WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored H.R.4869, the Federal Debt Emergency Control Act. The bill would require the Office of Management and Budget to declare a "Federal Debt Emergency" in any fiscal year where the federal debt exceeds 100% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). An emergency declaration would trigger automatic actions to reduce the debt level under 100% of GDP. The bill was originally int more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, issued the following statement on the Senate Parliamentarian's ruling regarding the inclusion of a legal path to residency in budget reconciliation: "I am deeply disappointed by the Senate Parliamentarian's ruling to block immigration reform in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2021: Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) introduced the Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2021, identical to that introduced by him and others during the last Congress, along with Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), John Garamendi (CA-03), Lee Zeldin (NY-1), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Nancy Mace (SC-01), Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36), and Andrew R. Garbarino (NY-02). Under current law more PR