WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Jim Jordan (R-OH) in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that he suspend his unnecessary parent task force, as outlined by th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12), Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Robin Kelly (IL-02), and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03), along with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), are pushing to ensure that investments from the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act are included in full in t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times: * * * Due to China's anti-free market mentality, the United States has an economic opening on financial technology, and we need to seize it. China escalated its war on economic freedom by banning all crypto transactions in September. This is nothing new for one of the most authoritarian states in the world. China has pursued an anti-crypto campaign since 2013, ranging from banning  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 26, 2021: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA), without any provisions safeguarding religious freedom: "The Democrats' partisan proposal could harm the u more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act, which tramples religious freedoms under the guise of serving victims: "I rise t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2021: Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation which would posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021. Congressman Rouzer (R-NC) joined Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) in introducing this legislation in August. The legislation will award the Congressional Gold Medal to Sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021: Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Senior Member of the House Financial Services Committee and previous Chair of the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, applauded the pas more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Deborah Ross (D-N.C.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) introduced the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act to require online publication of financial disclosure reports for federal judges and to mandate that federal judges submit periodic transaction reports for certain securities tra more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2021: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) criticized the Biden administration today for limiting input on planned water regulatory actions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of the Army announced that a series of virtual roundtables  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2021: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held an executive session to consider multiple nominations to fill positions at the Department of Labor, Department of Education, AmeriCorps, and the National Mediation Board. Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) full prepared opening statemen more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently co-sponsored the Jumpstart Our Businesses By Supporting Students (JOBS) Act, legislation that would better support today's students by making high-quality, shorter-term education and training programs eligible for federal Pell Grants. By expanding Pell Grant eligibility, the JOBS Act would help close the skills gap so workers can afford the job training and cr more PR