WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12), Haley Stevens (MI-11), Deborah Ross (NC-02), and Nikema Williams (GA-05) introduced the "Clean Slate Series" of legislation to deliver relief for student loan borrowers: the Clean Slate Through Consolidation Act, Clean Slate Through Repayment Act, and the Clean Slate Through Rehabilitation Act. All three pieces of legislation would work to rem more PR

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held an executive session to vote on the nominations of The Honorable Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, The Honorable Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) helped introduce the Ensuring Sound Guidance (ESG) Act. The legislation would require investment advisors and retirement plan sponsors to consider principally financial factors like maximizing returns and minimizing risk unless a client gives them explicit permission to consider partisan ESG factors. The bill was led by Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR). Bill tex more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on July 12, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup to consider four bills -- H.R. 4509, Transparency in Billing Act, H.R. 4507, Transparency in Coverage Act, H.R. 4527, Health DATA Act, and H.R. 4508, Hidden Fee D more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, the Health DATA Act, bipartisan legislation led by Representatives Kathy Manning (NC-06), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), and Mark Takano (CA-39), passed out of the Education and Workforce Committee during a full committee markup. The Health DATA Act seeks to close loopholes by improving transparency in the health insurance marketplace - streamlining employers' ability to compare more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following opening remarks on July 12, 2023: * * * Today, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), is holding a hearing to examine environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policy in financial regulation. Republicans are fighting to protect everyday investors with proposals to reform the proxy voting system, promote accountability in the proxy advisory system, and address th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, U.S. Reps. Kathy Manning (D-NC), Grace Meng (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Susan Wild (D-PA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), David Kustoff (R-TN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Don Bacon (R-NE) announced an historic $2.5 million for the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, an increase of $1 million over the amount it received last year. The additi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on July 12, 2023: Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) and Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK) led a follow-up letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) again demanding answers about a dangerous NIH-funded study on transgender youth. The NIH failed to respond to their first letter on this issue, which was sent on May 9, 2023 and had a response deadline of June 9, 2023. Senator Budd said in a statement more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held an executive session to vote on the nominations of The Honorable Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, The Honorable Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Me more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Thom Tillis and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, concluded a bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Joining Tillis and Shaheen were Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Angus King (I-ME), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE). "The 2023 NATO Summit was an important opportunity to reaffirm th more PR