WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the bipartisan Financial Technology Protection Act. The legislation establishes the Independent Financial Technology Working Group to Combat Terrorism and Illicit Financing. The bill has twice passed the House unanimously in 2018 and 2019. In the House, the bill is led by Reps. Zach Nunn (R-IA) and Jim Himes (D-CT). T  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on April 27, 2023: Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), as well as the entire North Carolina congressional delegation, sent a letter to the Department of Defense, "highlighting the strengths and capabilities of North Carolina's thriving state-wide defense innovation ecosystem, our defense-related research at our top-notch academic institutions, and our culture of collaboration." Re  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: Ahead of upcoming reports from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and federal banking regulators, Committee Republicans sent letters to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Acting Inspector General of the Treasury Richard Delmar, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg demanding additional information reg  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to grant an emergency stay in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a decision that prevents the abrupt and unnecessary reversal of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decades-old approval of mifepristone. The FDA approved mifepristone in 2000, and since then,  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement after voting against House Republicans' debt limit package, the "Default on America Act." With passage of this legislation, Republicans are threatening a first-ever default on America's bills unless their harmful demands are met. In North Carolina's Second District alone, a national default would kill about 8,100 jo  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- 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), the Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15), the Chairman of the Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee, French Hill (AR-02), and the Chairman of the Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-09) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act, House Republicans' spending reform package which reins in reckless spending and prevents the United States from defaulting on its debts until March 2024: "The days of President Biden's out-of-control spending in Washington are over," said Rep. Hudson. "Republic  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Yesterday, Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) published an Op-ed in Fox News shedding light on China's influence over American universities. You can read the full Op-ed in Fox News in its entirety below. The Next Battlefield with China is the College Campus Imagine for a moment that you are a college student in the 1980s attending a guest lecture on campus. To your surprise, the in  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) released a statement following tonight's passage of the Limit, Save, and Grow Act. "Government spending is out of control and bankrupting this nation - we are crippling our grandchildren's future, and we simply cannot afford to continue down this path of self-destruction," said Rep. Murphy. "The Limit, Save, Grow Act will be instrumental in returnin  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Last night, House Republicans advanced a partisan proposal to raise the debt ceiling that'll leave working families and veterans in North Carolina's 13th District behind. The Republican bill includes 22% cuts on non-defense programs: an unserious proposal and non-starter for Representative Nickel. Republicans' use of the debit limit as a bargaining chip despite the catastrophic imp  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), and Emilia Sykes (OH-13) introduced the End Prison Gerrymandering Act. This legislation will help ensure equal representation for all by requiring the Census Bureau to count incarcerated people at their last place of residence rather than the prison in which they are held at the time of the Census. M  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, with the support of Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07), the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act, legislation to strengthen, support, and authorize funding for the United States Coast Guard. The bipartisan bill includes an amendment sponsored by Rouzer to prohibit officials from countries designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) joined Congressman Ralph Norman (SC-05) and Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) in introducing a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to oppose the Department of Labor's finalized H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rates rule. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) are leading a companion effor  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on April 26, 2023: * * * Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) released the following statement after voting in support of the Limit, Save, Grow Act. "We must get Washington's spending under control. Today's vote is a major milestone achieved. By pairing sensible spending reforms that would result in $4.8 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years alongside legislation to address the debt limit, House Rep  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: The Senate passed legislation supported by U.S.Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to overturn President Biden's aggressive EPA regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions by a vote of 50-49. The regulation would devastate the trucking industry, raise costs for consumers, and incentivize older, less efficient trucks to stay on the road. "President Biden's far-left policies, like this EPA regu  more