WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The following may be attributed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress: "Prime Minister Netanyahu laid out the clearest case yet as to why it's vital to root out antisemitism here in America: not  more

KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina, July 25 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) has announced that the city of Kannapolis, North Carolina will receive a $1 million federal grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), toward cleaning up a "brownfield" (an EPA designation for an environmentally contaminated site). This funding is part of a national tranche of grants from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Investme  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on July 24, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. issued the following statement today after President Biden's address to the nation: "The Biden-Harris Administration has been one of the most successful, most accomplished presidential administrations of our time and I am thankful for President Biden's leadership. Just two weeks after a violent insurrection, Joe Biden became President, provi  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on July 24, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) released the following statement regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint address to Congress. "Last month, President Biden laid out a clear plan to end the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. However, despite international support for this plan and growing calls for peace, the Netanyahu government has stalled progress to  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) announced the launch of the bipartisan Congressional Working Dog Caucus. Co-chaired by Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, (VA-02), the Caucus aims to promote the positive impact of working dogs and support federal policies that advance their integration in law enforcement, military, and mental health spaces. Working dogs actively deter and respond to threats, assist first responders  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Thom Tillis announced a $27 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to go towards the replacement of up to 16 passenger boarding bridges at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). All funding comes directly from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) which Senator Tillis helped negotiate, write, and pass into law. "Charlotte Douglas International Airport is one  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Secure Family Futures Act, bipartisan legislation that would repeal the outdated capital tax treatment of debt investments held by life insurers, such as bonds, and apply ordinary tax treatment to them. "This commonsense legislation ensures debt investments made by insurance companies are treated equally under our tax code," said   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the bipartisan Preserving Life-saving Access to Specialty Medicines in America (PLASMA) Act, legislation to ensure individuals with rare diseases and immunodeficiencies have access to necessary plasma-based medicines. "It is critical patients with rare diseases and immunodeficiencies have uninterrupted access to the life-saving plasm  more