WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Ross Statement on HHS Cuts Affecting NIH, CMS, CDC, FDA, & More Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on the Trump administration's plans to fire an additional 10,000 dedicated federal employees at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), after 10,000 workers have already been fired or left the agency: "Today's mass firings will endanger   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Repeal Tax on Certain Firearm Purchases Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 April 1, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today reintroduced the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises (RIFLE) Act, legislation that would remove a burdensome tax imposed on firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act. Se  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Legislation Passes House to Help Natural Disaster Victims with Tax Filing Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D., applauds the passage of his bipartisan legislation, the Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act (H.R. 1491), in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill enacts much-needed reforms to ensure disaster victims are eligible for tax refunds and credits for th  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Foushee's Opening Statement at Hearing on NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services WASHINGTON, DC (April 1, 2025) -- Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics is holding a hearing titled, Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA's CLPS Initiative. Ranking Member Valerie Foushee's (D-NC  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis Urges USDA to Quickly Distribute Disaster Relief to Assist Farmers, Rural Communities in Recovery WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis recently sent a letter urging U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to work with Congress to quickly distribute the more than $23 billion Congress passed in December to assist farmers, ranchers and rural Americans in responding to devastating nat  more