WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding answers regarding the Department's application of Title IX. The letter follows reports more PR

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2022: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) announced that U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will authorize $1,201,141.95 in federal funding to Craven County for permanent repairs to the Courthouse and the Emergency Operations Building damaged as a result of Hurricane Florence. "Hurricane Florence caused significant damage to the Cou more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2022: Yesterday, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) managed floor debate for the America COMPETES Act, legislation that will bolster the United States' leadership in science and innovation, strengthen a growing and diverse STEM workforce, and advance American manufacturing. Congresswoman Ross said on the House floor: "Our nation has long been a global leader in science and technology, propel more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) unanimously passed bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) that would offer combat veterans, including those suffering from conditions caused by toxic exposures, such as burn pits, access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care. The Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act includes multiple provisions fr more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, had a virtual meeting on the Russianmilitary threat to Eastern Europe with Ambassadors from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the Deputy Chief of Mission from Poland's embassy, and bipartisan members of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus and the Senate NATO Observer Group. Given their proximity to Ukraine and Russia more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mike Braun (R-IN), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Todd Young (R-IN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), John Boozman (R-AR), and Steve Daines (R-MT) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Rep. Alma Adams, D-North Carolina, founder and co-chair of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, on the continued bomb threats against historically black colleges and universities: * * * "The continued bomb threats against HBCUs are hate crimes that must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.  more PR