WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored H.R. 7525 - Protecting Charter Schools from Federal Overreach Act. The bill would block the Biden administration's new regulations on charter schools. The bill was introduced by Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and supported by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Rep. Budd sent Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona a letter opposing the regulations on March more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on April 26, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in recognition of financial literacy month and to lament Democrats' financially irresponsible policies. Republican Leader Foxx's remarks: "April is financial literacy month--the perfect time to remind Americans just ho more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) introduced bipartisan legislation today to ensure key telehealth services offered during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue for two years after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued waivers allowing Medicare beneficiaries to ac more PR

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina, April 27 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) announced that he is now accepting applications for a Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program position in his Jacksonville office. Established in 2008, the Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program provides wounded and/or disabled veterans with two-year paid fellowship employment opportunities within congressional offices. "Our nation's disabled service members more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on April 26, 2022: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing titled, "FDA User Fee Agreements: Advancing Medical Product Regulation and Innovation for the Benefit of Patients, FDA Center Directors." This is the Committee's second hearing to examine the commitment letters submitted by th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on April 26, 2022: Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding to know why the Department of Justice to placed three deputy U.S. Marshals (DUSMs) on limited duty and opened an investigation into  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: WU.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his colleagues introduced legislation to prevent the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from prioritizing the needs of illegal immigrants over our nation's veterans as the administration expects a surge at the southern border after the Trump-era immigration policy Title 42 is lifted. "The Biden administration's disastrous decision to end Title 42 should have no i more PR