WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has sponsored H.R. 5316, the No Support for Terror Act. This bill was originally introduced by Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) and stop allocations of Special Drawing Rights at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for countries that commit genocide or sponsor terrorism. "State sponsors of terrorism and countries who commit genocide have no business receiving a single cent of U.S. taxp more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) applauds the announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that eight community health centers in North Carolina's First Congressional District will receive a total of $5,976,200 in American Rescue Plan funding to support major health care construction and renovation projects. The Health Resources and Services Admini more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 28, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after yet another major student loan servicer, Navient, announced it would end its federal contract: "The Department of Education is bleeding and risks infecting millions of students with financial distr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: The Consider Teachers Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Mike Braun, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, and in the House by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and Education and Labor Committee Member Victoria Spartz aimed at fixing a broken system burdening teachers with unfair loans, passed the U.S more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) is pleased to congratulate Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina Sandra Hairston on her nomination to fill the position of United States Attorney from the Middle District of North Carolina for a four-year term. Congresswoman Manning wrote a letter of support to President Biden on behalf of Acting U.S. Attorney Hairston earlier thi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Two Tenth District schools, Elkin Middle School in Surry County and Union Elementary School in Lincoln County, have been recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools. Only 325 public and private schools across the country were recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021. These schools are recognized for their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and Congressman Warren Davidson (OH-08) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in requesting that the Biden administration address the growing backlog of veterans' records requests at the National Personnel Record Center (NPRC). In their letter to President Biden, Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja, and Ar more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a third letter to Department of Education Secretary Cardona requesting an update on the Department's p more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement on Sept. 28, 2021: * * * Congressman David Price (D-NC) and Congressman August Pfluger (R-TX), co-chairs of the Congressional Moldova Caucus, jointly announced the re-registration of the Caucus for the 117th Congress. "We are proud to co-lead the bipartisan Congressional Moldova Caucus for the 117th Congress. "As we continue to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Moldova's independence, we are remi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: North Carolina Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr applauded the White House for nominating Dena King to be the U.S. Attorney for Western District, Sandra Hairston to be the U.S. Attorney for Middle District and Michael Easley, Jr. to be the U.S. Attorney for Eastern District. All three nominees were recommended by Senators Tillis and Burr. "I worked with Senator Burr to identify, interview, and re more PR