WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Cindy Axne, Tom Malinowski, Kathy Manning, Haley Stevens, Elissa Slotkin, and Susan Wild led a group of New Democrat Coalition members in pushing for swift passage of the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act. "With the House introduction of the America COMPETEs Act...we are writing to ask that you bring that bil more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC-12), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus, and HBCU Caucus co-chair Representative French Hill (R-AR-02) issued the following statement on the second round of bomb threats targeting Historically Black College and University Campuses. No fewer than six HBCUs received bomb threats this morning. "We are deeply disturbed by a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has proposed the Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act. The bill would require abortion providers to file a report with the National Human Trafficking Hotline if they have a reasonable suspicion to believe that a woman is a victim of human trafficking. Read the full legislative text of the bill here: https://budd.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Budd_--_Stopping_Traffickers_and_Their more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees requesting that they prioritize Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act funding in any upcoming FY 2022 spending package for the purpose of supporting semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. North Carolina's 13th Congressional District is home to  more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) announced that North Carolina will receive $16,149,326 in funding for the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS). This funding is coming from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that President Biden signed into law last year. The Appalachian Development Highway System is a 3,090-mile network of highways linki more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: Recently, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Marcia Fudge on behalf of Statesville-based charity Purple Heart Homes (PHH). The letter asked HUD to address a problem PHH has encountered with HUD regulations relating to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which are incorrectly disqualifying many servi more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) announced Tucker Willenborg, a junior at Green Level High School in Cary and creator of the "Qial-DB" app, as the winner of the 2021 Congressional App Challenge for North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. "STEM education is critical for preparing our young people for the jobs of tomorrow," said Congresswoman Ross. "The students who  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: Leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) and Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Act more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Mike Braun (R-IN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) recently sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding the alarming news that illegal immigrants are being perm more PR