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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for 2022-02-03 ( 10 items )  
Bicameral Education Committee Leaders Request DOJ Update on Recent HBCU Bomb Threats (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC), and the House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ)  more PR

CBO Issues Cost Estimate for National Park Service Legislation (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the National Park Service Legislation (H.R. 1286): National Park Service Legislation as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on Oct. 13, 2021. View link to table below. On October 13, 2021, the House Committee on Natural Resources ordered reported the following bills: * H.R. 1286, the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor Act of 2021, would establish  more PR

Rep. Bishop Introduces Bill to Prevent Vaccine Passports for In-Person Voting (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-09), along with 22 of his House colleagues, introduced the Securing Enfranchisement and the Rights of Voters regardless of Inoculation Status (SERVIS) Act, a House companion bill to Senator Ted Cruz's (R-TX), to protect voting rights regardless of vaccination status: "Democrats have used unconstitutional COVID mandates to disrupt Americans' lives for two years. They'v more PR

Rep. Budd Amendment Would Require Intelligence Report on Russia-China Coordination (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has proposed an amendment to the America COMPETES Act that would require the Director of National Intelligence and the State Department to submit a report to Congress on the degree to which Russia and China have been coordinating regarding an invasion of Ukraine, and specifically focusing on any efforts to evade financial, technological, and energy sanctions. Rep. Budd said in a state more PR

Rep. Foxx: Bicameral Education Committee Leaders Request DOJ Update on Recent Historically Black Colleges, Universities Bomb Threat (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) and Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) in sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting inform more PR

Rep. Foxx: Democrats Bill Appeases China (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to Democrats' so-called America Competes Act, a bill that fails to protect Americans from the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) malign actions or to empower American job creators and workers. Republican Leader  more PR

Rep. Hudson Releases Statement on Fort Bragg Deployment (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC), Fort Bragg's Congressman, released the following statement on the deployment of 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg to support NATO: "The deployment of 2,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division and XVIII Airborne Corps to aid our NATO allies underscores the vital role America's Immediate Response Force plays in the defense of our nation," said more PR

Sen. Burr Highlights Importance of Medicare Sustainability for Retirees, Future Generations (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth held a hearing titled, "The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Future of Medicare Financing." In his statement for the record, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) highlighted the stark contrast between the Democrats' harmful proposals to end Medicare as we know it and the Republicans' efforts to maintain long-term  more PR

Sen. Burr Highlights Importance of Medicare Sustainability for Retirees, Future Generations (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth held a hearing titled, "The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Future of Medicare Financing. (https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the-hospital-insurance-trust-fund-and-the-future-of-medicare-financing)" In his statement for th more PR

Sen. Burr: Bicameral Education Committee Leaders Request DOJ Update on Recent HBCU Bomb Threats (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC), and the House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting information on the disturbing trend of bomb threats against Histori more PR