WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, chair of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, issued the following opening statement as part of an Oct. 26, 2021 virtual hearing entitled "Protecting Lives and Livelihoods: Vaccine Requirements and Employee Accommodations": * * * We are examining the role of workplace vaccine policies in protecting workers against COVID-19 and accelerating our economic recovery. I want to begin by reiterating a basic f more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement after the House passed Biden's infrastructure scheme: "This kind of unsustainable spending is destroying our country. Democrats are like shopaholics running up credit card debt and then sticking the American taxpayer with the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: Despite the fact that COVID-19 cases continue to plummet, Biden's Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is acting like we are in a constant state of emergency--all so it can continue to exercise unprecedented government control. We are in the midst of a historical workforce shortage and supply chain c more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ranking Member on the Consumer Protection & Financial Institutions Subcommittee and House Small Business Committee, held a roundtable discussion with members of the House Financial Services Committee and House Small Business Committee on the Democrats' IRS financial account re more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 5, 2021: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement on House Democrats' vote to pass their partisan spending bill under the guise of infrastructure: "Today the House voted on a $1.2 trillion dollar bill full of progressive priorities and reckless more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 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 safety and security of biomedical research laboratories as we continue to build on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and historical biosafety lapses. "The COVID-19 pandemic, recent Ebola outbreaks more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (TNSRep) -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 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 safety and security of biomedical research laboratories as we continue to build on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following joint statement: * * * Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Richard Burr (R-North Carolina), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following joint statement on the vaccine mandate issued by the Biden Administration for Medicare and Medicaid providers. "America's frontline health workers have done incredible, life-saving  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement on Nov. 5, 2021: * * * Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following joint statement on the vaccine mandate issued by the Biden Administration for Medicare and Medicaid providers. "America's frontline health workers have done incredible,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following joint statement on Nov. 5, 2021, with Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on the vaccine mandate issued by the Biden administration for Medicare and Medicaid providers: * * * "America's frontline health workers have done incredible, life-saving work throughout this pandemic, but the difficulties and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following joint statement on Nov. 5, 2021, with Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, on the vaccine mandate issued by the Biden administration for Medicare and Medicaid providers: * * * "America's frontline health workers have done incredible, life-saving work throughout this pandemic, but the difficulties and c more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, bipartisan legislation that will provide veterans and their families who are suffering due to water contamination at Camp Lejeune, NClong-overdue judicial relief. The legislation proposes to correct unfair legal barriers unique to Marine families stationed at  more PR