WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Jan. 13, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released a statement and a video calling on the United States Senate to move forward on voting rights legislation. Just now, the House passed the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which will ensure every American has equal freedom to make their voice and vote heard in our democracy. The bill now heads to the Senate. "Our sacred right to vote is more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-09) voted against Democrats' federal takeover of elections, H.R. 1 and H.R. 4, which seizes control of election rules in all 50 states so Democrats can remain in power in perpetuity. "Democrats claim that democracy 'won't survive' without their radical elections bill. But nothing speaks to preserving our democracy like Democrats rushing to seize control of election rules in all  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) received the Friend of the Family award from the Faith & Freedom Coalition based on his "proven record of protecting innocent life, strengthening American families, defending religious liberty and standing with Israel -- key issues for conservative American Christians." Rep. Budd said in a statement: "It is a true honor to receive the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Friend of the Fami more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter signed by every Republican Committee Member demanding a hearing with U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to answer for his role in supporting and encouraging efforts to label concerned parents as domestic terrorists. The Members wri more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 13, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court reinstated the stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate: "President Biden's authoritarian and unlawful vaccine mandate i more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) joined House Democrats in passing H.R. 5746, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, to protect access to the ballot box for millions of Americans. Nineteen states enacted 34 new laws that restrict voting in 2021 alone. Passed just days before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, this bill will help ensure that voters can freely cast their ballots, protect more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released a report detailing accomplishments from her first year working for the people of the 2nd Congressional District of North Carolina. "2021 was a difficult year, beginning with a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to pose serious health and economic challenges," said Congresswoman Ross. "I'm immensely g more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, a critical and timely piece of legislation to combat efforts to suppress the right to vote across the United States. The bill sets basic national standards for voter access and identification, ends partisan gerrymandering, and protects the integrity of our elections. "Today, the House of Represen more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 13, 2022: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to block the Biden Administration's vaccine mandate for private employers with more than 100 employees: "The Supreme Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held an executive session to consider the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to be the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and other nominees to fill vacancies at the Department of Labor and Department of Education. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), R more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 13, 2022: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, opposed advancing the nomination of Dr. David Weil to serve as Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor. The HELP Committee previously voted on Dr. Weil's nomin more PR