WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee advanced nine bills to support students, parents, and workers: H.R. 618, the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act; H.R. 8606, the Never Again Education Reauthorization and Study Act of 2024; H.R. 8648, the Civil Rights Protection Act of   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined an oversight letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland, demanding answers amid recent reports that the administration granted thousands of illegal immigrants "mass amnesty" by terminating more than 350,000 asylum cases in a two-year period. The letter was led by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and co-si  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined the entire Senate Republican Conference to issue a joint statement slamming Senate Democrats for their scare tactics and show votes regarding in vitro fertilization. The statement was led by Senators Katie Britt (R-AL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX). Full Statement: "Senate Democrats have embraced a Summer of Scare Tactics--a partisan campaign of false fearmo  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) have joined a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning the conviction of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan, calling it "nothing short of the evisceration of the American judicial process." The letter was led by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and co-signed by a total of 28 Senators. Full text of the letter: The conviction of President Trump  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to reject a challenge to mifepristone: "Mifepristone was safe and effective when the FDA first approved it over two decades ago, and it has been safe and effective for the more than five million women who have used it for abortion and miscarriage care ever since," said Congresswoman Ross. "In a   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations will consider Financial Services General Government (FSGG) appropriations legislation at a full committee markup. The fiscal year (FY) 2025 bill includes several Committee Republican priorities to rein in Biden's rogue financial regulators, restore fiscal responsibility, and protect   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup of H.R. 618, the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act; H.R. 8606, the Never Again Education Reauthorization and Study Act   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), joined by six House Republicans, sent a letter to Minnesota Commissioner of Education Willie Jett requesting details on the Department's role in the "largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the nation." The letter comes after the U.S. Attorney charged 70 individuals associate  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * Today, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) issued a statement after the White House announced its intent to nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to succeed Martin Gruenberg as Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) following widespread reports of toxic workplace culture and mi  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), is holding a hearing with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra. Republicans are taking Director Chopra's CFPB to task for its politicized agenda and unaccountability. Read Chairman McHenry's opening remarks as p  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at the Subcommittee Hearing titled, Environmentalism Off the Rails: How CARB will Cripple the National Rail Network. You can watch the hearing here. Ranking Member Foushee's openin  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, led a bipartisan group of 43 lawmakers in calling on the Biden administration to take urgent action to protect the more than 250,000 Documented Dreamers -- children of long-term visa holders -- who are at risk of aging out of the  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, North Carolina Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd, alongside all of theirRepublican Senate colleagues, issued the following joint statement supporting continued nationwide access to in vitro fertilization: "Senate Democrats have embraced a Summer of Scare Tactics--a partisan campaign of false fearmongering intended to mislead and confuse the American people. In vitro fertilization is legal and a  more