WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored H.R. 8175, Stop Pills That Kill Act. The bipartisan bill would ensure that current penalties for possessing the paraphernalia used to manufacture methamphetamine would also apply to possessing the paraphernalia used to create counterfeit pills that contain methamphetamine, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogues. Rep. Budd said in a statement: "Deadly drugs like fentanyl more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act. The bill makes makes the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death chargeable as a felony murder. The bill was originally introduced by Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX). Rep. Budd said in a statement: "Criminals who knowingly traffic in deadly drugs like fentanyl deserve to face the full consequences of the havoc t more PR

WILSON, North Carolina, Sept. 20 (TNSawa) -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: The North Carolina Justice Center named Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) a recipient of the 2022 Champion of Justice Award for his accomplishments and commitment to individuals, families, and communities. The award was given at the North Carolina Justice Center's 25th-anniversary gala on September 18th in Durham. "It was a true honor to receive the 2022 Champion of Just more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 19, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1456, the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022, that includes a costly Peace Corps payout: "Not a single member of Congress has put forward any rationale as to why an arbitrary i more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2022: Ahead of today's House consideration of H.R. 1456, the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record slamming a flawed provision in the bill: "I won't mince words: H.R. 1456 includes a Peace  more PR