WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), joined by all of the House Members of the North Carolina congressional delegation, introduced legislation that would name the post office located at 2777 Brentwood Road in Raleigh, North Carolina as the "Millie Dunn Veasey Post Office." A Raleigh native, Ms. Dunn Veasey is remembered for her extraordinary service in World War II and her groundbreaking work during t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today highlighted the systemic issues with the financing of postsecondary education as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on student loan repayment. Chairwoman Foxx requested that CBO study the issue in June of 2020. "If there's   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times on Sept. 13, 2024: * * * In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) penned an op-ed for the Washington Times entitled, "Higher ed is broken, and Republicans have a plan to fix it." Chairwoman Foxx slams the Biden-Harris administration's schemes to bailout student loa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: On Thursday, September 19, at 10:30 a.m., Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican members of the Committee will meet with University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill fraternity brothers who protected the American flag during antisemitic campus protests. What: A meeting with Committee Republican  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) sent a letter to disgraced Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg demanding a transcribed interview following his failure to testify before the Committee on widespread workplace misconduct at the FDIC. Chair Gruenberg's refusal is the latest in a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) hosted three members of the White House Cabinet yesterday for her annual "HBCU Braintrust," a panel event and conversation within the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference, at the Walter Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. U.S. Secretary of Education (USED) Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Servi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) issued the following statement after voting to support seven bipartisan measures this week alone to combat the influence of the Chinese regime. "The Chinese Communist Party represents one of the greatest threats to our national security," said Congressman Don Davis. "As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I have stood up time and time aga  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Today, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. joined his colleagues Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D., Congressman John Joyce, M.D., Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D., and Congressman Jimmy Panetta in introducing the No Surprises Act Enforcement Act to reinforce the historic No Surprises Act which protects patients from surprise medical bills "In 2020, the bipartisan No Surprises Act was signed i  more