WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) announced $105,595,000 in federal funding awarded to the North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The grant will be used by NCRR in conjunction with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and Norfolk Southern to help complete key components of the freight and passenger rail networks between Greensb  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The following may be attributed to Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), regarding the Biden-Harris administration's latest attempt to force taxpayers to pick up the bill for its student loan giveaway: "Surprise, surprise, we're eleven days out from an election, and the Biden-Harris administration announ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 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) continue to press Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su for answers regarding the Biden-Harris administration's botched release in August of job numbers that adjusted downward by 818,000 jobs  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: CHARLOTTE - Yesterday, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) was honored by the YMCA of Greater Charlotte for her years of service to the community and the role she played in securing $2 million for the construction of their new Atrium Health Community Care Primary Care West Boulevard Family Medicine Clinic. This on-campus clinic will help provide quality, affordable care to tho  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2024: * * * CHARLOTTE - Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), released the following statement after Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD-01), Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, suggested the North Carolina State Legislature award their state's Electoral College votes to former president Donald Trump irrespective of the votes of the people of North Carolina: "The election is barely under  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Thom Tillis responded to Governor Roy Cooper's request for the N.C. General Assembly to cover a $175 million shortfall in the budget of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) on recovery efforts for Hurricane Matthew (2016) and Hurricane Florence (2018). These funds were originally provided to the State of North Carolina by the federal government as part of disaster  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) demanding answers about the DOJ's apparent failure to investigate and prosecute cases of illegal immigrants registering to vote in American elections despite state-level evidence of illegal immigrants unlawfully registering to vote. "We are deeply concerned by re  more