WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has sponsored H.R. 6060, the Conscience Protection Act. The bill strengthens the rights of healthcare providers who have religious or moral objections to certain medical procedures, including abortion. The bill provides a private right of action for employees to be able to sue their employer if they are punished or terminated for registering conscience objections. The bill was o more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Sasse and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to Attorney General Garland, requesting that he return to the committee to provide additional testimony regarding his school board memo. Sasse was joined by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas). In t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to Attorney General Garland requesting that he return to the committee to provide additional testimony regarding his school board memo. "During your testimony on October 27, you told the Senate Judiciary Committee that your Memorandum was merely about 'setting up meetings.' You stated that the 'purpose of this Memoran more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Bryan Newland, assistant secretary of Interior for Indian Affairs, involving a legislative hearing Nov. 17, 2021, on four bills. The bills are Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act (S. 1364), Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act (H.R. 1975), Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act (H.R. 2088) and Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act (H.R. 4881): * * * My name more PR