WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) pressed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the mounting national debt. Under Rep. Budd's questioning, Sec. Yellen could not provide a level of debt that would be unsustainable for the United States. She even admitted that, "we could have a substantially higher burden". The video of the exchange is here (https://www.facebook.com/RepTedBudd/videos/294153462521444/) and more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) introduced H.R. 5377, the Cancer Patient Equity Act, a bill to expand coverage for cancer molecular diagnostics, analysis, and testing. The bill also coordinates an education and awareness campaign on genetic testing and counseling. "The Cancer Patient Equity Act will give patients access to cutting-edge, next more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Biden administration announced updated rules on surprise out-of-network medical billing: "Congress came together last year to pass historic, bipartisan legislation banning surprise medical billing more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) voted to pass H.R. 5305, Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act. This continuing resolution extends government funding through December 3, 2021. In addition to extending government funding, the bill includes $28.6 billion for emergency disaster relief for communities impacted by natural disasters such as hurricanes and more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Yesterday, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) joined Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) and 159 House Republicans in sending a letter to the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee calling on them to ensure the complete removal of "red flag" provisions currently in the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following opening statement on Sept. 30, 2021, at a hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: * * * The House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, amid Democrats' push to destroy our economic recovery with their par more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Greg Murphy, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2021, at a hearing on improving the closed school discharge process: * * * "When a college closes, thousands of students are thrown off their academic path, some permanently. This often means students are left tens of thousands of dollars in debt and no degree to show for it.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03), alongside Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC), introduced a resolution to honor North Carolinians and other members of the Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in the attack on the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26, 2021. The resolution also formally recognizes all U.S. servicemembers who ser more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) and Representative Stephanie Bice (OK-05), along with 159 of their colleagues, sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, urging the full removal of a "red flag" provision in H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), during the conference committee process. The letter expresses deep c more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSrep) -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a new report with recommendations for strengthening the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulatory readiness, building on lessons learned from the pandemic to better p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing titled "School Reopening During COVID-19: Supporting Students, Educators, and Families" with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. This is t more PR