WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 20, 2023: Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12) and Barbara Lee (CA-12) reintroduced the Improving Access to Nutrition Act, which seeks to lift the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's (SNAP) three-month limit and ensure that all Americans have access to nutritious food and the ability to stay healthy in everyday life. H.R. 1510, the Improving Access to Nutrition Act, would be monumental   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) announced he has been appointed as Vice Ranking Member on the House Committee on Agriculture: "I am honored to serve on the House Committee on Agriculture as Vice Ranking Member for the 118th Congress," said Congressman Davis. "Having spent my career fighting for rural North Carolina, I understand agricultural communities' vital role in America. As someone who grew up crop  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- 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) slammed President Biden for using his first veto in office to block H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to ensure that retirement plans make investment decisions and exercise shareholder rights based only on the financial benefits to workers and retiree  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- 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 (R-N.C.), and the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Tim Scott (R-S.C.), are formally demanding information from the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regarding their regulatory activities with   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Wiley Nickel (NC-13) is pleased to announce his membership into the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus for the 118th Congress. The Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan working group equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, is committed to finding common ground on many of the key issues facing the nation. "I'm excited to join the Problem Solvers Caucus during the 118th C  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 20, 2023: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC), Rep. Andrew Clyde (GA-09), and 180 House Republicans introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to prevent the Biden Administration's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing an unconstitutional pistol brace rule. Sens. John Kennedy (R-LA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the companion resol  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of his Republican colleagues recently called on the Biden Administration to remove the onerous regulations that the U.S. Department of Commerce has placed on semiconductor funding from the bipartisan "CHIPS and Science Act." "We write to express our concerns with recently released U.S. Department of Commerce guidance for applicants seeking federa  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) recently introduced the bipartisan Farm Operations Support Act, legislation that would revert the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) to the December 2022 rate for the remainder of 2023. The AEWR in North Carolina rose 5 percent from $14.16/hour to $14.91/hour in January 2023. "From crippling labor shortages to skyrocketing input costs, farmers in No  more