CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Hundreds of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County residents were connected to critical help and financial assistance at the seven-hour Emergency Rental Assistance Application Pop-Up hosted by the Office of Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) on Friday, October 1 at the Park Expo and Conference Center in Charlotte. A dozen staff from RAMP CLT and DreamKey Partners were on hand to assis more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) applauded Bishop William J. Barber II, president of Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, for participating in a poverty conference at the Vatican. In his speech, Bishop Barber talked about the theological framework that supports the effort to end poverty around the world. "I app more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) congratulated Sallie B. Howard School of Arts & Science in Wilson, North Carolina for being recognized as a 2021 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). Sallie B. Howard is one of only eight schools in North Carolina, and the only school in the First Congressional District of North Carolina, to receive the 2021 Nat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 5, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after Attorney General Merrick Garland's disgusting memo instructing the FBI to treat parents concerned about Critical Race Theory (CRT) as "domestic terrorists": "I am shocked and appalled to see a President more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) and U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) led Members of the North Carolina congressional delegation on a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week regarding the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan and Americans left behind. In the letter, the Members highlight the Biden administration's botched withdrawal which cost the lives of two North Carolina-connecte more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) requesting a full cost estimate for the portion of the Democrats' partisan spending package in the Committee's jurisdiction. The Ranking Member called out Committee Democrat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler. The letter requests Chair Gensler clarify his concerning and contradictory public remarks regarding the SEC's authority to regulate the digital asset ec more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), introduced the Clarity for Digital Tokens Act of 2021. This legislation ensures our regulatory framework embraces new technology and innovation by providing a "safe harbor" for startup digital asset projects, while maintaining important investor  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: The House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler. Chair Gensler's recent actions raise concern that he will run roughshod over appropriate process to implement Democrats' agenda--which will harm everyday investors, weaken our capital markets more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: Representative Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today introduced the bicameral Ransom Disclosure Act. The bill provides the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with critical data on ransomware payments in order to bolster our understanding of how cybercriminal enterprises operate and develop a fuller picture of the ransomware threat. "Ransomware attacks are more PR

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) announced that he will be hosting the first annual Water Adaptations to Ensure Regional Success (WATERS) Summit on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. The purpose of this bipartisan conference will be to hear from leading experts about human adaptation strategies to waterway challenges in North Carolina and develop legislative plans to combat th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to ensure 'Buy America' requirements for school meals are being followed. In the letter the Members write:  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging him to follow the law and work with Congress to reform the Public Service  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Tom Emmer (MN-06), introduced H.R. 5458, the Small Entrepreneurs' Empowerment and Development (SEED) Act of 2021. The SEED Act will create a new, permanen more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: Congressman David Price (NC-04) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $11,243,356 in grant funding to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) for taxiway improvements. As Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, Congressman Price worked to ensure robust fundi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: Republican Leaders Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Education and Labor Committee; Jason Smith (R-MO), Budget Committee; Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee; and Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel requesting a CBO analy more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the announcement that Dr. Francis S. Collins will be stepping down as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after 12 years in the role: "I can't say enough about the incredible contributions Francis Collins has made to public health and the sc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) led Members of the North Carolina congressional delegation on a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week regarding the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan and Americans left behind. In the letter, the Members highlight the Biden administration's botched withdrawal which cost the lives of two North Carolina-connected servic more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 5, 2021: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the announcement that Dr. Francis S. Collins will be stepping down as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after 12 years in the role: "I can't say  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) continued their efforts to combat International Parental Child Abduction (IPCA) by sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting specific statistics about prosecutions and the use of extradition in IPCA cases at DOJ, and other efforts on IPCA. In May, Senators Tillis and Feinstein sent a bipartisan letter to the Department o more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for a meeting on Capitol Hill with members of the Senate NATO Observer Group. Tillis and Shaheen serve as co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, which they re-established in 2018. Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY) and Angus King (I-ME) also participated in the meeting. Tillis  more PR