WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following opening remarks on June 22, 2023: * * * Opening remarks, as prepared, from Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC) from today's hearing, entitled "Review of Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request: Agency Perspectives (Part I)": Today's hearing is part one of two in a series of hearings this Subcommittee will hold on the President's Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal. We will hear from the  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: This week in a House Financial Services Committee hearing, U.S. Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13) questioned Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on recent reports that he may have been at a Dead & Company concert, and in a light back and forth, confirmed the Chairman's 50-year affinity for the Grateful Dead. Congressman Nickel talked about the band and asked Chairman Powell, "how was   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on June 22, 2023: * * * Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) today introduced the Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange (DELETE) Act to protect Americans' private online data. He was joined by fellow original sponsor Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) in the House, while Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced the companion bill in the Senate. Data br  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Fox Business to weigh in on Biden's student loan debt transfer scheme and historic declines in math and reading scores among students. Excerpts from Chairwoman Foxx's interview: On President Biden's student loan debt transfer scheme: "We   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), delivered the following remarks as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Competencies Over Degrees: Transitioning to a Skills-Based Economy": "Thank you to everyone for joining me today for a hearing entitled, 'Competencies Over Degrees: Transitioning to a Skills-Based E  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed H. Res. 461, which condemns the use of public schools for housing illegal aliens instead of educating students. During debate of the legislation, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following remarks on the House Floor: "To sum up the debate, H. Res. 461 does four things. "It s  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Opening remarks, as prepared, from Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC) from today's hearing, entitled "Review of Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request: Agency Perspectives (Part I)": Today's hearing is part one of two in a series of hearings this Su  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Jeff Jackson, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-NC), with Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) cosponsoring, secured the inclusion of an amendment to expand parental leave for Reserve and National Guard members in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 as passed out of the House Armed Services Committee. This provision would expand parental leave eligibility for Reserve and National Guard members   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, Representative Deborah Ross (NC-02) led Representatives Linda Sanchez (CA-38), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) in introducing an amendment to the House Rules for the 118th Congress that would allow Members to proxy vote if they, their spouse, or their dependents are experiencing serious medical conditions, including a pregnancy-relat  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023, and a letter: House and Senate Republican committee leaders requested a detailed update from the heads of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about how the agencies plan to immediately implement the Supreme Court's decision in the Sackett v. EPA (Sackett II) case in which the Court ruled that the Biden Administration's proposed definitio  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- 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) spoke on the House Floor in support of H. Res. 461, a resolution condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks (as prepared for delivery): "I rise tod  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by foster parent Venus Bradley involving a hearing on June 14, 2023, entitled "Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Unaccompanied Children": * * * My name is Venus Bradley. My husband and I have been licensed foster parents in Durham, North Carolina for the past seven years. In that time, we have fostered 25 children, ranging in age from 2 to 17. In March 2020, we accepted a placement for two sisters who were  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, Senator Thom Tillis announced that the Department of Transportation is providing North Carolina with seven RAISE grants totaling more than $65 million, bringing more infrastructure investments in addition to the billions of dollars already allocated to the state through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Senator Tillis helped negotiate and pass into law. "I'm proud to hav  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced thePatent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation that will restore patent eligibility to important inventions across many fields, while also resolving legitimate concerns over the patenting of mere ideas, the mere discovery of what already exists in nature, and social and cultural content tha  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Alex Padilla (D-CA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced the TRACE Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to include an additional category to the existing National Missing and Unidentified Persons Systems (NamUs) database so the public and law enforcement part  more