WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Tonight, the Education and the Workforce Committee passed H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act, a landmark bill that will lower college costs for students and families. On the passage of the bill, Chairwoman Foxx said: "The College Cost Reduction Act will provide much needed relief for countless students and familie  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The bad news. Postsecondary education completion rates have been abysmal ,and too many students have nothing to show for their astronomical student loan debt. The good news. There is a solution. The College Cost Reduction Act, authored by Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), includes bipartisan proposals   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Today, the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy held a hearing on the lack of economic analysis in the Biden Administration's massive overhaul of bank capital requirements, also known as the Basel III Endgame. Considering the proposal's significant impact on the availability of affordable credit for familie  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: This week, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, led by Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), held a hearing entitled "Better Investment Barriers: Strengthening CCP Sanctions and Exploring Alternatives to Bureaucratic Regimes." At the hearing law  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup of H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act: "I want to start by acknowledging that the last time the Committee tackled Higher Education Act reform legisl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. issued the following statement in support of the House Committee on Homeland Security's vote to advance two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: "Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security took bold, historic action to hold Secretary Mayorkas accountable for his willful neglect to enforce  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Today, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved two pieces of legislation led by Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC) aimed at increasing permitting efficiency and reducing burdensome and duplicative government regulations. "As Chairman of the Subcommittee, I have enjoyed leading my colleagues in our work to reduce red tape and deli  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently wrote a letter to U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting an investigation into the Biden Administration's failure to properly implement the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) program, delaying students' and families' access to crucial financial aid for college.  "Each year, almost 18 mill  more