WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: On the House Floor, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to Julie Su's nomination to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Labor. Su's history of mismanagement as California's Secretary of Labor and as Deputy Secretary of Labor makes her unfit to serve America's workforce.   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) led members of the North Carolina delegation, including Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Representatives Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Wiley Nickel (NC-13), and Alma Adams (NC-12), in calling for federal funding for the Raleigh-to-Richmond high-speed rail line through the Federal Railroad Administration's Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Pr  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on April 28, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on the North Carolina Supreme Court's decision to allow partisan gerrymandering. "Partisan gerrymandering serves one purpose: silencing the voices of voters for political gain. While I am not surprised this was the ruling made by the conservative justices on our Supreme Court, this decision is a shocking break   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on April 28, 2023: * * * Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) issued the following statement today following the North Carolina Supreme Court's decision to restore the 2018 voter ID law to reduce voter fraud. * * * Edwards released the following statement. "As a member of the North Carolina State Senate who helped bring this bill forward, I say it's high time the court has recognized the will of the pe  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- 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), joined by 12 Committee Members, sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona raising major questions about what the Department is doing to protect free speech and intellectual discourse on college campuses following the harassment of former colleg  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on April 28, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Education Department's newly released American history and civics' grant priorities: "Biden's Education Department is once again trying to co-opt a federal education program for its own ideological pur  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on April 28, 2023: * * * The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), released the following statement in response to reports regarding recent bank failures issued today by the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Government Accountability Office. "I appreciate the GAO providing   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement on April 28, 2023, with six House members: * * * North Carolina's Congressional Democrats - Representatives Alma Adams (NC-12), Kathy Manning (NC-06), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Wiley Nickel (NC-13), Jeff Jackson (NC-14), and Don Davis (NC-01) released the following joint statement in response to today's decision by the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina that legaliz  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement on April 28, 2023, with six House members: * * * North Carolina's Congressional Democrats - Representatives Alma Adams (NC-12), Kathy Manning (NC-06), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Wiley Nickel (NC-13), Jeff Jackson (NC-14), and Don Davis (NC-01) released the following joint statement in response to today's decision by the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina that legaliz  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Dan Bishop (NC-08) voted to pass the Limit, Save, Grow Act on the House floor. "We need to shrink Washington to grow America, and the Limit, Save, Grow Act does just that. American families are tired of the Washington Swamp status quo, and this bill is an essential first step towards restoring fiscal sanity and constitutional governance to D.C.," said Rep. Bishop. Republicans have come to  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: In an unprecedented yet predictable decision, the partisan N.C. Supreme Court has overruled the previous Court's decision to toss out unfair and gerrymandered electoral maps in North Carolina. Further, the Court has upheld discriminatory voter ID laws that target underrepresented communities and suppress their participation in our democracy. U.S. Representative Wiley Nickel (NC-13)  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and nine of his Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues sent a letter urging Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice to testify before the Committee on the Biden Administration's placement of unaccompanied migrant children with e  more