WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), announced that she will be joined by local gun violence prevention activist, Lavern Lucier, as her guest to President Biden's State of the Union Address to Congress on Thursday, March 7. Lavern Lucier is the mother of the late-Syncere Burrell, who was the victim of a shooting in Durham in 2020. Lucier has been a critical ally in the fig  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address: "At 9 PM tonight, President Biden will stumble through his speech behind a set of dual teleprompters to tout his mangled, job-killing, and backwards vision  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, following the House's passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Representative Richard Hudson (NC-09) released the below statement highlighting his priorities included in this spending package. "As the representative of the largest Army base in the world, I fought hard to make sure this spending package includes big wins for Fort Liberty/Fort Bragg," said Rep. Hudson. "Today's re  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) voted for the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 to fund six appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024). The bill also allocates $15.48 million in federal funding for 15 community projects in North Carolina's Sixth District. This minibus is the first of two sets of appropriations packages necessary to fully fund the government for FY2024. The n  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) with several colleagues introduced the Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2024, which would revert the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) to the December 2023 rate through the end of the 2025 growing season. An increased AEWR went into effect on January 1, 2024. Nationally, the rate increased by 5.6 percent, and the   more