WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement in a hearing to examine the unprecedented flow of Chinese nationals across our borders--particularly between ports of entry al  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has introduced the bipartisan Benton MacKaye Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act, which would authorize a study to designate a 287-mile trail linking Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina as a National Scenic Trail. A companion measure was introduced in the Senate by Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia. The trail which crosses mountains and valleys and passes alongside streams a  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference, calling on President Biden and Senate Democrats to prioritize American security over appeasing pro-Hamas protestors. Watch Daines' remarks HERE. "President Biden, stop letting the American Left dictate your foreign policy. Campus protests and threats and intimidation of Jewish students has now turn  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: On Thursday, May 23, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing with the presidents of Northwestern, Rutgers, and UCLA titled "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos." "The Committee has a clear message for mealy-m  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su requesting additional information about the Employee Benefits Security Administration's (EBSA) cybersecurity capabilities and procedures after a cybersecurity breach at Optum's Change Healthcare u  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released a detailed investigative update highlighting major flaws in Harvard University's response to antisemitic events on its campus. Documents obtained by the Committee in its antisemitism investigation reveal that Harvard's Antisemitism Advisor  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), reported eleven pieces of legislation out of Committee favorably to the full House for consideration. These include a slate of financial institutions, capital markets, and housing legislation to improve efficiency and accountability at federal  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a markup of various measures. These include a slate of financial institutions, capital markets, and housing legislation to improve efficiency and accountability at federal agencies, as well as expand economic opportunity. Read Chairman McHenry's opening remarks as prepared  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on May 16, 2024: * * * Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released its decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau et al. v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd., et al. "Despite the se  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), and U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to federal financial regulators urging them to implement their respective obligations under the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) as directed b  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC), alongside Senators Thom Tillis, Ted Budd, and the entire North Carolina Congressional Delegation, attended a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol to unveil a statue in honor of the Reverend William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. Reverend Graham replaced Governor Charles Aycock in the U.S. Capitol on behalf of North Carolina. Representative Hudson has worked  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), is holding a hearing to conduct oversight of Biden's prudential banking regulators. Republicans have held Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg to account following the publication of the law firm Cleary Gottlieb's independent report confirming allegations of rampa  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Thom Tillis spoke on the Senate floor in honor of the law enforcement officers from North Carolina who paid the ultimate sacrifice in observance of National Police Week. Watch Senator Tillis' remarks HERE and download HERE. Tillis on honoring North Carolina Law Enforcement Officers on National Police Week "I rise today to honor the brave men and women in North Carolina and across the   more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Jeff Jackson, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Jeff Jackson announced millions in funding for the Gastonia Police Department and the Umbrella Center, a resource center for domestic violence and abuse survivors. Rep. Jackson announced the funding to the Gastonia Police alongside Gastonia Mayor Pro Tem Dr. David Kirlin, Gastonia Police Chief Trent Conard, Gaston County Sheriff Chad Hawkins and Gaston District Attorney Travis Page. The ne  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on May 16, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13) issued the following statement after his bipartisan resolution, H.J. Res. 109, which repeals SAB 121 under the Congressional Review Act, passed in the U.S. Senate and now heads to the President's desk: "Today's Senate vote to repeal SAB 121 sends a clear bipartisan message: Congress will not stand idly by as Gary Gensler and the SEC deliberat  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: A signature bill co-led by Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) and Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) to address stillbirth in pregnancies passed the U.S. House today with overwhelming bipartisan support, passing 408-3. The Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act clarifies that current funding through the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant ma  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the bipartisan Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2024, a key step towards designating the Benton MacKaye Trail as a National Scenic Trail (NST) within the National Trails System. The Benton MacKaye Trail is a nearly 300-mile-long route that begins at Springer Mountain, Georgia, and spans ov  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, Speaker Johnson hosted an unveiling ceremony for a statue depicting Reverend William "Billy" Franklin Graham Jr. of North Carolina and was joined by Members of Congress, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, and members of the Graham family. The statue, part of the National Statuary Hall Collection, will be displayed in Statuary Hall for decades to come. Billy Graham pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, North Carolina Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd alongside the entire North Carolina congressional delegation applauded the dedication of a statue in the U.S. Capitol in honor of the Reverend William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. Reverend Graham replaced Governor Charles Aycock in the U.S. Capitol on behalf of North Carolina. Senators Tillis and Budd have worked with the entire North Carolina c  more