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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Tuesday March 19, 2024 ( 2 items )  

House Education Committee Chairwoman Foxx, Committee Members Object to Biden's Federal Apprenticeship Power Grab
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a comment letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su requesting DOL withdraw the proposed apprenticeship rule. The over 600-page rule expands federal power over apprenticeships, injects political ideology into the apprent  more

Tillis, Colleagues Call for Senate Leadership to Act Immediately to Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to call for immediate action on enacting pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms to reduce the cost of prescription drugs. "We write to call attention to the immediate need to enact pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms to reduce Americans' prescripti  more