WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following floor statement: * * * In a speech on the House floor, Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) laid out why it is critically important to end the enhanced federal unemployment payments and get North Carolinians back to work. Text of his prepared remarks: Last month, the National Federation of Independent Businesses reported that 48% of small businesses currently have unfilled job openings. That's an all time high. And right now, 9.3 more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following opening statement on June 24, 2021, at a hearing examining the policies and priorities of the Department of Education: * * * "Americans suffered greatly in the past 15 months. Far-reaching government shutdowns to flatten the curve for two weeks turned into permanent stay at home orders. Business grounded to a halt. Millions of individuals lost more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on June 24, 2021: * * * The House sent S.J. Res. 13 to President Biden's desk, rolling back an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation rule that provides transparency and fairness for victims of discrimination and bars the EEOC from reissuing any similar rule in the future. Education and Labor Committee Republica more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following floor remarks on June 24, 2021, on a resolution (S.J. Res. 13) that would overturn a regulation on an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission process: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to S.J. Res. 13, which is a partisan attempt to overturn a reasonable regulation improving an outdat more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 25, 2021: Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Ami Bera (CA-07) led House colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas recommending that DHS strengthen protections for children and young adults who have grown up in the United States as dependents of long-term work visa holders--a group known as the Documented Dreamers. Specifically, the letter recomme more PR