WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Trish Lollo, President of St. Louis Children's Hospital, to request information about the kinds of medical interventions provided by the hospital's Transgender Center. This follows troubling accounts of a former employee, who revealed that me more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), reintroduced the Keep Innovation in America Act for the 118th Congress alongside Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The legislation will fix the digital asset reporting provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, now law  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12) and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) introduced the Equal Citizenship for Children Act, legislation that would amend the Child Citizenship Act (CCA) to automatically provide citizenship to eligible individuals previously excluded by the CCA. "Comprehensive, common-sense immigration reform is a priority for House Democrats. The Equal Citizenship for Children  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Jessica Weinkle, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington involving a hearing on March 1, 2023, entitled "Rising Seas, Rising Costs: Climate Change and the Economic Risks to Coastal Communities": * * * My testimony focuses societal factors as key drivers of climate and weather related economic loss in coastal communities. Climate change is real, and it is important. Practical polic more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of Southeastern U.S. Senators from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee recently wrote a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm in support of the Southeast Hydrogen Hub coalition. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Senator Tillis helped negotiate and pass into law established $8 billi more PR