts them for deportation. "The Biden Administration's failed policies and loopholes in ou  more