WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2022: The House Financial Services Committee held the House of Representatives' first hearing solely on inflation. While Democrats continued to push misleading claims about the main drivers of inflation, Committee Republicans set the record straight. If Democrats want to solve the "inflation equation"--as their hearing  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2022: House Financial Services Committee Republican Leaders-- Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (NC-10), Rep. Andy Barr (KY-06), Rep. Ann Wagner (MO-02), Rep. French Hill (AR-02), and Rep. Bill Huizenga (MI-02)--sent a letter to Chairwoman Maxine Waters (CA-43). The letter demands Chair Waters include Republican proposals  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) led a coalition of 59 House members to send a letter to President Biden calling on him to reverse the administration's executive order mandating anti-competitive project labor agreements on federal construction contracts. * * * March 8, 2022 To: The Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden: We write to exp more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement slamming Education Secretary Cardona's response to the passage of the Parental Rights in Education bill, in the Florida State Legislature: "The Department of Education is a bureaucratic monolith that clearly has no understandin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor about college enrollment decreases and the opportunities it presents for students and the workforce. Excerpts from Republican Leader Foxx's Remarks: "College enrollment decreased this year by a million students. Although more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) joined Rep. Michael Cloud (TX-27) and 44 Republicans in introducing the No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your (REGISTRY) Rights Act to ensure the federal government doesn't build a federal firearms registry. "The right to keep and bear arms is one of our nation's most fundamental freedoms," said Rep. Hudson. "This proposed registry rule by  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) is calling on President Joe Biden to unleash American energy production following the President's announcement of a ban on Russian oil. As a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Hudson has repeatedly called for a Russian ban and last month sponsored the American Energy Independence from Russia Act to boost U.S. energy production. "I have repeat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, supports urgent bipartisan Congressional action to aid the Ukrainian people and hold Russia accountable for invading and waging war on Ukraine. Congresswoman Manning strongly supports imposing crippling sanctions against Russia and is an original cosponsor of the bipartisan and bicameral Banning Russian Energy Impo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: The House Financial Services Committee is holding the House of Representative's first hearing solely on inflation entitled, "The Inflation Equation: Corporate Profiteering, Supply Chain Bottlenecks, and COVID-19." After months of consumer prices surging at a record pace, Democrats have finally recognized that inflation is hurting American families. However, as the Democrats' title of the hearin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2022: The House Financial Services Committee is holding the House of Representative's first hearing solely on inflation entitled, "The Inflation Equation: Corporate Profiteering, Supply Chain Bottlenecks, and COVID-19." After months of consumer prices surging at a record pace, Democrats have finally recognized that infl more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswomen Deborah Ross (NC-02), Haley Stevens (MI-11), Nikema Williams (GA-05), and Alma Adams (NC-12) introduced the Clean Slate Through Consolidation Act, a bill to remove default records from the credit history of federal student loan borrowers who have consolidated their defaulted loan. This legislation is in partnership with Congresswoman Ross' Clean Slate through Repayment Act and Congresswo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted to pass H. Con. Res. 70, a resolution condemning threats of violence against Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and reaffirming support for HBCUs and their students. Several HBCUs in North Carolina, including Fayetteville State University and Winston-Salem State University, received bomb threats last month amid a series of threats made against more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) with Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) and Reps. Deborah Ross (D-NC) and Nikema Williams (D-GA), introduced the Clean Slate Through Consolidation Act, a bill to remove default records from the credit history of federal student loan borrowers who have consolidated their defaulted loan. This legislation is in partnership with Rep. Williams' Student Loan Rehabilitation and Credit more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh warning that the recommendations of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and E more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on President Biden's announcement that the United States is banning Russian oil imports. "Some of President Biden's first actions in office were canceling the Keystone XL Pipeline and reducing our capacity for domestic energy production, short-sighted decisions that have exacerbated the steady rise in energy prices, which are now at r more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded Senate passage of bipartisan legislation he co-introduced to set the United States Postal Service (USPS) on a more sustainable financial footing and support the goal of providing long-term reliable service across the country. The bipartisan bill strengthens transparency and accountability for Postal Service performance, eliminates unnecessary financial burdens, more PR