WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) and Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) , Co-Chairs of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, released the following statement regarding the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) 2022 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. "Jewish communities in America and around the world are under threat, facing a chilling onslaught of antisemitic h  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Ahead of a House vote to override President Biden's veto of H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration's rule encouraging retirement plan fiduciaries to consider or choose investments based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- 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) and Vice-Chair Mary Miller (R-IL) sent a letter to Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, to slam the agency for its apparent indifference on the importance of Congressional oversight. Previously, the law  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 23, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report finding that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) approved special financial assistance (SFA) applications that may have included deceased part  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- 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 Vice Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, French Hill (AR-02), sent letters to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. In the letters, McHenry and Hill demand detailed informat  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, issued the following news release: House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC) will hold a hearing to examine the worsening crisis at our Northern border, which has been exacerbated by the diversion of limited, critical resources from the Northern border   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) delivered remarks and questioned TikTok CEO Shou Chew at a full House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on TikTok's consumer privacy and data security practices, how the platform affects children, and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. "While most federal agencies have implemented a TikTok ban on government-issued devi  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced an amendment to H.R. 1, The Lower Energy Costs Act, that will complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline. This amendment ensures the Mountain Valley Pipeline is completed and delivers natural gas from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia to North Carolina and South Carolina. With the pipeline being 94% completed and being held up by bureaucra  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Reps. Kathy Manning (D-NC), Grace Meng (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Susan Wild (D-PA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), David Kustoff (R-TN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Don Bacon (R-NE) led a bipartisan effort to increase funding for the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. In a letter to the chair and ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcomm  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act. The bill would require abortion providers to file a report with the National Human Trafficking Hotline if they have a reasonable suspicion to believe that a woman is a victim of human trafficking. The bill would also require abortion providers to participate in an annual training to recognize the signs of trafficking   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on March 23, 2023: * * * As the CEO of the China-based TikTok app testified before the House, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) called out members of Congress, including North Carolina's delegation, who still use the app despite knowing the national security and privacy risks it poses to North Carolinians: "China is one of the biggest geopolitical threats America has ever faced. It's beyond reckless for member  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 21 of his colleagues recently sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen condemning the Biden Administration's latest attempt to weaponize the tax code against U.S. energy producers. The letter is in response to President Biden's budget request for Fiscal Year 2024. Specifically, the letter focuses on the $100 billion in targeted tax increases on e  more