WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) introduced a resolution "expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2021, be observed as the 131st anniversary of the 1890 Institutions." The 1890s are 19 Historically Black land-grant Universities that were established by the Second Morrill Act of 1890. "1890s Land Grant Universities, like all Historically Black Colleges and Universities, have more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 31, 2021: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement calling on President Biden to remove Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley. "President Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal has cost American servicemen and women their lives and left American citizens and allies behind enemy lines. "The incom more PR

GRAHAM, North Carolina, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd presented a $577,917 federal grant from the Economic Development Administration to Alamance Community College (ACC). The grant will assist the college in the acquisition of equipment needed for its new Biotechnology Center of Excellence in partnership with LabCorp, based in NC-13. The project is anticipated to create nearly 100 jobs and leverage millions in priv more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman, cosponsored legislation introduced today by Congresswoman Lisa McClain (MI-10) to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan last week. The legislation will award the Congressional Gold Medal to Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, Sgt. Johanny more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) cosponsored a bipartisan bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan last week. If passed, this legislation would award the Congressional Gold Medal to Camp Lejeune Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Cpl. Deagan P more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan: "I join Americans from across the country and from every walk of life in expressing my deep gratitude to the more than 800,000 U.S. service members who put their lives on the line to keep our country safe over the last two decades in Afghanistan," said Congresswom more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC) joined Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) and 158 cosponsors in introducing legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan last week. The legislation will award the Congressional Gold Medal to Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Sgt. Nicole G more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) and House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC) Ranking Member Mike Bost (IL-12) led a letter to HVAC Chairman Mark Takano (CA-41) urging him to reconvene HVAC immediately to conduct a full committee hearing about the implications of the failed Afghanistan withdrawal on the mental and emotional wellbeing of our nation's veterans. Additional co-signers of more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 31, 2021: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), member and former Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: "President Biden broke his word to American citizens and our allies. Plain and simple. Two weeks ago, the President pledged to get any American out of Afghanistan who wanted to leave. Today, he brazenly defended his decision to pull out of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement: "History will record President Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan as a stain on America's honor and credibility both at home and abroad. It is unconscionable that the world's most powerful country abandoned some of our own citizens and green card holders, and betrayed thousands of our Afghan allies we had promised refuge, lea more PR