WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), co-founder and Co-Chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, applauded today's announcement from The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that an estimated 8,700 postpartum New Jerseyans will be guaranteed to maintain their Medicaid coverage for 12 months after the end of the pregnancy. This important step will help New Jersey to provide pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) spoke in favor of reauthorizing the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA) on the floor of the US House of Representatives. Adams is a cosponsor of H.R.2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021, which passed the House with bipartisan support earlier today. "As a survivor of intimate partner vio more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Oct. 28, 2021: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) helped introduce the Supporting Every at-Risk Veteran In Critical Emergencies (SERVICE) Act. The bill creates a pilot grant program for veteran response teams at law enforcement agencies. A Veteran Response Team would consist of law enforcement officers that are also veterans. Members of the team would be available to respond to specific instances of a veteran wh more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter to the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, Dr. Albert Bourla, requesting an update and offering assistance to end the current shortage of the anti-overdose drug Naloxone (Narcan). * * * Dear Dr. Bourla, I write to you about a serious threat to the health and safety of thousands of my constituents in North Carolina's 13th District. As you know, 93,331 American more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) sat down with Republican Policy Committee Chairman Gary Palmer (R-AL) to discuss Rep. Budd's efforts to ensure fair and open competition in government infrastructure projects. They discussed Rep. Budd's Fair Open Competition Act. Rep. Budd introduced this bill in February 2021 and submitted it as an amendment in June 2021. The video is below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn-RYZZL more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Democrats are shamelessly using the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program as a vehicle for their radical loan forgiveness agenda. Saddling American workers with billions of dollars in student loan debt for degrees they themselves don't benefit from is unfair and unjust. As Republicans on the Education and Labor Committee  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to help ensure safe and healthful conditions for Americans in the workplace. But by ordering OSHA to enact a federal vaccine mandate, the Biden administration is bypassing congressional intent to impose a public health edict under the guise of workplace safe more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it is seeking public input on a proposed lease sale for offshore wind energy development off the coast of North Carolina: "I am thrilled that the Biden administration is moving forward with an offshore wind lease sale in the Wilmington East Wind Energy Area more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Congresswoman Deborah Ross released the following statement on the Build Back Better agenda and after President Biden met with the Democratic Caucus this morning: "Today's meeting with the President was promising," said Congresswoman Ross. "This package represents a historic investment in the next generation and will transform the lives of working Americans. By enacting the Preside more PR