WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) introduced the Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act of 2024, which would add medical laboratory professionals to the National Health Service Corps and provide grants to accredited institutions to train more clinical lab staff. This legislation will support patients by helping to address the current national shortage of clinical lab professionals.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on voting to pass a continuing resolution that will keep the federal government open until December 20, 2024: "Once again, extremists in the Republican conference pushed us to the brink of a government shutdown, and once again, Democrats stepped in to prevent a catastrophe for the American people." said Congresswoman Ross. "R  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su after the Biden-Harris administration botched the August release of job numbers. The numbers, which required a downward adjustment of 8  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 9747, a Continuing Resolution (CR) to extend government funding through December 20, 2024, and avert a government shutdown. "Instead of spending September focused on how to make life more affordable for American families, House Republicans have wasted the past month pushing an extreme budget to ena  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee passed Congresswoman Ross' bipartisan legislation, the AI Incident Reporting and Security Enhancement Act, which she introduced with Congressmen Jay Obernolte (CA-23) and Don Beyer (VA-08). This bill will tackle core security challenges related to advances in artificial intelligence (AI), including vulnerability management and "incident," or h  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Senate bill S. 656, the Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License (VA CDL) Act, by a unanimous voice vote. Edwards introduced the House companion bill, H.R. 2830, which previously passed the House as part of H.R. 5914, the Veterans Education Transparency and Training (VETT) Act, in April 2023. The VA CDL Act is the first bill that  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of upholding the merit-based process when recognizing federal tribes, including the Lumbee community. The remarks as prepared are below. "I rise today to express my deep opposition to any circumvention of the merit-based process set out in law, which would grant federal recog  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Representative Valerie Foushee (NC-04) released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. This bill provides a short-term stopgap measure to fund the government through December 20, 2024, averting a federal government shutdown. "Despite House Republicans' previous attempts to impose extremist p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Representative Jim McGovern (MA-02), and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act (IACA), which would allow farmers to voluntarily convert their on-farm infrastructure toward more climate-friendly uses with USDA conservation dollars. The IACA would use existing agricultural conservation funds to su  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Tillis, founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus, applauded the recent announcement by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to begin implementing geo-routing for incoming calls to the 9-8-8 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Network. "From the creation of the 9-8-8 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to historic mental health investments included in t  more