WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx today issued the following statement regarding the Georgia Institute of Technology's (Georgia Tech) decision to end its partnership with Tianjin University, a blacklisted institution with known ties to the Chinese Communist Party and its military: "The c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * Congressman David Scott (GA-13), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement: Once again, we find ourselves grieving the loss of life caused by gun violence during today's shooting at Apalachee High School. I stand firm in offering my strongest condolences and support to the victims, students, parents, staff, and first responders in Winder d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro released a statement in response to a shooting at Georgia's Apalachee high school. "We face yet another senseless and preventable tragedy after a gunman killed two students, two teachers, and wounded nine others during a school shooting in Winder, Georgia on Wednesday morning. This gun violence epidemic touches every corner of the nation - from r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Anti-NGO Laws and Other Tools of Democratic Repression" at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 12, 2024, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses 1. Mr. Douglas Rutzen, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, Washington, D.C. 2. Ms. Yaqiu Wang, Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House, Washington, D.C. 3. Ms. Eka G  more