WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) led a bipartisan group of House members to send a letter to Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to express their support for the Wyden-Lummis-Toomey Amendment to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The amendment lessens the regulatory burdens that were previously included in the infrastructure bill. Other sign more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: The Wall Street Journal wrote an editorial on a new McKinsey & Co. report confirming that school shutdowns severely harmed students, who on average were "four months behind in reading and five months behind in math." Teachers unions bare a significant portion of the blame for those bleak statistics. The Wall Street  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement on Thursday's Israeli airstrikes. "I stand firmly behind the Israelis and their right to defend themselves from the increasingly dangerous and reckless attacks on its people. "Rocket fire from Lebanon is just the latest example of aggression most likely backed by Iran. "These attacks are unacceptable and it is essentia more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: On Wednesday, Congressman David Price (D-NC), Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) delivered a letter, signed by 75 Members of Congress, to President Biden calling for the immediate closure of the prison at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Closing the facility has been a long-stated goal for the U.S. government. During his 2008 campaign, former Preside more PR