WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, chair of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections issued the following opening statement at a hearing on May 11, 2022, entitled "Standing Up for Workers: Preventing Wage Theft and Recovering Stolen Wages": * * * We are meeting to discuss the pervasive and serious consequences of wage theft and examine a legislative solution to protect workers' wages and hold unscrupulous employers accountable. Too often, di more PR

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- 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 (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 7309, the reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which gives Big Labor and Washington bureaucrats more power over our nation's workforce development system. Republican Leader Foxx's re more PR

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed H.R. 7309, the reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This partisan legislation fails to protect taxpayers at a time of rampant inflation, pushes a radical progressive agenda, expands federal control over the workforce, and embraces the failed status quo rather than pursuing opportun more PR

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: In an Environment Subcommittee hearing today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) discussed drinking water contamination with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, the former secretary of North Carolina's Department of Environmental Quality. In his remarks, Rep. Hudson addressed the PFAS chemical GenX, the EPA's efforts to evaluate, validate, and dep more PR

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) released the following statements after yesterday's introduc more PR

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a comment letter to the Department of Labor regarding its proposed rule revising the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts regulations. In the letter the Members write: "Despite claiming more PR

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Co-Chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, led a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in a joint statement of support for Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO in response to the respective nations announcing their intent to join the transatlantic alliance: "The Senate NATO Observer Group welcomes today's announcement by Finlan more PR