WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Representatives Cindy Axne (IA-03), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), and Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) in the House, as well as U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Bob Casey (D-PA) in the Senate introduced the EDUCATORS for America Act, urgently-needed legislation to address teacher shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The EDUCATORS Act will invest in states and educators  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSRep) -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 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 that the true cost of the so-called Build Back Better bill is over double what Democrats initially advertised. "Americans simply c more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) released the following statement in response to the release of the U.S. Supreme Court opinions in United States vs. Texas and Whole Woman's Health vs. Jackson. "The US Supreme Court has issued an order that is an assault on freedom, the rule of law, and a break with 50 years of legal precedent. By refusing to block Texas' six-week abortion ban, the Supreme Cou more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) led a letter with members of the House GOP Doctors Caucus pressuring the Biden Administration to address the surge in fentanyl drug overdose deaths as a result of the crisis at the Southern Border. In the letter sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the doctors conclude that the Biden Administration's failure to secure the Southern more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross' (NC-02) amendments to protect poll workers and end overreaching White House Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) passed the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the Protecting Our Democracy Act (PODA). PODA is a comprehensive package of reforms to prevent presidential abuses and to restore the Constitutional system of checks and balances. "The prior administration eroded t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) released the following statement on the Bureau of Labor and Statistics released report indicating that U.S. inflation rose 6.8 percent in one year, the largest annual increase since June 1982: "For months, the Biden Administration told the American people that inflation is only temporary. Today's staggering report proves that isn't the case, with inflation rising to a  more PR