WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on June 24, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. This week, Congresswoman Ross joined her House Democratic colleagues in signing a petition to force a vote on the Women's Health Protection Act, which would codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. "Today  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- 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 Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), blasted the Biden administration's lack of transparency in creating its new Title IX rule, which forces schools to allow biological males to compete in women more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on June 26, 2023: * * * Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) introduced the Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture to offer specialized wildland firefighter training to Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) students. Edwards is joined by three original cosponsors: Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congressw more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release and letter: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently briefed the Committee on Education and the Workforce on the massive potential for fraud if the Supreme Court permits the Department of Education to move forward with Biden's student loan scam. Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is outraged by more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on June 26, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) released the following statement applauding President Biden's Executive Order to protect and expand access to contraception. This action comes on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade. Last week, Congresswoman Manning reintroduced the Right to  more PR

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, June 27 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) announced $1.2 million in federal funding for the City of High Point's Transit System to rehabilitate its maintenance and administrative facility. This federal funding was authorized through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Congresswoman Manning helped to pass in the 117th Congress. "I'm thrilled to announce that the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on June 26, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) released the following statement ahead of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and upended the constitutional right to obtain an abortion. "When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and revoked the constitutionally protected right to obtain an abort more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on June 26, 2023: Today, Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Mike Lawler (NY-17), co-chairs of the Congressional Moldova Caucus, led 12 colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraging him to support Moldova's bid to join the European Union (EU). "Since Moldova gained independence from the Soviet Union on August 27, 1991, the country has faced  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Today, Senator Thom Tillis announced that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is allocating $1.53 billion to North Carolina as part of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. All funding comes directly from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Senator Tillis helped negotiate, write, and pass into law. Tillis also played a key r more PR