WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 20, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed rule for Head Start: "Last year, an OIG report found more than a thousand incidents of child abuse, lack of supervision, or unauthorized releas  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), released the following statement after voting for a Continuing Resolution that would fund the federal government at Fiscal Year 2023 levels through January 19, 2024, with certain appropriations ending on February 2, 2024. "Once again, House Republican's infighting and desire to further their far-right ideological agenda have caused another manufactured cr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Nov. 19, 2023: * * * Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13) issued the following statement in response to the passing of Wake County Commissioner Dr. James West: "I'm deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Wake County Commissioner Dr. James West," said Congressman Wiley Nickel. "For years, Commissioner West faithfully served and delivered results for the people of Wake County. "He was a trailblazer   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13) joined Congressman Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) and a bipartisan group of Members of Congress for a visit to the site of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL. Congressman Nickel joined the Members of Congress and victims' families for a tour of the 1200 Building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of the deadliest high school  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Sean Casten (IL-06), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), and Jill Tokuda (HI-02) led 48 of their colleagues in a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the HHS Office of Civil Rights, and the Federal Food and Drug Administration urging them to ensure access to methotrexate and misoprostol and urging the restoration of car  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently introduced the bipartisan National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act to reauthorize an additional four years of relief for qualifying members of the National Guard and Reserves experiencing financial hardship. The legislation would protect a long-standing bipartisan carveout from means-testing restrictions in Chapter 7 bank  more