RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 11 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2025: Attorney General Jeff Jackson Wins Temporary Restraining Order to Prevent Unlawful Health Care Cuts Contact: Nazneen Ahmed RALEIGH - Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson won a temporary restraining order preventing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from unlawfully stripping funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following opening remarks on Feb. 10, 2025: * * * Chairwoman Foxx Opening Remarks on H.R. 77 As prepared for delivery: Good afternoon. The Committee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Today, the Rules Committee is convening to consider H.R. 77, the Midnight Rules Relief Act. The Midnight Rules Relief Act was considere  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2025: * * * Congressman Robert Garcia Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Protect Disaster Survivors from Unnecessary Federal Assistance Denials Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced the introduction of the Fair Disaster Assistance Act to protect applicants for federal disaster assistance by ensuring the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not issue premature denial notice  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Forensic Exploitation Directorate Showcases Critical Capabilities to 412th TEC Leadership GILLEM ENCLAVE, GEORGIA - On January 24, the Forensic Exploitation Directorate (FXD) of the Army Criminal Investigation Division hosted a capabilities tour for senior leaders of the 412th Theater Engineer Command, including Maj. Gen. Matthew Warne, the commanding general of the 412th Theater Engineer C  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee released the following written testimony by Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, from a Feb. 5, 2025, hearing entitled "The State of American Education": * * * I. Education as a Civil Right Good morning. My name is Janai Nelson. I serve as the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ("LDF" or the "Legal Defense Fund"). Thank you for the oppor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee released the following written testimony by Johnny C. Taylor Jr., president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, from a Feb. 5, 2025, hearing entitled "The State of American Education": * * * Chairman Walberg, Ranking Member Scott, and Committee Members, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the state of American education and the workforce. SHRM empowers people and workplaces by advancing HR practices a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-798) on the Agricultural Security Risk Review Act (H.R.3 378), which aims to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary Introduced on May 16, 2023, by Representative Frank D  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-804) on the Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 (H.R. 760), which aims to impose sanctions with respect to Communist Chinese military and surveillance companies. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY Introduced on September 12, 2023, by Representative Andy Barr, H.R. 760, the Chinese  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-802) on the Combatting Foreign Surveillance Spyware Sanctions Act (H.R. 5557), which aims to impose sanctions against certain persons engaged in the proliferation or use of foreign commercial spyware. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY Introduced on September 19, 2023, by Representative Jim Himes, H.R. 5557,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-822) on the Data Privacy Act of 2023 (H.R. 1165), which aims to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to modernize the protection of the nonpublic personal information of individuals with whom financial institutions have customer or consumer relationship. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary Introduced on February   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-799) on the End Financing for Hamas and State Sponsors of Terrorism Act (H.R. 6322), which aims to evaluate and disrupt financing to Hamas, and to amend Title 31 of the U.S. Code, to prohibit the exchange stabilization fund from being used to deal in Special Drawing Rights from state sponsors of terrorism. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excer  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-805) on the Financial Access Improvements Act (H.R. 5523), which aims to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include information in the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report on improvements by countries in combating narcotics-related money laundering, to require a report on the consistency of Bank Secrecy Act examinations. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-806) on the Freezing and Halting Any More Alleviation of Sanctions Act (H.R. 5945), which aims to reinstate certain sanctions imposed with respect to Iran. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY Introduced on October 12, 2023, by Representative Dan Meuser, H.R. 5945, the Freezing-HAMAS Act, rescinds any waiver o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-800) on the HUD Evaluation and Optimization Commission Act (H.R. 8302), which aims to establish a commission to review the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and make recommendations for legislative reforms. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY Introduced on May 8, 2024, by Representat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-803) on the Revoke Iranian Funding Act of 2023 (H.R. 6000), which aims to freeze $6,000,000,000 of Iranian funds held in Qatar. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY Introduced on October 19, 2023, by Representative Zach Nunn, H.R. 6000, the Revoke Iranian Funding Act of 2023, would rescind the waiver transmitt  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-801) on the Safeguarding American Farms From Foreign Influence Act (H.R. 5409), which aims to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to determine whether a national security review is needed for reportable agricultural land transactions referred by the Secretary of Agriculture. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The House Homeland Security Committee released the following written testimony by Robert Rashotte, vice president of the Training Institute at Fortinet Inc., from a Feb. 5, 2025, hearing entitled "Preparing the Pipeline: Examining the State of America's Cyber Workforce": * * * Chairman Green, Ranking Member Thompson and distinguished Members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today on "the State of America's Cyber Workforce". My name i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-811) on the Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act (H.R. 9750), which aims to authorize the President to provide disaster assistance to States and Indian Tribes under a major disaster recovery program. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose of Legislation The purpose of H.R. 9750, as amended, is to authorize the President t  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 11 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following news release: * * * Juvenile Justice dashboard highlights statewide, local data trends Raleigh The North Carolina Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has published a new data dashboard that provides a five-year snapshot of juvenile justice data trends across the state and all 100 counties. "This new dashboard will be a valuable tool for anyone interested in addressing  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: * * * Medicaid: Enrollment in and CMS Oversight of Former Foster Care Children Eligibility Group Fast Facts Nearly all children in foster care are eligible for Medicaid. After they age out of foster care, usually at 18, most remain eligible for coverage until 26. Over 100,000 of these young people had Medicaid in 2023. But it's hard for some young people to maintain their coverage. For exampl  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 8 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2025: Attorney General Jeff Jackson today filed a lawsuit to stop the federal government from unlawfully sharing Americans' personal and financial data with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Attorney General Jackson shared the following statement: "This is federal overreach that puts millions of Americans at risk by exposing confidential financial data wit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Tim Moore, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2025: CLYDE, NC -- Today, Congressman Tim Moore (NC-14) joined U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, along with several federal, state, and local officials, to survey a section of major interstate I-40 that was destroyed by flooding, resulting from Hurricane Helene. "I want to thank Secretary Duffy, Secretary Noem, Acting FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton, and other Trump   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ross, Sorensen Demand Answers from Trump Admin on DOGE's Access to National Weather Systems Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), Ranking Member of the Energy Subcommittee on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) demanded answers about reports that Elon Musk and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff entered the National Oceani  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following fact sheet: * * * Runway Safety Reducing runway safety risk remains a top priority for the FAA. The FAA created the Surface Safety Metric (SSM) to more accurately identify the greatest risks in the runway environment. Unlike previous metrics that focused on the number and severity of runway incursions, the SSM incorporates all types of relevant events that occur in the runway env  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works, from a Jan. 29, 2025, hearing entitled "Making Washington Work for Seniors: Fighting to End Inflation and Achieve Fiscal Sanity": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and distinguished members of the committee. As Executive Director of Social Security Works, I travel across the country speaking with legions of pr  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 10 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * State Recommends EPA Designate North Carolina in Compliance with Tougher Air Quality Standard The State of North Carolina has made a recommendation to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the organization designate all 100 counties in the state as meeting a stricter federal air pollution standard set last year. Ambient air quality monitoring data  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 10 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * State Water Infrastructure Authority to meet Feb. 19 in Raleigh and via teleconference The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet in Raleigh on Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 9 am - 3:30 pm. The public may attend in person or listen to the meeting online or by phone. WHAT: Meeting of the State Water Infrastructure Authority WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025,   more

EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: A Customs and Border Protection officer was arrested in El Paso on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle undocumented noncitizens for financial gain and alleged drug trafficking activity. According to court documents, between on or about Dec. 21, 2023 and Feb. 5, 2025, Manuel Perez Jr., 32, of El Paso, allegedly smuggled and at  more