WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) announced a wave of new support for the Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act. Rep. Budd introduced the bill on February 1, 2022. 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. The legislation is now supported more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) is urging the Cumberland County Health Department to revise an order and allow optional masks for county schools. On Tuesday, the Cumberland County Board of Education voted to make masks optional for students. However, the decision is being blocked by an abatement order issued by the Cumberland County Health Department in Aug. 2021 mandating more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 11, 2022: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement on the Executive Order issued today by the Biden Administration regarding Afghanistan's reserve assets held in the United States: "This is the result of President Biden's failed approach to fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman David Price (NC-04), Chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting for today's Continuing Resolution which provides a stopgap measure to fund the government through March 11, 2022. "While I applaud the effort to keep the government open, limping along with multipl more PR