WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), alongside Republican Senate Banking Committee colleagues, recently sent a letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg exposing the many flaws in the agency's new corporate governance and risk management guidelines that would harm the safety and soundness of the U.S. financial system. "We write to you today reg  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today joined key backers of Title IX to discuss the landmark law and the importance of preserving it for future generations. The discussion comes one day before the Biden-Harris administration's disastrous rule is set to take effect. Chairwoman Foxx del  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on July 31, 2024: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration announced additional illegal student loan actions: "I didn't think this administration could get any more devious or stoop any lower. "The Biden-Harris administration continues t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), was joined by all Committee Republicans in a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The lawmakers are demanding that the Fed withdraw and re-propose the misguided Basel III Endgame rulemaking in its entirety, given the substantial   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: High Point, NC Yesterday, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) toured the future site of the Lighthouse, a planned multi-purpose community center in Southwest High Point, to celebrate the $1 million in federal funding she secured for the project through the appropriations process known as Community Project Funding. The Lighthouse will house community meeting rooms, studios, and retail space, and wil  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on July 31, 2024: * * * Today, the Biden-Harris Administratio nannounced it has issued payments to eligible applicants under the Inflation Reduction Act's Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP), which aims to provide financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination prior to January 2021. Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), a Member of the  more

WASHINGTON, 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 Investment and Jobs Act   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: On Saturday, Aug. 17, U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) will host a Military Service Academy Day for high school students in North Carolina's 11th District. The event will take place from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at Haywood Community College, Hemlock Lobby, 185 Freedlander Dr., Clyde, NC. Military Service Academy Day is an event held for WNC high school students and parents to meet with a  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis, alongside all of his Republican Senate Banking Committee colleagues, recently sent a letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg exposing the many flaws in the agency's new corporate governance and risk management guidelines that would harm the safety and soundness of the U.S. financial system. "We write to you today regarding the Federal Depo  more