WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a letter from members of the Senate and House of Representatives who are pilots, urging President Biden to withdraw the nomination of Phillip Washington to serve as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The signers of this letter include: * Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) * Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) * Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) * Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-TX) *  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Respect for the Second Amendment Act. The legislation is cosponsored U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Thom Tillis (R  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Republican Leader Bill Cassidy (R-LA) rebuked the Biden administration's policy that inserts "labor advisors" across the executive branch to assist labor unions in the acquisition of federal contra  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on March 16, 2023: * * * The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement in response to the announcement by several U.S. financial institutions that they will make substantial deposits at First Republic Bank to shore up its liquidity. "The shoring up of First Republic Bank by other   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy issued the following testimony by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison involving a hearing on March 9, 2023, entitled "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Ripe for Reform": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to address you today on the importance of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. I'd like to begin by discussing a case Minnesota brought with the CFPB. Back in Octobe  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Respect for the Second Amendment Act. The legislation is cosponsored U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Tom Cotton (R-Ark  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is awarding the state of North Carolina a $1 million, one-year planning grant which will allow North Carolina to compete for a slot in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program. This announcement is the   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and more than 40 Republican senators introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to prevent the Biden Administration's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing an anti-Second Amendment pistol brace rule. "The Biden Administration is out of line trying to enforce this pistol brace rule, which violates law-abiding citizens' Seco  more