| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Thursday March 16, 2023 ( 6 items ) |
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Crapo, Risch, Colleagues Urge Withdrawal Of Proposed Temporary Worker Rule That Would Hurt Small Businesses, Farmers
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release and letter:
U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting that the Department withdraw a proposal that would raise fees
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House Bipartisan Task Force Co-Chair Responds to Release of 2021 FBI Supplemental Hate Crime Statistics Report
WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023:
Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) released the following statement on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supplemental Hate Crime Statistics 2021 report, showing a significant increase in antisemitic incidents in one year, from 683 incidents in 2020 to 817 incidents in 2021.
"I appreciate the FBI's release of the Supplemental Hate Crime Statistics 2021 report, which will h
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ICYMI: Murphy, Chairman Smith Demand Answers on Penn Biden Center Funding
WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter:
Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) joined House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) in a letter to University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) President Mary Elizabeth Magill regarding the university's endowment investments in flagged foreign entities and its funding of the Penn Biden Center.
The letter reminds the University of the Ways and Means Committee's jurisdiction over the taxation o
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Risch, Crapo, Colleagues Urge Withdrawal Of Proposed Temporary Worker Rule That Would Hurt Small Businesses, Farmers
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release and letter:
U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting that the Department withdraw a proposal that would raise fee
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Senators Budd & Kelly Introduce Bill To Improve Tracking Of High Altitude Balloons
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release:
Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) have introduced the bipartisan Seeing Objects at Altitude Regularly (SOAR) Act.
The bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue new regulations to require that all high-altitude balloons operating 10,000 feet above sea level be equipped with a tracking system that will transmit the balloon's altitude, identity, and location.
The legisl
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Tillis, Colleagues Oppose Proposed Biden Rule That Would Hurt Small Businesses, Farmers
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter:
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and seven of his colleagues sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting that the Department withdraw a proposal that would raise fees for farmers and small businesses who sponsor foreign national workers. The proposal would also add a $600 fee to pay for President Biden's broken asylum program.
"Specifically
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