WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows, and National Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo as part of the Committee's in  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) newest report highlighting the numerous actions AmeriCorps must take to mitigate rampant deficiencies and fraud within the agency: "AmeriCorps' legacy o  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) announced that the Committee will conduct a transcribed interview with Dr. Dara Horn, focusing on her service as a member of Harvard's Antisemitism Advisory Group. The Antisemitism Advisory Group was announced on October 27, 2023, and has since  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. "From sharing Americans' data with the CCP to its impact on our nati  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), announced the following hearings: Capital Markets Subcommittee Hearing Entitled: "SEC Overreach: Examining the Need for Reform" Time: 10:00 AM ET Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Place: 2128 Rayburn House Office Building Additional in  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congressmen Richard Hudson (NC-09) and Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced the official relaunch of the Congressional Global Road Safety Caucus. The Caucus will continue to bring awareness to road safety initiatives and mobilize Congressional support to tackle the significant domestic and global health and safety crisis. Congressmen Hudson and Cohen will serve as Co-Chairs. "Inadequate policies a  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) led Republican Members of North Carolina's Congressional Delegation in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra demanding answers and transparency on plans regarding the Greensboro Influx Care Facility (ICF). This letter comes after the Biden Administration recently announced that the   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) voted in favor of H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, legislation to protect U.S. national security from threats that foreign adversary-controlled controlled applications (apps) present. The bill passed the U.S. House with overwhelming bipartisan support and now awaits a vote in the U.S. Senate. "Given th  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. "From sharing Americans' data with the CCP to its impact on our nation's children, TikTok poses a grave risk to our nati  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Jeff Jackson, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Congressman Jeff Jackson released the following statement on his vote to support H.R. 7521: The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act: "I've said repeatedly that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, needs to sell their shares. "The best-case scenario is that TikTok continues to operate but is no longer owned - and potentially cont  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Congressman Murphy issued the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act: "TikTok is used by China to target, surveil and manipulate American citizens,"said Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D."The app collects sensitive user data that is shared with the Chinese Communist Party and its intelli  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: This week, Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC), Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (R-VA), Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT), and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) relaunched the bipartisan Congressional Primary Care Caucus. The Caucus, which was first created by Congressman Rouzer and Congressman Courtney in 2015, aims to educate Congress on the importance of a comprehensive, continuous,  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) led the introduction of two bills to stop sanctuary cities and keep our communities safe from the failed policies of liberal politicians that have allowed violent criminal illegal immigrants to continue committing crimes. At the federal level, President Biden has implemented a policy of mass releasing illegal immigrants at our southern border, leading to almost 8.8   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently introduced the Laken Riley Act, legislation which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest illegal immigrants who commit theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting offenses and would mandate that these aliens are detained until they are removed from the United States. The legislation also empowers state attorneys general to su  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) led the Republican members of North Carolina's Congressional Delegation in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra demanding answers and transparency on plans regarding the Greensboro Influx Care Facility (ICF). This letter comes following the Biden Administration's recent announcement that t  more