WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) co-sponsored H.R.1384, the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021. This bipartisan bill would remove the outdated and burdensome regulation that restricts access to buprenorphine, one of the most widely-used medications to treat opioid addiction. Rep. Budd said in a statement: "More than 93,000 overdose deaths occurred in our country last year. This tragic si more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) announced $106,667 in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant to a local fire department in the Tenth Congressional District. The grant will go to the City of Conover Fire Department in Catawba County, and comes in the third round of this year's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), which aims to help firefighters and f more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: The Senate passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, legislation that will make historic investments into public works programs, from roads and bridges to electric vehicles and broadband. Included in this legislation was a bill introduced by Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), which directs the Secretaries of Energy and Tra more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * The U.S. Senate passed H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a historic, bipartisan bill to modernize America's aging infrastructure. The $1.2 trillion bill, which includes $550 billion in infrastructure funding, passed on a vote of 69-30. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and one of 22 Senators who he more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) filed nearly 300 amendments in response to the budget resolution proposed by Congressional Democrats that could offer amnesty to more than 8 million illegal immigrants while providing no funding to secure the border or prevent future illegal immigration. "With the crisis at the border causing a surge in human trafficking and the smuggling of illegal dru more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the bipartisan Senate group that successfully negotiated and drafted the bipartisan infrastructure bill, issued the following statement after the legislation passed the U.S. Senate: "This bipartisan infrastructure bill is a big win for all North Carolinians, funding infrastructure projects and creating good-paying jobs without raising taxes more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021. This bipartisan legislation would clarify existing law to ensure that the care provided for certain foster children in need of a higher level of care are covered by Medicaid. "Medicaid should not be a barrier for foster children with emotional or behavioral cha more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021. This bipartisan legislation would clarify existing law to ensure that the care provided for certain foster children in need of a higher level of care are covered by Me more PR