WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 26, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding House Democrats' so-called China competitiveness bill: "The last thing America needs right now is another legislative masquerade orchestrated by House Democrats - and yet, that's exactly what we've re more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC) is encouraging constituents to file taxes electronically as the IRS faces an ongoing backlog. January 24th marked the first day of the 2022 tax filing season, which has a deadline of April 18, 2022. "Families, businesses and all taxpayers deserve certainty from the federal government. That's why I am working to hold the IRS accountable to solve its unacceptabl more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2022: U.S. Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statement after the Biden administration revoked existing mineral leases for the Twin Metals mine in Minnesota: "Once again, the Biden administration is killing American jobs in favor of countries like China. The Administration's own renewable energy targets cannot be met without increasing mineral development. Why would more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 26, 2022: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement regarding the partisan so-called China competitiveness bill released yesterday by House Democrats: "This Democrat bill does nothing to combat the rise of the Chinese Communist Party," said Rep more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2022: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) sent a letter to House leadership requesting additional relief funding for restaurants in the omnibus spending bill for Fiscal Year 2022. Independent restaurants are critical tothe economic health of communities across North Carolina, but these businesses continue to be disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. As the omicron variant  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Jan. 26, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. "Justice Breyer has led a distinguished career in service to our nation and to the American promise of impartial justice. Serving for nearly 30 years on the Supreme Court, he worked with intellectual honesty and fairness to adjudicate th more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee demanded answers from each federal agency charged with protecting Americans from terrorists like Malik Faisal Akram, the British national who held four people hostage at Beth Israel Congregation in Colleyville, Texas. Akram was admitted to the United States despite his criminal record and se more PR