WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on House passage of today's continuing resolution: "The Education Department's latest FAFSA decision was another aspect of its botched FAFSA rollout. "In the 11th hour without consulting Congress, the Departm  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks at a bipartisan roundtable with Jewish students from Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia, University of California, Berkeley, Rutgers, Stanford, Tulane, and Cooper U  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), is holding a markup of fintech, housing, and national security legislation. Members will consider proposals that bring greater accountability to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), ensure the Secret Service has the tools t  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Committee advanced five pieces of legislation out of Committee that bring greater accountability to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), ensure the Secret Service has the tools to detect and deter illicit finance, and reverse the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) SA  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC) announced that his Advanced Nuclear Deployment Act(H.R. 6526) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation was included in a bipartisan nuclear energy package, the Atomic Energy Advancement Act (H.R. 6544), and now heads to the Senate for consideration. "Increasing domestic production of affordable, safe nuclear energy will lower costs, cre  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D, NC-12), and Congresswoman Kathy Manning (D, NC-06) introduced a resolution today to honor the Greensboro Four, who helped spark a national movement to end segregation. "I am proud to co-lead a resolution honoring the Greensboro Four with my friend and fellow North Carolinian, Congresswoman Kathy Manning," said Rep. Adams. "The Greensboro Four,  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), announced the following hearing: Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee Hearing Entitled: "Politicized Financial Regulation and its Impact on Consumer Credit and Community Development" Time: 10:00 AM ET Date: Thursday, Ma  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Senator Thom Tillis outlining the major flaws of the Wyden-Smith tax bill and called on his Senate Republican colleagues to reject the deal in its current form. Read the full op-ed HERE. Senator Tillis on the Wyden-Smith bill moving the CTC into a welfare program: "The fundamental problem with the bill is that Republicans made a major concession t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) introduced the Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation requiring the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to propose rules allowing for the electronic delivery of regulatory documents to investors. "U.S capital markets have embraced the digital age and rely on far less paper now than they did 20 years ago, and   more