WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: H.R. 3173, the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, has passed the House. Rep. Ted Budd co-sponsored this bipartisan bill last year. The legislation would speed up the prior authorization process for Medicare Advantage plans, which would fast-track care for common medical procedures. Rep. Budd said in a statement: "It is inexcusable that red tape regulations get in the way of healthcare for o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- 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) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a markup of three education-related resolutions of inquiry meant to hold the Biden administration accountable and provide transparency to the American people: "Democrats want unfettered control over o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 15, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats blocked Republican efforts to give the American people more transparency regarding the Biden administration's decision to enact an illegal student loan debt scheme and collude with teachers unio more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and Labor Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for an end to HHS' interim final rule with comments (IFC) which mandates masking of children as young as two at Head Start programs across the country. In the letter more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- 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) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), along with Republicans from both panels, are launching an investigation into the Department of Education reportedly allowing Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and re more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- 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) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on the Biden administration's campaign to put all workers, regardless of their preference, under the thumb of union bosses: "Despite Democrats' aggressive attempts to force union representat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman David Price (NC-04), Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee (T-HUD), announced that the City of Durham and the Durham Housing Authority are the recipients of a $40 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant to redevelop public housing and revitalize the Southeast Central Durham community. In his capacity as Cha more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release and letter: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) are continuing their investigation into whether Biden Administration officials who worked on the student loan bailout will personally benefit from this financial  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act of 2022. This legislation would require the U.S. Department of Justice, through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), to create immer 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: Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, took to the Senate floor to call on Congress to immediately pass their resolution to prevent a disas more PR