WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today continues to demand accountability from Columbia University, the home to some of the most egregious displays of antisemitism on a college campus since October 7. Once again, the Committee is renewing its push for information and documents that Colu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today called on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su, and Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to oppose the Biden-Harris administration's current proposed rules on me  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Today, the Republican Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Working Group--led by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga (MI-04)--released its final staff report. This report is the culmination of the Working Group's comprehensive examination of the factors contributing to the rise of ESG initiativ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09), Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), and Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced the Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act(link is external), which prohibits states from implementing excise taxes on firearms and ammunition to fund gun control programs. "The Biden Administration and the Democrats will stop at nothing to try and target the Second Amendment. This unconstitution  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made two awards to Asheville Regional Airport for AVL Forward, the airport's landmark infrastructure project to build a new airport terminal for Western North Carolina. The $9 million and $3 million grants fund the airport's expansion to accommodate more passengers, including construc  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. issued the following statement after meeting with United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough and the Executive Director, Pharmacy Benefits Manager Services, Dr. Thomas Emmendorfer: "Yesterday afternoon, I met with Secretary McDonough to discuss a range of issues facing America's veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA),"  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05), along with 26 other House Democrats, introduced legislation to provide federal privacy protections to pregnant women and expecting mothers across the country. The Pregnancy Empowerment Act would prohibit any jurisdiction from requiring the disclosure of a person's pregnancy status when filing for divorce, ensuring expectin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Thom Tillis announced a $8,856,174 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to construct 2,110 square feet of the north concourse expansion that will expand the existing terminal and accommodate more passengers at Asheville Regional Airport. All funding comes directly from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which Senator Tillis helped negotiate, write, and pass into   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently sent a letter to the Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Senator Jon Tester, demanding an immediate hearing on the recently announced Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) budget shortfall of nearly $15 billion. "The sudden nature of the issue, and the sheer financial volume of the request, are both cause for concern and call into question t  more