WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on April 28, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of strengthening employer-sponsored insurance, the backbone of our health care system. During the roundtable, Republican members of the Education and Labor Committee shared their concerns regard more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging her to hold a vote on the Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act. The bill passed the Senate unanimously on February 16, 2022. Rep. Budd said in a statement: "Our post-9/11 veterans who were exposed to burn pits and other toxic materials desperately need the Department of Veterans Affairs to recognize the connection between their il more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on April 28, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on President Biden's directive to the Department of Education to move forward with student loan forgiveness proposals: "You don't need to be an expert in reading tea leaves to understand that President Biden i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on April 28, 2022: The House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing with Acting Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Himamauli "Him" Das. Committee Republicans will demand accountability for FinCEN's broad statutory authority, transparency for its collection of Americans' financial data, and protection more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), founder and co-chair of the Childhood Cancer Caucus, and Representatives G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced the Childhood Cancer STAR (Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research) Reauthorization Act. "The STAR Act is the most comprehensive childhood cancer bill ever considered before Congress and has been instru more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) have asked the Biden Administration for more transparency about the formation, intent, and execution of stakeholder roundtables on the Administration's plans to create a new definition of "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the Clean  more PR