WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet issued the following testimony by Caryn Devins Strickland, ex-assistant federal public defender in the Federal Defender Office for the Western District of North Carolina, involving a March 17, 2022, hearing entitled "Workplace Protections for Federal Judiciary Employees: Flaws in the Current System and the Need for Statutory Change": * * * My name is Caryn Devins Strickland, and I am a fo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed sweeping bipartisan legislation to help more workers save and prepare for retirement. The legislation--Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 (H.R. 2954)--includes the Education and Labor Committee's bipartisan Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement (RISE) Act (H.R. 5891) as well as other retirement-rela more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law. This historic legislation, introduced by Congressman Bobby Rush (IL-01), finally designates lynching as a federal hate crime. "After more than a century, lynching will finally be recognized as a federal hate crime," said Congressman Butterfield. "Sinc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leaders on the House Committees on Administration, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, Small Business, and the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture and Financial Services and General Government, sent a l more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor today in support of the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 (H.R. 2954), which includes the bipartisan Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement (RISE) Act (H.R. 5891), a bill led by Foxx and Chairman Scott (D- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06), Vice Chair of the Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counter Terrorism Subcommittee, released the following statement celebrating the bipartisan vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to approve Dr. Deborah Lipstadt's nomination as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. The committee vote moves the nomination to the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and 21 of their colleagues in sending a bicameral letter to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts requesting answers regarding Justice Thomas's potential violation of federal ethics law following last week's explosive reporting on the efforts of his wife, Ms more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC-12) and Congressman French Hill (R-AR-02) announced 7 companies joining the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Partnership Challenge during the 5th Annual HBCU STEAM Days of Action event. The companies include Blockchain Association, Cintas, DataRobot, Enact, Grant Thornton LLP, Novartis, and Synchrony. The HBCU Partnership Challenge is an effort to p more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Reps. Ted Budd (R-NC) and Randy Weber (R-TX) led several House members to introduce the Countering Russian Influence in our Politics Act. The bill requires any U.S. organization that receives funding from Russia to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Organizations that register under FARA are subject to a host of disclosure and reporting requirements. The bill i more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, "Rise and Shine: Improving Retirement and Enhancing Savings." Ranking Member Burr's prepared opening statement: "Good morning. Thank you Chair Murray for scheduling this hearing to highlight the need for Congress  more PR