WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee held Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler accountable for his disastrous agenda that threatens the dominance of U.S. capital markets and our competitiveness. As Chair Gensler repeatedly obfuscated and attempted to dodge questions, Republicans continued to force hi  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, legislation led by Speaker McCarthy to responsibly address the debt ceiling: "While President Biden and his Democrat allies in Congress bury their heads in the sand, House Republicans have placed a viable solution to the debt ceiling square on the table. To the surprise of no one, fiscal res  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on April 19, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement on the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, House Republicans' plan to restore fiscal sanity in America: "America is $31 trillion in debt. What has President Biden done to defuse this ticking timebomb? Absolutely nothing. I  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor today in support of H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The bill strengthens existing protections for women, ensures a level playing field for female athletes, and protects women and girls from the Biden  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06), Policy Co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus and member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, and Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo (CO-08) introduced a resolution titled Expressing the sense of Congress that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to approve drugs for abortion care. "For more than two decades, mifepristone has been proven   more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) this week introduced the Sister City Transparency Act to create a Government Accountable Office (GAO) report on sister city partnerships in the U.S. Sister cities exist ostensibly to promote cultural exchange and economic development. However, the Chinese Communist Party has begun using these partnerships to achieve geostrategic objectives. "China is  more