WASHINGTON, March 8 -- 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 Trish Lollo, President of St. Louis Children's Hospital, to request information about the kinds of medical interventions provided by the hospital's Transgender Center. This follows troubling accounts of a former employee, who revealed that me  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), reintroduced the Keep Innovation in America Act for the 118th Congress alongside Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The legislation will fix the digital asset reporting provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, now law   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12) and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) introduced the Equal Citizenship for Children Act, legislation that would amend the Child Citizenship Act (CCA) to automatically provide citizenship to eligible individuals previously excluded by the CCA. "Comprehensive, common-sense immigration reform is a priority for House Democrats. The Equal Citizenship for Children   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Jessica Weinkle, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington involving a hearing on March 1, 2023, entitled "Rising Seas, Rising Costs: Climate Change and the Economic Risks to Coastal Communities": * * * My testimony focuses societal factors as key drivers of climate and weather related economic loss in coastal communities. Climate change is real, and it is important. Practical polic  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of Southeastern U.S. Senators from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee recently wrote a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm in support of the Southeast Hydrogen Hub coalition. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Senator Tillis helped negotiate and pass into law established $8 billi  more