WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on March 31, 2023: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's inexcusable contortion of the justice system in his targeting of President Donald Trump: "Our Republic's system of justice should never be weaponized or tainted by political predilections. Exacting vengeance against a political opponent through the justice system is n  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- 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 Higher Education and Workforce Development Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to the American Bar Association (ABA) Chair Joseph West urging the accreditor to make a determination whether Stanford Law School is out of compliance with the ABA's academic fre  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on March 30, 2023: * * * The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement after the White House released a fact sheet politicizing the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. "The Biden Administration continues to politicize the failure of SVB and Signature Bank t  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on March 30, 2023: * * * The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) release of its final rule implementing small business lending data collection as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protec  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement after the White House released a fact sheet politicizing the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. "The Biden Administration continues to politicize the failure of SVB and Signature Bank to push long-held progressive priorities unrelated to the c  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) release of its final rule implementing small business lending data collection as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Section 1071. "The Consumer Financial Protecti  more

CARY, North Carolina, April 1 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: U.S. Representative Wiley Nickel (NC-13) was pleased to welcome EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan to North Carolina's 13th District to highlight critical water infrastructure needs and announce new nationwide funding for clean water infrastructure upgrades. Representative Nickel and Administrator Regan joined Clayton Mayor McLeod and community leaders for a tour of the Sa  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13) urged the House Appropriations Committee to include $77.8 million in federal funding for the Wake Bus Rapid Transit Southern Corridor Project in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year 2024. The letter follows President Biden's budget proposal th  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Representatives Richard Hudson (NC-09), Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Terri Sewell (AL-07), and Raul Ruiz (CA-25) reintroduced the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act. This bipartisan legislation has received the support of 258 Representatives and more than 400 organizations across the country since it was initially introduced. "Too many fa  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Reps. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) and David Rouzer (NC-07) introduced legislation this week to revise the boundaries of Unit L06 of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in North Topsail Beach, North Carolina. Current boundaries leave part of Topsail Beach exempt from federal assistance needed to protect its shoreline. "There's no question that North Topsail Beach is a  more