WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 2, 2022: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) announced that he will sponsor H.R. 1635: STOP II: Classrooms Over Conference Rooms Act. The bill adds $100 million to the STOP School Violence Act, which funds grant programs to help local schools afford the resources necessary to protect and defend students and teachers. The bill was originally introduced by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC). Rep. Budd said in a statement: more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on President Biden's plan to cancel $5.8 billion in federal student loans for over 500,000 borrowers: "Expansive student loan forgiveness does nothing to solve the problems in higher education and exacerbates the economic disaste more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 2, 2022: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) issued the following statement on today's debate of gun control legislation in the House Judiciary Committee: "I am disappointed and frustrated that today's Judiciary markup has been a missed opportunity to achieve real progress. House Republicans want to save children's lives and have come to the table with real solutions. "Protecting child more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, June 3 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman David Price (NC-04), Chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee (T-HUD), held a press conference with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Administrator Amit Bose, U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration, and Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN), and Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent letters to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and NewsGuard Inc. seekin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release and letter: * * * Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), sent letters to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, the U.S Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, and the U.S. Department of Labor Secr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Thune (R-SD), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion (REMOVE) Act, legislation that would close a loophole that currently allows dangerous illegal immigrants and non-citizens convicted of kidnapping or sexual assault to remain in the United States. "Those wh more PR