WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2021: Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-09) voted against H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2021, which federalizes America's elections in an unconstitutional manner, and the Democrats' $3.5 trillion socialist budget reconciliation bill. "Once again, Democrats' contempt for the American people is on full display. Speaker Pelosi called Members back to Washington not to tackle the inflation crisi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2021, after voting against the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4): * * * "The Democrat majority in the House is dead set on having the federal government overrule all 50 states and take over our elections. "H.R. 4 gives unelected Justice Department bureaucrats the power to micromanage state election laws. "That is the wrong way to go. "We need a system where it is easy to vote  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2021: * * * Rep. Ted Budd released the following statement after voting no to advance the $3.5 trillion spending spree. "The smallest congressional majority in a generation has just set the stage for the most radical and costly Washington takeover in history. "The monstrous $3.5 trillion bill will force the socialist Green New Deal on America, drastically increasing the costs of energy bills an more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2021, after the House passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4), legislation to restore the full strength of the Voting Rights Act: * * * "Generations of Americans have marched, protested, and bled for the right to vote. Our dear colleague, the late Congressman John Lewis, worked for a lifetime to ensure more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement in response to the Education Department's announcement that it will default to full forgiveness for defrauded student loan borrowers, abandoning the Trump administration's partial-relief formula: "Devos' fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after Democrats voted to advance their partisan bill, which paves the way for another massive spending package: "This $3.5 trillion socialist wish list will make everything 'free' except for the people. The more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2021: * * * U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman, released the following statement after remarks from President Joe Biden and attending a bipartisan briefing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley. "As grateful as I am to our  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) voted to pass H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to restore critical protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and keep the promise of our democracy for all Americans. During the most coordinated state-level effort to restrict the right to vote in generations, H.R. 4 would prevent states and localities with a recent history of voter discrim more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: On Monday, Congressman Greg Murphy (NC-03) reintroduced H.R. 5079, the Open Schools Responsibly Act. If passed, the bill would protect academic institutions from lawsuits and economic penalties related to contracting and transmitting COVID-19 upon returning to school for the 2020-2021 academic school year, so long as schools follow their states' health guidelines. The protections would not apply if more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted to pass S.Con.Res. 14, advancing the Build Back Better Plan. The resolution was approved as part of a procedural measure considered by the House this afternoon. House passage of the budget resolution begins the budget reconciliation process to enact transformative investments in American workers, families, and the next generation. "I've always more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted to pass H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, crucial legislation to restore the fundamental guarantees of the Voting Rights Act and protect the right to vote in the face of sweeping voter suppression efforts in states across the country. The legislation will strengthen key sections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that were evi more PR