WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) led the entire North Carolina Republican delegation in the Senate and House to send a letter to President Joe Biden and Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh demanding that they withdraw the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) vaccine mandate given its impact on North Carolina police officers. The letter is endorsed by the North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) released a statement after supporting H.R. 5609, Cattle Contract Library Act, and H.R. 5290, to extend authorization for livestock mandatory reporting. Both bills passed last night. "North Carolina cattle producers deserve access to a free and open market with increased transparency. "These bills will help ensure that our ranchers and producers are able to capitalize on their h more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * H.R. 2355, the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, passed the House. Rep. Budd sponsored the bill on August 27, 2021. The legislation provides additional training to help pharmacists identify and report bad actors who attempt to "pharmacy shop" and stock up and deal in controlled substances. The bill also allows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prioritize federal funding t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor on how Democrats' so-called Build Back Better Act will reduce the availability of new drugs and cures for diseases. Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: "The federal government cannot be given the ability to police innovator more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and every Republican Member of the Education and Labor Committee sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh expressing strong opposition to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) authoritarian vaccination-a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Two health care-related bills introduced by U.S. Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC) have passed the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 3743, the Supporting the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration Act will increase the level of funding that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (F more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Richard Hudson (R-NC) along with Mike Levin (D-CA), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Sanford Bishop (D-GA) introduced the Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act to ensure military families have access to school meal programs. "Our servicemembers and their families have enough challenges to worry about and putting food on the table should not be one of them," said Rep more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced new legislation to save families and individuals money on their medications and lower prescription drug costs. The Capping Prescription CostsAct will take proactive steps to protect Americans from rising prescription drug costs by limiting cost-sharing for prescriptions under marketplace health plans and g more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 9, 2021: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement regarding an attempt by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director, Rohit Chopra, and a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Director, Martin Gruenberg, to circumvent FDIC  more PR