WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig pressing him to address the agency's tax return backlog and sharing how the IRS's failures have negatively impacted constituents of North Carolina's 13th district. * * * March 3, 2022 To: The Honorable Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has sponsored H.R. 6703, the Return to Work Act. The legislation would require federal agencies to reinstate all pre-COVID 19 telework policies. The bill was originally introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ). Rep. Budd said in a statement: "Congress has appropriated trillions of dollars to address the pandemic since March 2020. Two years later, the numerous reports of federal agenci more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after introducing the RETURN Act, bipartisan legislation that would make it easier for consumers and manufacturers to keep opioids off our streets. "The bipartisan Reduce Exposure and the Threat of Unused Residual Narcotics (RETURN) Act has one simple goal: to make it easier for both manufacturers and consumers to keep opioids of more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, was joined by Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, in sending letters to the federal prudential regulators seeking answers on efforts to protect Americans' access to our financial system. Follo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on March 3, 2022: The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter to the leaders of the House Appropriations Committee. The letter outlines Financial Services Committee Republicans' priorities for the fiscal year 2022 omnibus spending bill--including oversight of pandemic relief  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Greg Murphy (NC-03) released the following statement after voting YES on H.R. 3967 - Honoring our PACT Act, a bill that improves access to health care and benefits for over 3.5 million toxic-exposed veterans. Importantly, the bill included Rep. Murphy's original legislation, the Camp Lejeune Justice Act which provides long-overdue judicial relief to victims of water contamination at Camp Lejeun more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 3, 2022: This morning, Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) held a moment of silence on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to honor the eight victims of the Carteret County plane crash and their loved ones. Rep. Murphy was joined by members of the North Carolina congressional delegation in commemorating those we lost in the devastating accident on Sunday February 13, 2022. Remarks as  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 3, 2022: Representative David Price (NC-04) voted for the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (Honoring Our PACT Act), a comprehensive bipartisan package that addresses toxic exposure experienced by our veterans. The Honoring Our PACT Act includes the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, critical legislation cosponsored by Congressman Price, that would provide service members and th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives approved the bipartisan Honoring Our PACT Act, which will enable veterans exposed to toxic substances to receive the benefits and care they deserve. The legislation includes an amendment spearheaded by Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02) and David Rouzer (NC-07) requiring the Department of Defense to study additional sources of exposure to PFAS - so-called "forever c more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, on March 3, 2022: * * * Chairman David Price and Co-Chair Vern Buchanan of the bipartisan House Democracy Partnership (HDP) released a statement on reports of the Ukrainian parliament meeting in-person during the Russian military invasion. Ukraine has been a longstanding HDP partner country and has actively engaged in programming related to the democratic developm more PR

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently co-sponsored a joint resolution urging the Biden administration to remove Russia from the United Nations (UN) Security Council. "Putin's regime must be held accountable for starting this unprovoked war against a free and sovereign democracy and spilling the blood of innocent people," said Senator Tillis. "Russia more PR