WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) introduced the Defend Our Coast Act to protect North Carolina's coastline and the state's robust tourism, recreation, and fishing industries from offshore drilling. This legislation prohibits the Department of the Interior (DOI) from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas in the mid-Atlantic, including off the c  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today introduced the Protecting Americans from Fentanyl Trafficking Act. The legislation would make permanent the DEA's temporary controls on fentanyl analogues to control the deadly substance. The bill is also co-sponsored by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), Senator Ted Cruz (R-T  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- 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) led North Carolina congressional Republicans in a letter to Dr. Belle Wheelan--President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)--asking her to clarify public comments she made opposing a resolution passed by the B  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 1, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration's rule encouraging retirement fiduciaries to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when inve  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) introduced H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act. With 73 Republican co-sponsors, Letlow's bill delivers on a key promise of the Commitment to America and puts in place concrete legal protections that will ensure parents always have a seat at the table when it comes to their child's education. The legi  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY), today celebrated the House passage of the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting t  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN), along with Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), have introduced a resolution supporting the designation of the last day of February as "Rare Disease Day." "As we celebrate 40 years of the Orphan Drug Act, I'm excited to join my House and Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Rare Disease Day Resolution," said  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) and fellow Co-Chairs of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, Representatives Chris Smith (NJ-04), Marc Veasey (TX-33), Kay Granger (TX-12), Grace Meng (NY-06), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Ted Lieu (CA-33), and Randy Weber (TX-14), hosted U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, an  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 (TNSawa) -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on March 1, 2023: * * * Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has received Family Research Council Action's True Blue Award for his unwavering commitment to religious liberty and the rights of the unborn over the last year. * * * Sen. Budd said in a statement: "I am honored to receive the True Blue Award from Family Research Council Action this year. "The award is given to members of Congress who consistentl  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and more than 30 of his colleagues filed an amicus brief to the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, contending that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) new pistol brace rule violates the Second Amendment. The amicus brief also contends that the rule was never authorized by Congress, and offends basic separation of pow  more