WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released a report detailing how unions put politics over members while pursuing antisemitic activism. The report includes a thorough accounting of rampant antisemitic activity within the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), a United Auto   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) announced a $100 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to increase production capacity at Forge Battery's lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Morrisville. Forge Battery will use this federal funding for a new facility that will produce lithium-ion battery cells to help electrify key industries including heavy trucking, off-road vehicles,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) continue to root out antisemitism at taxpayer-funded institutions across the country. Their recent letters to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra an  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter today to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona lambasting the Biden-Harris administration for obstructing the Committee's congressional oversight efforts regarding student loans. The letter follows the Committee's subpoenas of five loan ser  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. issued the following statement on the crisis of homes being swept into the ocean in Rodanthe, NC. "The fact that homeowners have to wait until their property falls into the ocean before they can utilize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is ridiculous," said Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. "Every additional home that is swept into the se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Congressman Mike Carey (OH-15) led 52 colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging President Biden to designate October 1, 2024 or another appropriate day as National Science Day in the United States. October 1st was selected because NASA was founded on that date in 1958. Congresswoman Ross is a Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Examining the Public Health Impacts of PFAS Exposures" at 10 a.m. on Sept. 26, 2024, at 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 * Laurel Schaider, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Silent Spring Institute * Sue Fenton, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Human Health and the Environment, Professor of Biological Sciences, North Car  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis, alongside Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joe Manchin (I-WV), recently introduced the Employee Retention Tax Credit Repeal Act, bipartisan legislation that would disallow the processing of Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) claims filed after January 31, 2024, and increase penalties for fraud. "Repealing the ERTC is a critical step towards addressing America's debt crisis," sai  more