WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has helped introduce S. 2019, the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act. The lead author was Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS). The EATS Act: * Preserves the right of states and local jurisdictions to regulate agriculture within their jurisdiction, free from interference from other states or jurisdictions. * The bill prohibits other states and local units of government f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- 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) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona calling for the Department to abandon its proposed Gainful Employment rule, a sweeping regulatory package that impose more PR

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on June 20, 2023: * * * House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after President Biden announced his intention to appoint Mandy Cohen to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): "The next CDC Director will play a critical role in helping restore public  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, posted the following news release from June 16, 2023: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) introduced the Protecting America's Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act, legislation to repeal the Department of Energy's authority to propose, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any energy efficiency standard for distribution transformers for the next five years. This legislation builds on Rep. Hudson's work to strengthen o more PR

PINEHURST, North Carolina, June 21 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, posted the following news release from June 16, 2023: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) and members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security held a field hearing today in Moore County to address enhancing America's grid security and reliability. "Everyone needs to know the full impact of this kind of attack and the urgent need to address vulnerabilities this exposes i more PR