WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Adams Remarks on the Growing Student Debt Crisis Ranking Member Alma S. Adams (NC-12), Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement at today's subcommittee hearing entitled, "Public Funds, Private Po  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Mark Harris, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Mark Harris Targets Colleges Discriminating Against Homeschoolers * WASHINGTON, DC On Wednesday, Representative Mark Harris (NC-08) introduced legislation targeting universities that discriminate against homeschoolers during the admissions process. "No student should ever face discrimination or disadvantage during the college admissions process simply because they were homeschooled," sai  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ross Leads Lawmakers in Urging Restoration of Temporary Protected Status for South Sudan * Washington, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) led her colleagues in urging the Trump administration to redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan. In a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Members warn  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ross Leads Letter from Women Lawmakers Opposing Proposed AI Moratorium That Would Jeopardize Protections for Women and Girls * Washington, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) led a group of women lawmakers in urging Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to reject any effort to include a broad moratorium on state and local artificial intelligence (AI) regulation   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Budd Announces Senior Staff Changes * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) released the following statement announcing the upcoming departure of his Chief of Staff Tucker Knott. "Tucker Knott is a true son of North Carolina, and I am grateful for his many years of faithful service in my office, to our State, and to the Congress. For more than a decade, Tucker has provided inva  more