WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-09) voted against the Democrats' stop-gap spending bill, which funds radical leftist priorities through December. This will give Democrats one last "must-pass" bill on their way out the door to lavish billions to their liberal policy wish list. "I cannot support any bill that kicks the can down the road to a lame-duck Democrat Congress. Biden and the Democrats have refused any and al more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman David Price (NC-04), Chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting for the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2023. This bill provides a stopgap measure to fund the government through December 16, 2022, as well as funding for clim more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted to pass the Continuing Resolution to fund the government, which includes $18 billion for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). This funding will provide swift aid to communities across the nation that have been impacted by Hurricane Ian and other natural disasters. This funding would become available to North Carolina if President Biden issues a Major Disaster De more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a $24,700 grant for the Greenevers Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. in Duplin County. The funding will be used to purchase new firefighting equipment including pagers, portable radios, turnout gear, and self-contained breathing apparatus face masks. "It is imperative that our rural fire departments ha more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) released the following statement after voting NO on the Democrats' continuing resolution. "At a time when North Carolina families are battling 40-year high inflation and a broken economy, this legislation is a missed opportunity to confront some of the Biden Administration's biggest self-inflicted crises," said Rep. Murphy. "The Democrats' continuing resolution does n more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- 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) led eight letters to Biden administration agencies that fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee to denounce and call attention to multiple instances of executive overreach. The Members begin: "We write to bring to your attention West Virginia v. Environmental more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- 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) joined Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee Republican Leader Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Agriculture Committee Republican Leader Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA), Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), and Minnesota Republica more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- 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) highlighted the Biden administration's hypocrisy by calling out the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for trying to implement a permanent COVID-19 standard for health care industry employers, reviving the previously withdrawn emergency temporary  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2022: * ** Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that the Biden administration's rule implementing Democrats' uncapped handout to multiem more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman David Price (D-NC), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) released the following statement on President Joe Biden's Executive Order reinstating the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH). This Executive Order reverses the actions of President Trump in 2017, who refused to renew PCAH, dissolving the Committee after 35 years. Prior more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) joined North Carolina's entire Congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Biden requesting the Administration swiftly approve North Carolina Governor Cooper's request for an Emergency Declaration in response to Hurricane Ian. "We respectfully request your immediate consideration and approval of this Emergency Declaration as the state prepares  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, participated in a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council on the United States' role in the NATO Alliance and what long-term support the United States and its allies can offer to Ukraine and its people. "The United States and our NATO partners and allies need to make sure that we contin more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Amy Klobuchar (MN), introduced the Patrick Leahy and Orrin G. Hatch Justice For All Reauthorization Act of 2022. The Justice for All Act was originally enacted in 2004 as a groundbreaking piece of bipartisan criminal justice legislation. The programs authorized under the Justice for All Act improve forensic scien more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced the Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act, legislation to protect the dignity of those who donate their bodies to education or research. Specifically, it would create standards for registration, inspection, chain of custody, labeling and packing, and proper disposition to ensure donated bodies are not unknowingly con more PR