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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Wednesday March 22, 2023 ( 5 items )  

@EdworkforceCmte to Hold Full Committee Hearing: 'Unleashing America's Opportunities for Hiring & Employment'
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: On Tuesday, March 28, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing titled "Unleashing America's Opportunities for Hiring and Employment" which will examine how current economic conditions created by Biden administration policies are negatively impacting employment for workers and job crea  more

House Education Committee Chairwoman Foxx Questions Hospital on Use of Irreversible Medical Interventions on Healthy Children
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- 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) sent a letter to Dr. Kurt Newman, President and CEO of the Children's National Hospital, expressing concerns about "the erosion of parents' rights" and the use of "life-altering, irreversible medical interventions on children" at the hospital's Youth Pride Clinic. In t  more

House Financial Services Committee Leaders McHenry, Waters Announce First Hearing on Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank Failures
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- 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), and the Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, Maxine Waters (CA-43), announced a bipartisan hearing with federal financial regulators in response to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank to be held at 10:00 AM ET on March  more

ICYMI: Congresswoman Ross Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Ban Predatory Pricing Tactics for Medicare Reimbursement
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02)joined Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-01), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34), Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Rick Allen (GA-12), and Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) in introducing bipartisan legislation to end spread pricing in Medicaid programs, which leads to low reimbursement rates for pharmacies and artificially raises health care costs. The Drug Price Tr  more

U.S. Representatives Davis, Mann Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase the Adoption of Precision Agriculture Technologies for Growers
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: U.S. Representatives Don Davis (NC-01) and Tracey Mann (KS-01), members of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, introduced the Promoting Precision Agriculture Act. The bill would establish a partnership between the federal government and the private sector to create voluntary interconnectivity standards and prioritize the cybersecurity needs for precision agriculture technologies.   more