WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit issued the following written statement by Tunya Smith, director of the North Carolina Department of Transportation Office of Civil Rights, involving a hybrid hearing on April 27, 2022, entitled "Examining Workforce Development and Job Creation in Surface Transportation Construction": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to appear today and speak on the important topic of FHWA's and NCDOT's On-t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (NC-05) cosigned Congressman Chris Jacobs' (NY-27) letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on a proposed rule change to the Charter Schools Program that would limit school choice access for families. The letter was cosigned by 21 other Members of Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2022: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in filing an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in two landmark cases currently before the Supreme Court of the United States. The consolidated cases, Students for Fair Admissions I more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 10 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) released the following statement after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's initial draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, overturning Roe vs. Wade, was leaked to Politico. "If Justice Alito's initial draft opinion stands, Americans, the majority of whom have never known a world without Roe vs. Wade, will be stri more PR

NEW BERN, North Carolina, May 10 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: On Friday, Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) met with 25 military constituents who are all in the process of being discharged for refusing to comply with the Department of Defense's (DOD) COVID-19 vaccination mandate. All 25 service members have requested religious and/or medical exemptions for the vaccine. Immediately following the meeting, Rep. Murphy authored two letters to Secretary of more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Michelle Steel, R-California, issued the following news release: Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) led 80 of their congressional colleagues to file an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in two landmark cases currently before the Supreme Court of the United States. The consolidated cases, Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, are set f more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on May 9, 2022: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined a bicameral group of 82 legislators, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.), in filing an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief to the Supreme Court in the cases Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. At both schools, considering race allowed admissio more PR