WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) helped introduce H.R. 5164, Prohibiting Assistance to the Taliban Act. The bill would prohibit American taxpayer dollars from being sent to the Taliban in the form of foreign aid or economic assistance. The bill was originally introduced by Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL). Rep. Budd said in a statement: "The same Taliban government that gives aid and comfort to Al-Qaeda terrorists shoul more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) led a group of four House members to send a letter to the Secretary of Education to oppose the Biden administration's efforts to forgive student loans via unlawful executive action. The letter was co-signed by Reps. Warren Davidson (R-OH), Scott Perry (R-PA), and Barry Loudermilk (R-GA). * * * 9/8/2021 To: The Honorable Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education, U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 8, 2021: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Education and Labor Democrats unveiled their piece of President Biden's $3.5 trillion partisan spending package: "This monstrous spending package recklessly increases what was already the highest sustained more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner on Sept. 8, 2021: * * * Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) published an opinion column in the Washington Examiner in which he identifies the Top 5 Blunders of the Biden presidency: the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, broken promises, the rise in crime/defund the police movement, the Biden Border Crisis, and his unhinged tax-and-spend agenda. "New presidents normally enjoy a yea more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer requesting that they include additional COVID-19 relief funding for small restaurants in the budget reconciliation package. Small, independently owned restaurants are the backbone of local economies, but the emerging Delta variant has slowed their recovery. Without a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Following the enactment of Texas Law SB 8, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) joined House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 22 other Committee Democrats in sending a letter calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to use the full force of the Department of Justice to defend a woman's constitutional right to access abortion care. Members also urged the Attorney General to take  more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded President Biden's approval of a disaster declaration for Western North Carolina. Senators Tillis and Burr sent a letter last week supporting Governor Cooper's disaster declaration request. "After visiting Haywood County hours after the storm hit, I saw the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Fred, with hundreds of destroyed homes and roads and  more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted a virtual meeting with 26 Ambassadors and heads of mission from NATO member countries on U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and to discuss next steps to continue the safe evacuation of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies, address the refugee crisis and continue coordination to protect the rights of women and girls. Tillis and Sh more PR