WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on June 28, 2023: Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) led a bipartisan group of Senators to send a letter to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks demanding the release of a Congressionally-mandated strategy on the department's operations in the information domain. The letter was co-signed by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Ar more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on June 13, 2023, entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services": * * * Secretary Becerra, let me start by reviewing the OMB guidelines which govern your appearance before the Committee today. When testifying, OMB Circular A-11, Section 22, states, "Witnesses will give fra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on June 7, 2023, entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor": * * * Acting Secretary Su, I'd like to start by saying that you have been a hard witness to schedule! The Committee began working with the Department to secure your inperson testimony beginning in March. When you would not appea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on June 22, 2023, entitled "Review of Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request: Agency Perspectives (Part I)": * * * Today's hearing is part one of two in a series of hearings this Subcommittee will hold on the President's Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal. We will hear from the rest of the a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) joined 15 bipartisan co-sponsors to help introduce the Warrior Call Day resolution, which would designate November 12, 2023, as National Warrior Call Day. This would encourage all Americans to contact someone who has served or is currently serving, and connect struggling veterans with mental health services. "In North Carolina, Veterans Day more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following Statement on June 27, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Moore v. Harper, the case brought by Republican Speaker of the North Carolina House Tim Moore to determine if the North Carolina Supreme Court holds the power to strike down gerrymandered congressional maps that violate the state constitution. "Last year, North Caro more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following on June 27, 2023: * * * Following the landmark U. S. Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper, North Carolina's congressional Democrats - Representatives Alma Adams (NC-12), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Kathy Manning, (NC-06), Don Davis (NC-01), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Wiley Nickel (NC-13), and Jeff Jackson (NC-14) - released the below statement: "The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected a dangerous, undem more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Congressman Ken Buck (CO-04) introduced the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act. This bipartisan, bicameral bill would make changes to the PTAB -- the administrative body of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) -- to promote fair treatment of inventors, streamline patent disputes more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Tom Carper (D-DE) recently introduced the Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide the United States with greater ability to engage in trade negotiations in order to ensure that critical medical goods and services are delivered safely, swiftly, and efficiently to patients in the United States and around the world. The COVID-19  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) recently introduced the bipartisan Military Spouse Entrepreneurship Act of 2023. This legislation would direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop a training program to help military spouses start, develop, and operate their own small businesses. According to a 2022 U.S. Chamber of Commerce report, military spouses face an unemploymen more PR