WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 29, 2021: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) announced she is an original cosponsor of the Protecting Renters from Evictions Act of 2021. The legislation will soon be introduced by House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters to provide a clean extension of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction moratorium until December 31, 2021. It is expected to be consid more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement after the House passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3237, which funded the National Guard and law enforcement, as well as permanently prohibited the installation of fencing around the U.S. Capitol complex. "The U.S. Capitol is a symbol of freedom both at home and abroad. Military-style fencing around that symbol was a tremendous symbolic stain on  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 29, 2021: A bipartisan amendment to H.R. 4502 co-sponsored by Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) passed the House. The amendment's chief sponsors were Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA). The amendment would expand access to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ReConnect Program to rural communities who are in desperate need of sufficient internet. The text of the amendment is below: Page  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4502-- a package of appropriations bills that provides funding for most of the federal government and includes funding for projects in the First Congressional District of North Carolina: "Today, House Democrats continued to push forward on making investments in the American p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on July 29, 2021: Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra expressing concern about management problems and political interference at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as recent changes more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on July 29, 2021: Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Cardona demanding transparency surrounding his plan to transition student loan more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement on the passing of former Fayetteville City Councilman and Army veteran Bill Crisp. "Renee and I were saddened this morning to learn of the passing of a dedicated public servant in our community, Bill Crisp. Bill Crisp was a dedicated Fayetteville City Councilman, who served our country with distinction. "After rising  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on July 29, 2021: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement in response to President Biden calling on Congress to extend the unconstitutional eviction moratorium: "This is a full-scale failure by the Biden Administration that Republicans have been tryi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Greg Murphy, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, issued the following opening statement on July 29, 2021, at a subcommittee hearing on the Pell Grant program: * * * "The Pell Grant program is the cornerstone of federal student aid. Every year over 6.5 million Americans pursue postsecondary education with the help of the Pell Grant. Created in 1972, the Pell Grant prog more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4502, an appropriations minibus for Fiscal Year 2022 which included the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development funding bill authored by Congressman Price, Chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) Appropriations Subcommittee. "This year's T-HUD bill provides vital investments to expand opportuni more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on President Biden's new National Security Memorandum, "Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Systems:" "I applaud the Biden Administration for taking these important steps to protect our critical infrastructure from the growing threat of cyber-attacks," said Congresswoman Ross. "In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline att more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on July 28, 2021, with Rep. Fred Keller, R-Pennsylvania: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leaders Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Fred Keller (R-PA) issued the following statement hitting Biden's Department of Labor (DOL) for rescinding a common-sense Trump administration rule, which determined joint-employer status under the F more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman, along with U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (VA-01) introduced the Counting Overlooked Base Impact Aid (COBIA) Act to ensure schools educating service-connected children receive the full sum of federal Impact Aid to which they are currently entitled. "As Fort Bragg's Congressman and a dad, I care deeply about our military and impr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) introduced the Anti-BDS Labeling Act to prohibit the Biden administration from reversing current guidelines that require Israeli goods produced in areas where Israel exercises the relevan more PR