WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following floor statement on July 15, 2022: * * * This morning, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) delivered a speech on the floor of the United States House of Representatives in support of the Women's Health Protection Act, which would codify a right to reproductive freedom and abortion care into law. The legislation comes in the wake of the Supreme Court's holding in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which ove more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-09) voted against the Democrats' two radical pro-abortion bills, the Abortion-On-Demand Until Birth Act and the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act. The former bill would allow abortion for all nine months of pregnancy with zero restrictions, and the latter would block states from banning abortifacients, including chemical abortion pills. Both bills would remove power from the people an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following remarks on July 15, 2022: * * * Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) spoke on the House floor to commend the House passage of his amendment to expand the Veterans-to-Classrooms program which helps veterans pursue careers in education as teachers and school safety officers. The text of his remarks are below: I rise today to commend the much-needed pay raise for our military, passed yesterday in a bill that provides critical resource more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC), Fort Bragg's Congressman, released the following statement on U.S. House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense bill that includes critical investments for service members, military families, and veterans. "Supporting troops, their families, and our veterans is always among my top priorities," said Rep. Hudson. "As For more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06), joined by Congresswomen Nikema Williams (GA-05), Sara Jacobs (CA-53), and Angie Craig (MN-02), introduced the Right to Contraception Act. This critical legislation would codify the right for Americans to access birth control into federal law. Rep. Manning's bill introduction follows the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, wh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 15, 2022: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) voted to pass S. 3373, the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022 to treat toxic exposure as a cost of war by addressing the full range of issues impacting veterans exposed to toxins, including access to earned benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs. "Exposure to tox more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 15, 2022: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) voted to pass H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23), with broad bipartisan support. This legislation takes action to support America's servicemembers and their families and strengthen U.S. national security. Rep. Manning authored seven of the bill's amendments, including amendments to help bolster HBC more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted to pass two critical pieces of legislation that will protect women's access to vital reproductive health services in North Carolina and across the country. For the second time, the House passed the Women's Health Protection Act, which will make the protections of Roe v. Wade the law of the land. The House also passed the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive F more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 12 of his colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power requesting a briefing and answers for the agency's months-long delays in delivering Congressionally-approved emergency aid to people in need immediately. This comes as tens of millions face starvation worldwide from  more PR