WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Betty McCollum Statement on Renaming of Fort Liberty WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Monday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Bragg. In response to this announcement, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement: "Secretary Hegse  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release onFeb. 12, 2025: * * * Murphy Questions Non-Profit Hospital's Costly Super Bowl Ad Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. sent a letter to NYU Langone CEO, Dr. Robert Grossman, questioning the non-profit hospitals' costly Super Bowl ad in relation to federal funding and subsidies the healthcare system receives. "NYU Langone receives several sources of federal funding and enjoys a tax-exempt status as a no  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025: * * * Rep. Adams Speaks Out Against Trump Administration's Attempt to Dismantle Department of Education This evening, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, PhD (D-NC), Senior Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement speaking out forcefully against the actions of the Trump-Vance Administration and Elon Musk's "Department of Government Eff  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Mark Harris, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Rep. Mark Harris issues statement on the DETERRENT Act On Wednesday, Representative Mark Harris (NC-08) issued the following statement on the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act: "America's enemies are targeting our university classrooms. Every year, funding from countries all around the world pour into   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ross, Lofgren, Sykes Demand Answers on Musk Access to Sensitive Information at Dept. of Energy Congresswomen Deborah Ross (NC-02), Ranking Member of the Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy; Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Ranking Member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; and Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, called  more