WASHINGTON, June 10 -- 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 25, 2022, entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration": * * * Today's hearing is an opportunity to discuss how to strengthen workers' compensation programs which play an essential role in assisting workers disabled or fallen ill from their job more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd applauded the release of the Republican Study Committee's FY 2023 budget proposal. The budget includes five bills and initiatives authored by Rep. Budd: * Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act * Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations Act * Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success (A-PLUS) Act * Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act *  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) is continuing his push for school safety and mental health legislation after House Democrats blocked consideration of his H.R. 7966, the STOP II, Secure Every School and Protect Our Nation's Children Act. On Wednesday, Rep. Hudson offered the Republican alternative to a House Democrat gun control bill being debated on the floor, forcing a vote to consider hi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Washington, chairman of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress issued the following news release: The Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress ("Modernization Committee") held a hearing to explore barriers that prevent many qualified and talented Americans from running for office and examine how to increase retention among solution-oriented members of Congress. Members of the Committee heard from former Congressman Gregg Harper more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: This week, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted to pass two commonsense gun violence prevention bills in the wake of recent mass shootings and several decades of rising gun violence incidents across the United States. H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act, and H.R. 2377, the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, would directly impact gun sales, safety, and accessibility to prevent vi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) announced introduction of the Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act (The Healthy H2O Act) in the United States House of Representatives. The Healthy H2O Act would provide financial assistance to families and small businesses in rural communities to test their drinking water and fund the purchase, installation more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on June 9, 2022: * * * Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) released the following statement on consideration of gun control legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. "It's a shame that House Democrats want to use the Uvalde school shooting to enact unconstitutional gun restrictions on law-abiding citizens rather than come to the table and work in a bipartisan way. We need solutions to improve schoo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), John Thune (R-South Dakota) Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), and Todd Young (R-Indiana) introduced the Stop Gun Criminals Act, legislation to increase penalties for felons who illegally possess or use firearms. Text of the bill may be found more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored the Safe Schools Act, legislation to allow unused COVID relief dollars allocated to schools through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund to be used by schools to protect themselves with physical security measures, such as locks, panic buttons, individual room security systems, video surveillance, and hiring and paying the salarie more PR