WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, released the following opening statement from a hearing dated May 15, 2024, entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services": * * * Good morning, and welcome. Thank you everyone for joining me to conduct the Committee's yearly oversight of the budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). I am pleased   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent letters to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, Executive Director of the National Electrical Benefit Fund Investments (NEBF) Kevin McCormack, NEBF Trustees Lonnie  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), led Republicans on the House floor as lawmakers debated H.R. 4763, the Financial Innovation and Technology (FIT) for the 21st Century Act. FIT21 provides the robust, time-tested consumer protections and regulatory certainty necessary to allow   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee Chairman French Hill (AR-02), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler demandi  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4763, the "Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act," in a watershed moment for the U.S. digital asset ecosystem. FIT21 provides the robust, time-tested consumer protections and regulatory certainty necessary to allow digital asset innovation to flourish in   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai, alongside Congressman Randy Feenstra (I-04), urging her to address barriers restricting America's pork exports to South Africa: "Eastern North Carolina is home to many of America's greatest pork producers who work tirelessly to feed America," said Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. "Fo  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) is proud to announce Morgan Ward, a student at South View High School in Hope Mills, as this year's winner of North Carolina's Seventh Congressional District Art Competition. Ward's artwork, entitled "Livelihood," will be showcased for one year in the halls of the U.S. Capitol along with other winning entries from every Congressional District across the country. "I'm   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) joined 119 of his colleagues on a bipartisan letter encouraging House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education appropriations leaders to include an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in upcoming government funding legislation. In a letter to House Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education leadership, the Members wrote, "We write with shared co  more