WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- 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) applauded the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) announcement that it will repeal its mask mandate for children as young as two in Head Start programs across the United States. The announcement comes after Foxx wrote HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra calli more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored H.R. 4601, the Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act. This bipartisan bill, "authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide grants to states to implement programs that improve outreach and assistance to veterans and their families to ensure that such individuals are fully informed about veterans' benefits and programs." Rep. Budd said in a s more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 16, 2022: * * * The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued the following statement regarding the reports released by the Biden Administration under Executive Order 14067--Ensuring the Responsible Development of Digital Assets. "Reports are not a substitute for legislative  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- 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 Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) led 17 of their Republican colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Education to release the data it recently collected on how schools have used COVID-19 funding to combat learning loss. In a letter to U.S. Secret more PR