WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSres) -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the CHIPS and Science Act, which included five of Congresswoman Deborah Ross' (NC-02) bills and amendments that will invest in cybersecurity, clean energy technology, research initiatives, and STEM education in the Research Triangle and across the nation. The CHIPS and Science Act is a bipartisan legislative package that strengthens the United States'  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives passed the Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act, legislation introduced by Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Congressman Mike Carey (OH-15) that will address the rise in cybersecurity threats against energy infrastructure in the United States. Recent incidents, like the ransomware attack on the Colonial Gas Pipeline, an attempted water poisoning at a Florida more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on July 29, 2022: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) led a letter to North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein calling on the North Carolina Department of Justice to utilize the Freedom of Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act of 1994 to protect North Carolina-based Crisis Pregnancy Centers and bring the perpetrators of previous attacks to justice. Other co-signers on the letter include Re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- 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), Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC), Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC), and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) report which found the Depa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 29, 2022: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) addressed the U.S. House of Representatives today leading the opposition to H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022. "Here they go again. Once again, my colleagues across the aisle have rushed to exploit your fear and the pain of victims, to rush out a gun control measure that will do nothing to save lives or address the root causes of v more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) voted for final passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, a powerful bipartisan bill to lower costs for American families, increase American-made semiconductor production, promote economic independence, strengthen supply chains, and fortify our national security. "Our economy relies on semiconductor chips, which are used in everything from cell phones to cars to advan more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) released the following statement after voting NO on H.R. 1808 - the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022. If signed into law, H.R. 1808 would institute a so-called semiautomatic 'assault weapons' ban and outlaw 'common use' magazines capable of accepting more than 15 cartridges. "This blatantly unconstitutional legislation would ban 'common use' firearms - a standard clearly s more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced legislation that would improve the integrity of our asylum system by deterring illegal immigrants who would attempt to abuse our asylum system. The Asylum Integrity Act would replace the current regulatory definition of "frivolous" with a statutory definition that finds frivolousness more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on July 29, 2022: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and U.S. Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) led a letter to North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein calling on the North Carolina Department of Justice to utilize the Freedom of Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act of 1994 to protect North Carolina-based Crisis Pregnancy Centers and bring the perpetrators of previous attacks to justice. "We were troubl more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- 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 29, 2022: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), along with Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) launched a new oversight investigation into potential waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars by the National Science Fo more PR