WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2021: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) joined Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA), over 150 House colleagues, and 50 U.S. Senators to introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the proposed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector employers with over 100 employees. "Every American should have the freedom to decide for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter to the White House and the Archivist of the United States urging them to reopen Federal Records Centers to address the backlog of legal immigration-related district casework. * * * Dear President Biden and Mr. Ferriero, I respectfully ask that your administration take necessary and immediate action to reopen the Federal Records Centers (FRCs) in the K more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following floor statement on Nov. 17, 2021: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week and the importance of these programs. Below are key excerpts from Rep. Foxx's remarks (as prepared for delivery): "In recent years, more and more Americans have found t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2021: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report confirming that Democrats' $1.75 trillion spending spree will cost far more than Democrats let on: "The CBO report has confirmed what we al more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined every Republican Committee Member in cosponsoring a Congressional Review Act resolution, introduced by Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA), to nullify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Over the past nearly two years, we have seen a troubling trend take root in the Democrat Party. Their elected officials want to take power away from parents and hand over more control to politicians and teachers unions to dictate what our children should be taught in classrooms. We saw it when school districts, es more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following floor remarks on Nov. 17, 2021, in opposition to President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing mandate for employers and employees: * * * "The Biden administration's unprecedented OSHA vaccine mandate is a massive power grab. This national diktat was recently found likely to be unlawful by the Fifth Circuit and it stretches the power of the fe more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) are encouraging North Carolinians to help combat the rising epidemic of veteran and active-duty military suicides. In a press conference today, both highlighted Nov. 21, 2021 as National Warrior Call Day, a day of outreach to veterans and service members to express thanks for their service and connect them wit more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2021: The House Financial Services Committee is holding a markup of several pieces of legislation, including three bipartisan bills. However, despite the fact inflation just hit a 30-year record and increasing prices are outpacing the rise in wages--nothing on today's markup agenda will help American families struggling more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Greg Murphy, R-North Carolina, ranking leader of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, issued the following remarks at Nov. 17, 2021, at a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, on examining the implementation of COVID-19 education funds: * * * "Congressional oversight of the federal government is one of this committee's most important duties. This includes, among more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh questioning the Wage and Hour Division's (WHD) move to abandon important compliance assistance measures more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led a legislative hearing to receive testimony on S.1364, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act, H.R.1975, the Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021, H.R.2088, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act, and more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 49 Senate Republican colleagues filed a formal challenge against President Biden's vaccine mandate under the Congressional Review Act. The Congressional Review Act is the official process for Congress to eliminate an executive branch rule. The resolution has been received by the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in support of the Lumbee Recognition Act, legislation they reintroducedearlier this year to grant long overdue federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Senators Burr and Tillis urged the Committee to advance this legislation to the full Senate for consideration more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), Chair of the House Education & Labor Committee Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) for producing an animated video depicting the assassination of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Gosar's violent, disrespectful tweet would be considered grounds for termination at workplaces across the United States. "Th more PR