WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released a new report that shows historic economic growth and lowered costs for residents of North Carolina's Second Congressional District thanks to a number of laws that she helped pass, including the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS and Science Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and American Rescue Plan. "Since coming to Congress, I've fought fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson's (R-NC) bipartisan MOBILE Health Care Act was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives today and now heads to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law. This bill will increase access to affordable, quality health care in rural and underserved communities by allowing community health centers to use New Access Point (NAP) grants for establishing mobile more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) announced that she has been selected to serve as a Co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism in the House of Representatives. Manning joins Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) as Co-chairs of the Task Force. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), the founding co- more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2022: Reps. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03), Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (IA-02), and Tom O'Halleran (AZ-01) introduced the Better Interoperability for Devices (BID) Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review the interoperability, safety, and effectiveness of medical devices. "I'm glad to partner with Reps. Miller-Meeks and O'Halleran on this important legi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2022: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) published an opinion piece in the Washington Examiner highlighting President Biden's systematic abuse of power under the guise of the Public Health Emergency. * * * End the 'Public Health Emergency' and Biden's abuse of authority By Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. September 29, 2022 The Trump administration succeeded in deploying the Public Health Emerg more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- 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) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office requesting it examine how taxpayer dollars are being used to subsidize Obamacare and how those costs compare to the costs of employer-sponsored plans. In the letter, Rep. Foxx writes: "Ensuring tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 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) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act, due to its attack on job creators and its failure to address the nation's mental health situation: "H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act, is a package of bills our country wo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act, which opens a veritable Pandora's box of new authority for the Department of Labor to attack job creators. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, said on the House floor prior to the vote: "Passing H.R. 7780 would do a disserv more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2022: * * * Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats opposed a Republican amendment to H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act, which would require schools to obtain parental consent before providing mental health or social and emotional services more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2022: * * * After receiving an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report which found more than a thousand incidents of child abuse, lack of supervision, or unauthorized release at Head Start centers from October 2015 to May 2020, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the No Chips For China Act. The bill prevents companies that take taxpayer funding in the CHIPS and Science Act from building or transferring any semiconductor manufacturing operations to China for 10 years. The current CHIPS and Science Act exempts legacy semiconductors from this ban, even though legacy chips are critical to many commercial electronics. Rep. Budd's bill more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging him to commit to using new legal authority to increase Inflation Bonus Payments to match the most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) level. * * * The Honorable Lloyd J. Austin, Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense, 1000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301 Secretary Austin, On August 15, 2022, Michael Gristi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), released the following statement regarding the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) final rule to implement the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of Senate Republicans demanded an explanation from the Justice Department and FBI for the abnormal and aggressive dawn raid on the home of a pro-life advocate in Pennsylvania last week. The senators include members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has legislative and oversight jurisdiction over the Justice Department, and one of more PR