WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has sponsored H.R. 5854, the Illegal Immigrant Payoff Prohibition Act. The bill prohibits the Attorney General from making any taxpayer-funded settlements to any individual for claims that originate from an illegal entry into the United States. The bill was originally introduced by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA). "The Biden Administration's reported attempt to reward illegal immigra more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) recently sent a letter to the Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Lina Khan, expressing concern over the FTC's revival of a decades old authority to go after more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2021: Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee, led by Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (NC-10), released principles to guide Congress' evaluation of potential proposals for a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The principles state that a potential Fed-issued digital currency must maintain the dollar  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the bipartisan Senate group that successfully negotiated and drafted the bipartisan infrastructure bill, issued the following statement after the legislation was signed into law: "This bipartisan infrastructure bill is a big win for all North Carolinians, funding infrastructure projects and creating good-paying jobs without raising taxes," said Senator Till more PR