WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-09) voted against Speaker Pelosi's out-of-control spending spree that will only further our nation's inflation crisis. "Despite 9.1% inflation crushing American families, and a staggering federal debt that will rob future generations to pay for today's follies, Speaker Pelosi is ramming through this $400 billion spending boondoggle. One year ago this week, President Biden assured Am more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has submitted an amendment to the FY 2023 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations bill designating $50 million in funding to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ReConnect Program. Read the full text of the amendment HERE (https://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/BUDD_160_xml220718114659072.pdf) Rep. Budd said in a statement: "The USDA's more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 19, 2022: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has submitted an amendment to the fiscal year 2023 Energy and Water Appropriations bill to prohibit President Biden from releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the executive orders blocking energy development on federal land are revoked. Read the full text of the amendment HERE (https://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/BUDD_162_xml2207181144193 more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has submitted an amendment to the fiscal year 2023 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill to require all personnel in the Biden White House to complete a financial literacy course focused on inflation. Read the full text of the amendment HERE (https://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/BUDD_150_xml220713134132947.pdf) Rep. Budd said in a statement: "North  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The House Financial Services Committee is holding an oversight hearing of the Federal Housing Finance Agency with Director Sandra Thompson. While failing to conduct oversight of the Biden Administration's housing finance plans, Democrats have pursued a far-left agenda that will exacerbate the rising cost of housing and inject unne more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following floor statement on July 19, 2022: * * * M. Chair, I rise in strong support of this critical legislation that will make vital investments in communities across America. As Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, I'd like to first thank my partner, Ranking Member Mario Diaz-Balart, for his cooperative and collaborative relationship this year an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- 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), announced the full passage of the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) T-HUD Appropriations Bill on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. "The 2023 T-HUD bill represents a continued commitment in our nation's affordable housing and infrastructure more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 20, 2022: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a package to partially fund the federal government in Fiscal Year 2023, including $19.7 million in federal funding for Wake County community projects secured by Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02). This funding will invest in affordable housing, transportation and infrastructure systems, water quality, and sustainability efforts in towns and mun more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on July 20, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on President Biden's decision to advance offshore wind energy development off the coasts of southeastern states, including North Carolina. "Today is a great day for North Carolina and for our country's clean energy future. Offshore wind energy represents one of the single best solutions we have in our toolbox to  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release and letter on July 20, 2022: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) led a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona criticizing the Administration's proposed changes to Title IX and urging an extension of the public comment peri more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Senate Banking Republicans sent a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson raising significant concerns with the Equitable Housing Finance Plans that contemplate race-based housing subsidies. The Equitable Housing Finance Plans announced on June 8, 2022 were developed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) at the directio more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act, bipartisan legislation to provide a tax credit for heavy-duty vehicles that use renewable natural gas, further supporting clean and efficient and transportation across the country. "Renewable natural gas offers an affordable, reliable, and sustainable transportation fuel for industries across Ameri more PR