WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The Education and the Workforce Committee passed two bills to help empower parents, students, and women: H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023, and H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act. On the passage of H.R. 734, Chairwoman Foxx said: "We have seen what happens when biological males are allowed to compete   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) have introduced and passed a Senate resolution honoring the memory of the late U.S. Senator James T. Broyhill (R-NC) who passed away last month. Read the full text of the resolution: Whereas James T. Broyhill was born in Lenoir, North Carolina, on August 19, 1927, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Whereas James T. Broyhill ser  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) announced his appointment as the Vice Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, which is responsible for the single largest account within the Department of Defense's budget. "It's an honor to serve as the Vice Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness in the 118th Congress," said Congressman Don Davis  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on March 9, 2023: * * * Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) released the following statement on H.J. Res. 27, which expressed congressional disapproval of the January 2023 WOTUS rule. "Today, I voted to side with the farmers and agricultural communities of eastern North Carolina," said Congressman Don Davis. "Let me be clear: clean water is important to all - farmers and our agricultural communities depend on   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on March 9, 2023: Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) called for the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the selling of stock by four of Pactiv Evergreen executives four days before the company announced the closure of its Canton, North Carolina plant, which will result in the projected loss of 1,200 jobs and be a devastating blow to the town and Haywood County. Stocks were so  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The House Administration Committee issued the following written testimony by Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, at a member day hearing on March 8, 2023, on the modernization of telephone townhalls and communication: * * * Chairman Steil and Ranking Member Morelle, thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony to the Committee and for soliciting proposals on how the House of Representatives can better serve its members and more importantly our constituen  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- 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) joined Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Members of the House Republican Conference to hold a signing ceremony for H.J. Res. 30, a joint resolution that would nullify the Biden administration's rule encouraging retirement fiduciar  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 9, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding President Biden's FY 2024 budget proposal: "President Biden's budget is a fiscal disaster that will dig our nation further into unsurmountable debt. The President is once again calling for reckless spending  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: H.J. Res. 27, Congressman David Rouzer's (NC-07) legislation to overturn the Biden Administration's flawed, burdensome "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule, was approved by the House of Representatives by a vote of 227-198. The Biden rule would lead to sweeping changes to the federal government's authority to regulate what is considered a navigable water, with enormous impacts   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA-20) announced Congressman David Rouzer's (NC-07) legislation, the Water Quality Certification and Energy Projects Improvement Act, will be included in H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. Historically, H.R. 1 through H.R. 10 have signaled a Speaker's legislative priorities to improve the lives of the American people, making the Lower Energy Costs Act all th  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the $110 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to replace the Alligator River Bridge on U.S. Highway 64 in Dare and Tyrrell Counties.Senator Tillis announced the grant earlier this year and comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Senator Tillis helped negotiate and pass into law. The new bridge will be approximately 3.2 miles in l  more