WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- 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 Sept. 7, 2022, entitled "Children at Risk: Examining Workplace Protections for Child Farmworkers": * * * We are meeting to examine workplace protections for child farmworkers. Today's hearing represents the third in a series to spotlight workers who are all too often overlooked, neglected, and exploit more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) received the Guardian of Small Business Award from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The NFIB is the nation's leading small business advocacy organization. The award, "is reserved for legislators who vote consistently with small business on the key issues identified by small business owners." Rep. Budd said in a statement: "I'd like to thank more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson's (R-NC) MOBILE Health Care Act advanced today as part of an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee markup. The bipartisan legislation would allow existing community health centers to use New Access Point grants to establish mobile health units, increasing access to affordable, quality health care in rural and underserved communities. The bill  more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) announced $3.1 million in federal funding coming to the Triad to create good-paying jobs and support local business development. The funding will go to Gateway Research Park Inc. of Greensboro and S.G. Atkins Community Development Corporation of Winston-Salem. "Federal investments in our local businesses create good-paying jobs and spur economic d more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- 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 a hearing on the impact of de-risking in the Caribbean. Witnesses at today's hearing include Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, among others. Watch Republican Leader Patrick McHenry's (NC-10) opening remarks here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkzDM3eM6HI). Read Republi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 3173, The Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act which passed the House by voice vote earlier this afternoon. If signed into law, the bipartisan bill would establish an electronic prior authorization program for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that would allow for real-time decisions, streamline care, and improve patient  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: Reps. Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), and Rob Wittman (R-VA) sent a letter to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) urging them to withdraw a proposed amendment which would expand compliance of the mandatory 10-knot speed restrictions in Seasonal Management Areas. The proposal would impact 15,899 vessels throughout the Eastern Seaboard, resulting in 121, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing titled, "Stopping the Spread of Monkeypox: Examining the Federal Response." This is the Committee's first hearing to examine the federal government's response to the monkeypox outbreak. In his opening statement, Ranking Member Richard Burr (R- more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congresswomen Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Young Kim (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral National Nursing Workforce Center Act that would establish a 3-year pilot program through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support state-based nursing workforce centers. The legislation would also broade more PR