ADVANCE, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2021: * * * Rep. Ted Budd joined the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to announce a $1.6 million federal grant for the Cooleemee Water Treatment Plant in Davie County. "I'm glad to see my home county win this competitive federal grant for the Cooleemee Water Treatment Plant. This investment in physical infrastructure will help ensure that the citizens of Davie County contin more PR

FAITH, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2021: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) delivered 50 books on American history and other topics from the Library of Congress to Faith Academy Charter School in Faith, NC. The books will be loaned to the new charter school and help them build out their new library. "I'm glad that we could help this new charter school acquire these books from the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. "Helpi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights announced it would investigate five states that respect parents' choices on in-school masking: "This is what happens when an administration gets i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) announced $133,333 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 Skull Camp Fire and Rescue in Surry County and comes in the sixth round of the 2020 fiscal year Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), which aims to help firefighters and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) announced $185,714 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 Yadkinville Volunteer Fire and Rescue in Yadkin County and comes in the sixth round of the 2020 fiscal year Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), which aims to help firef more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) announced $311,920 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 Town of Catawba Volunteer Fire Department in Catawba County and comes in the first round of this year's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant awards. Thes more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) announced that the American Rescue Plan has made 87,000 Second District residents eligible for significantly lower health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs through the individual marketplace. Enacted on March 11th, the American Rescue Plan substantially expanded Affordable Care Act tax credits to reduce health care costs and mak more PR