WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has sponsored H.R. 3577, the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act. This bipartisan bill would award the Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Army Rangers who served in World War II. The Senate version of the bill passed the chamber last Congress and is currently sponsored by North Carolina Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis. "U.S. Arm more PR

WILSON, North Carolina, Sept. 10 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2021: * * * Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) issued the following statement on the passing of longtime Goldsboro dentist and friend, Dr. Orlando Richard Stovall, Jr. "It is with deep sadness that we say farewell to my dear friend, Dr. O.R. Stovall, Jr., who was a pillar in Goldsboro's African American community. His life was an example for others to emulate. Dr. Stovall more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following remarks on Sept. 9, 2021, during a markup of the budget reconciliation package for fiscal 2022: * * * At the opening of today's markup of the Democrats' Fiscal Year 2022 Education and Labor budget reconciliation package, Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, slamming Democrats' social more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: * ** Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the White House announced it will be ordering the Department of Labor to issue a national regulation on worker vaccination: "Biden has no business issuing a burdensome vaccine regulation that will more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2021: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services and the White House unveiled their drug pricing scheme: "The costs of prescription drugs are a major concern for workers and families, especially now as Biden's more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement on a proposal released today by the Biden administration on prescription drug prices: "President Biden's plan is a shortsighted attempt to give government more control over your healthcare. It goes further than House Democrat's current proposal, which already leads to a decrease of over 60 new breakthrough more PR

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) released this response following the news that Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission have been awarded a $1 million dollar grant to remove invasive Common Carp from Lake Mattamuskeet. This grant was awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Large Invasive Species grant program and will go into  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) issued the following statement on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit to block Texas's abortion ban: "I applaud the Department of Justice and Attorney General Merrick Garland for acting swiftly against this pernicious threat to women's reproductive freedom everywhere," said Congresswoman Ross. "The unprecedented vigilante system authorized un more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) today announced he is seeking a wounded warrior or medically retired veteran for a position in his Bolivia, North Carolina district office. The person chosen for the special fellowship will work with military and veteran constituents to handle veterans-related casework and act as a facilitator between constituents and federal, state, and local agencie more PR