WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following floor statement: * * * Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) gave floor remarks in support of H.R. 3755, the Women's Health Protection Act. Amid a dangerous assault on women's basic health freedoms - from state houses across the country to the U.S. Supreme Court - this landmark legislation enshrines into law the vital protections of Roe v. Wade and secures the right to reproductive care for all women across America.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC), Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), and Representative French Hill (R-AR) announced a significant milestone for the bipartisan IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act. Over 100 members of the United States House of Representatives have endorsed the legislation. "America is ready to invest in our historically Black colleges and universities," said Congresswoman Adams, founder and co-chai more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 24, 2021: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on H.R. 3755, the Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act. "Any attack that targets the unborn tears the moral fabric of this great country. H.R. 3755 is nothing more than a partisan smokescreen intended to obscure a radical, pro-abortion agenda that eliminates nearly all pro-life protections for the unborn on both  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following commentary on Sept. 24, 2021: * * * As the Biden administration's inept evacuation from Afghanistan unfolded in August, the president sought to change the subject by saying that an exit would help Americans focus on a more serious threat: China. But with its Afghan policy so disastrously executed, the administration's message sounded as if so more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 24, 2021: * * * Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) released the following statement on H.R. 3755, which codifies a right to abortion up to the birth of the baby in federal law and prevents states from enforcing existing laws that protect unborn children. "This radical bill would remove nearly all protections for the unborn, including laws preventing late-term abortion, laws preventing a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) released the following statement after voting NO on H.R. 3755, the Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act. If passed, H.R. 3755 would repeal nearly all pro-life protections for the unborn at the state and federal levels and turn every state into a late-term abortion state where abortions may be performed until the moment before birth for any reason with  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, legislation to enshrine into law women's reproductive freedom and access to reproductive health care. Following Texas' enactment of the nation's most restrictive abortion ban. This landmark legislation safeguards the right to access to abortion care free from political interference. "Blatantly uncon more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 24, 2021: * * * Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 3755, legislation to preempt almost all state and federal restrictions on abortions. "It is our moral obligation to fight for and protect the lives of those who cannot speak for themselves - the lives of those who are no different than our own. I strongly oppose the extreme abortion bill b more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 24, 2021: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommendations for a Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot: "I'm g more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 24, 2021: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommendations for a Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot: "I'm glad Americans are going to be able to get vaccine boosters to help end this pa more PR