WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing deep concern about the rise in terrorists crossing the southern border and asking for plans to bolster border and internal security measures. In addition to Crapo and Risch, Senators Todd Young (R-Indiana), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Vi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- 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) issued a subpoena to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for documents related to borrower defense to repayment. The Committee has communicated multiple requests to the Department for data on borrower defense as part of its oversight responsibilities. In each instance, th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement in response to the Department of Labor (DOL) issuing its proposed fiduciary rule: "In the last two years, DOL has espoused at least three separate positions on what it means to be an investment advice fiduciary. This lat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined that Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121) is a rule for the purposes of the Congressional Review Act. SAB 121 greatly harms consumers and is a clear overr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- 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), announced the following hearing: Financial Institutions & Monetary Policy Subcommittee Hearing Entitled: "The Tangled Web of Global Governance: How the Biden Administration is Ceding Authority Over American Financial Regulation" Time: 10:00 AM ET Date: Tuesday, N  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), welcomed a report Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had begun enforcing caps on the fees trial lawyers can charge in cases representing sick Marines and other individuals impacted by water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The caps, which were announced in Sep  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues in the Senate and House recently sent a bicameral letter to U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo calling for a change in how the DOC calculates countervailing duties (CVD) on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco. The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) recently remanded to the Department of Commerce a calculation of its s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently penned a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging him to protect Jewish college students amid rising antisemitic incidents and attacks on college campuses in the aftermath of Hamas' deadly attacks on Israel. Since the Hamas-led massacre against Israel earlier this month, there has been a disturbing rise i  more