WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials issued the following testimony by Julie A. White, deputy secretary of multi-modal transportation for the North Carolina Department of Transportation, involving a a hearing on Dec. 9, 2021, entitled "Leveraging IIJA: Plans for Expanding Intercity Passenger Rail". The IIJA is the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * Thank you for holding this hearing to discus more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has helped introduce the Protect Our Law Enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement (POLICE) Act. The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to explicitly state that assaulting a police officer is a deportable offense. The bill was led by Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY). The full text of the bill is here: https://budd.house.gov/UploadedFiles/TEXT--Protect_Our_Law_enf more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement in opposition to raising the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion. "It's clear that Congressional Democrats see no limit to the amount of debt they want to hand down to future generations of Americans. "This massive raising of the debt ceiling paves the way for our country's debt to surpass $31 trillion. If a main street small business or a family ran t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 15, 2021: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Education (Department) withdrew its proposal to end data collection on allegations and incidents of sexual assault by school staff members: "I was astounded when the Office for Civil Righ more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC), along with Reps. Dan Kildee (MI-05), Jackie Walorski (IN-02), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-At Large), has introduced the Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act. This bill will help health care and social service organizations better coordinate the care of our most vulnerable people. "Helping health care providers and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 15, 2021: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), released the following statement regarding Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler pursuing major rulemakings with inadequate public comment periods: "I'm disappointed Chair Gensler continues to pursue s more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) sent a letter urging the local postmaster of the U.S. Post Office located at 806 Oberlin Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27605 to change the name of the post office to the "Oberlin Village Post Office." Still referred to as the "Cameron Village" Post Office by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the new name would recognize the post office's location in the Ob more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: The Senate passed the bipartisan, bicameral National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022. This legislation continues a 61-year tradition of strengthening our national defense, protecting American national security interests, and prioritizing those in uniform and their families. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), who voted in favor of the bill, applauded the Senate's passa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a press conference with Republican Senators on the disastrous impact Democrats' reckless tax-and-spending bill would have on child care providers and families. On Friday, the Congressional B more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following remarks on Dec. 15, 2021: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a press conference with Republican Senators on the disastrous impact Democrats' reckless tax-and-spending bill would have on child care providers and families. On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis indicating that the Democrats' reckless tax more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and nine other Republican senators on the Judiciary Committeerecently called on Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) to convene a full committee hearing on the rise in violent crime across the country. The senators wrote the letter after Chairman Durbin held a hearing titled "Combating Gun Trafficking and Reducing Violence in Chicago" in more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, secured the authorization of $266.2 million for North Carolina military installations in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. Since being elected in 2015, Senator Tillis has secured more than $3 billion for North Carolina's military installations. "One of my top priorities on the Armed Services Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 which included a number of bipartisan provisions spearheaded by Senator Tillis to improve the quality of life for servicemembers and military families. The bipartisan legislation supports $778 billion in national defense  more PR