WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 22, 2021: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) voted for H.R. 3985, the Averting Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting SIVs (ALLIES) Act, legislation to protect Afghan interpreters, contractors, security personnel and other partners who face deadly retribution by the Taliban for their work with the United States government. This bipartisan legislation expands and expedites the Afghan Special Immig more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-09) announced Robeson County received a $1.6 million hazard mitigation project grant from the State of North Carolina and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). "Improving disaster resilience is crucial for the people of Robeson County. Families in this area have experienced the devastating effects of hurricanes and severe flooding. This grant will help impacted families r more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following joint statement: The co-signers are Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, Chris Coons, D-Delaware, Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, Susan Collins, R-Maine, Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, Joe Manchin, D-Wes more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 22, 2021: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement on H.R. 3985, the Averting Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting SIVs (ALLIES) Act of 2021, that passed today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, which Rep. Hudson co-sponsored, protects our Afghan partners and expedites the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) process as the U.S. withdraws from A more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on July 22, 2021: U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today announced a $1,000,000 Department of Transportation grant awarded to the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) to recruit, initiate, and support new air service from Kalamazoo to the Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The grant is funded through the Small Community Air Service Development Program ( more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (PR-AL), Sara Jacobs (CA-53), and Nancy Mace (SC-01) have introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R. 4452, the Military Sexual Trauma Retirement Equity Act (MSTREA Act), to enable all military retirees with disabilities caused by military sexual trauma (MST) to receive their full retirement and disability compensation. Currently, milita more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release on July 22 2021: Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Representative Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act, a bill that would make rebates that homeowners receive for making natural disaster mitigation improvements to their homes exempt from federal taxes. C more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 22, 2021: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Protection Act of 2021 to address the rapid increase in the number of "smash-and-grab" thefts targeted at federally licensed gun dealers. "Protecting Second Amendment rights is always a top priority of mine. It's important that we protect gun shops from those who target their store and that we protect eve more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release on July 22, 2021: U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), along with Representative Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act, a bill that would make rebates that homeowners receive formaking natural disaster mitigation improvements to their homes exempt from federal taxe more PR