WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Edwards Announces $48 Million in FEMA Disaster Relief Funding * Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) applauded an announcement from the Department of Homeland Security that additional 49 Hurricane Helene Public Assistance projects will receive $48 million in FEMA disaster relief funding.  "Since Hurricane Helene hit our mountains nearly one year ago, I've been committed to ensuri  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Edwards Announces Additional $64.2 Million for Hurricane Helene Relief * Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) released the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security announced an additional $64.2 million for Hurricane Helene recovery project reimbursements in Western North Carolina. This funding brings the amount released to more than $228 million in the last two  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Edwards Introduces Resolution Honoring the Victims and Communities Affected by Hurricane Helene * Congressman Edwards introduced a resolution honoring the victims of and communities affected by Hurricane Helene, particularly those in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District.  This resolution comes just before the one-year anniversary of the storm, which brought unimaginabl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Mark Harris, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Mark Harris & VP JD Vance Fight for a Safer America * CONCORD, NC -- On Wednesday, Congressman Mark Harris (NC-08) joined Vice President JD Vance to highlight how Republicans are leading the fight to create a safer America. Congressman Harris serves on the House Judiciary Committee, and his district is miles from where Iryna Zarutska was murdered. Key Quotes from Congressman H  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Detachment 38, 335 Signal Command (T) departure ceremony * EAST POINT, Ga. - Twenty Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to Detachment 38, 335th Signal Command were honored this month during a departure ceremony as they prepared for a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. During their deployment, Detachment 38 will provide IT support to the theater of operations and maintain the network, a critica  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47884) on Sept. 23, 2025, entitled "Identifying Minors Online" by Clare Y. Cho, industrial organization and business policy specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Concerns about potential harms to minors on the internet, particularly on social media platforms, have grown in recent years. Dating to the 1990s, policymakers have enacted legislation seeking to protect minors online, some   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 24 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * North Carolina Secretaries' Science Advisory Board to Meet October 1 * The Secretaries' Science Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, October 1 at 10:00 a.m. The public is invited to attend the meeting in person or online. What: North Carolina Secretaries' Science Advisory Board Meeting When: Wednesday, October 1, at 10:00 a.m. Where: Archdale Building   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Joins Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Counter Fentanyl-Laced Pill Production * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - joined Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in introducing the Fight Il  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch and Budd: Congress Should Help Air Innovation Take Flight * U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) this morning published an opinion piece in Newsweek entitled: "Congress Should Help Air Innovation Take Flight." In their op-ed, the Senators urge Congress to build on America's proud history of global aviation leadership and pass their new bipartisan legislation to help a new te  more