WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement at an executive business meeting on the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act: * * * On today's agenda, we have three bills and seven nominations. Today, we'll vote on five nominations: * Colin McDonald to be Assistant Attorney General of the National Fraud Enforcement Division, * James Bishop to be U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, *   more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Hudson Bill to Complete National EMS Memorial Passes House * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Richard Hudson's (NC-09) H.R. 2196, the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act, unanimously and with bipartisan support. The bill gives the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation more time to complete the Nation  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Hudson Leads Bipartisan Letter to Rubio to Counter Chinese Telecom Threat * Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, requesting the State Department use its diplomatic efforts to counter the spread of Chinese telecommunications networks and strengthen U.S. leadership in global technology standards. Hudson and a bipartisan group of law  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Fraud-Fighting Assistant Attorney General, One U.S. Attorney and Three U.S. Marshals The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Colin McDonald, to be an Assistant Attorney General, by a vote of 12-10; * James Bishop, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, by  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Op-Ed from Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, representing North Carolina's 12th Congressional District * The situation unfolding in the Strait of Hormuz is a clear reminder that what happens across the globe has real consequences here at home. Nearly one-fifth of the world's oil supply moves through that narrow waterway. When it is disrupted, the impact is immediate -and families across this c  more