WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Foushee, Ross Slam Closure of EPA Office of Research and Development, Urge Administrator Zeldin to Reverse Course * WASHINGTON, DC (August 4, 2025) - Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin warning of the immediate and long-term effects that closing the EPA'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Budd, Colleagues Urge DOL to Repeal Biden-Era Rules Harming Farmers, Ease Accessibility for Visas Used by Ag Producers * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.-5) recently led a bicameral, bipartisan coalition of 84 of their fellow federal lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging the D  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Budd, Senate Colleagues Urge Secretary Lutnick to Probe DeepSeek AI's Connections to Chinese Military, Intelligence * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) recently led a group of Senate colleagues in urging Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to probe allegations made by U.S. officials that DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence has provided support to the People's Republic of China'  more