WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has sponsored H.R. 5284, the Home Educators are Teachers Act. The bill would allow homeschool parents to be eligible for a $250 tax deduction for school supplies. The bill was originally introduced by Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC). "Homeschool parents across North Carolina do incredible work taking their children's education into their own hands. "They should be able to access the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored two bills from Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) that would give students and parents more educational freedom as they face toxic Critical Race Theory and mask mandates. H.R. 5328, the No Corrupt Racist Training (No CRT) Act and H.R. 5327, the Masks Off Act, would give students more access to Opportunity Grants to seek alternative educational options. "Every parent in our more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to the Morning Consult: * * * 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 someone struggling to master checkers had announced he'd be ent more PR