WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored H.R. 2137, Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act. The bill is named after law enforcement officers Jamie Zapata and Victor Avila, who were attacked by drug cartels while they were on duty in Mexico on February 15, 2011. Special Agent Zapata was killed and Special Agent Avila sustained life-threatening injuries. As chief sponsor Rep. more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2021: * * * H.R. 5142 passed the House unanimously. The bill will posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021. Rep. Budd helped introduce this bill on September 1st. The bill was led by Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI). "We will never forget the courage, valor, and selflessness of these 13 fallen heroes, and I  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2021: * * * Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Doug Parker to run the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): "I am deeply concerned with Doug Parker's ability to run OSHA. He was a key architect of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final human health toxicity assessment for GenX chemicals, which are part of the per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) group: "Protecting our community from the dangers of PFAS chemicals like GenX has remained a top priority," said Rep. Hudson. "Today more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021: In a bipartisan vote on Friday, the House of Representatives passed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act, legislation introduced by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney's (NY-12). The bill was introduced earlier this year with the original support of Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), co-chairs of the Black Mat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) co-led a letter with Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) to congressional leadership urging them to prioritize including a permanent, comprehensive fix for the Medicaid coverage gap in the final reconciliation bill. In the letter, Members wrote, "We must finally fulfill the promise Congress made when it passed the Affordable Care Act and ensure that the poores more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his Republican colleagues this week introduced the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing Democrats' plan to give the agency access to transaction information of virtually every American. "President Biden and Democrats want the IRS to have full access to the personal financial information of more PR