WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following floor statement on Aug. 23, 2021: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) spoke on the House floor about the dangerous situation in Afghanistan. Full text of the speech: The situation in Afghanistan left behind by the President's hasty withdrawal has been horrific, unconscionable, and unacceptable. We have thousands of American citizens unable to get to the airport in Kabul because this administration botched the withdrawal, se more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) led a group of five North Carolina Republican congressmen to send a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) and State Attorney General Josh Stein (D-NC) urging them to refuse to implement two new executive actions from the Biden administration that would infringe on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners in North Carolina. Other signers include: Reps. Dan Bis more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 23, 2021: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the inadequate efforts by the Biden Administration to safely evacuate Americans in Afghanistan. "President Biden has not even been in office for a full eight months and he has already done irreparable damage to United States' standing within the international community - not to mention our national security in more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 23, 2021: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), released a statement following the resignation of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) members Rebekah Jurata and Megan Zietsman. The departures follow Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gens more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 23, 2021: * * * Congressman Greg Murphy (NC-03) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of the COVID-19 vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. "Today, the FDA granted full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. This marks a tremendous achievement in the fight against COVID-19, one tha more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 23, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Pfizer vaccine receiving full Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval: "The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been given full FDA approval, which many Americans were waiting for. "It's safe and incredibly effective at preventing serious complications, hospitalization, and death. "Now is a good time more PR