WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) helped introduce the Middle Class Borrower Protection Act. The legislation would reverse a harmful Biden administration provision that increases mortgage rates for many middle class Americans. In May, the Biden Administration implemented changes to the Loan-Level Price Adjustment (LLPA) that punishes responsible home buyers with good credit to subsidize th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on July 13, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) offered a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have protected the children of long-term visa holders - also known as Documented Dreamers - from aging out of the system while they await green cards. Republicans on the House Rules Committee blocked the amendment from moving to the floor for a vote despite more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, Congresswomen Deborah Ross (NC-02), Haley Stevens (MI-11), Alma Adams (NC-12), and Nikema Williams (GA-05) introduced a suite of bills: the Clean Slate Through Consolidation Act, Clean Slate Through Repayment Act, and Student Loan Rehabilitation and Credit Score Improvement Act to remove default records from the credit history of federal student loan borrowers who have acted to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on July 13, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Kalpana Kotagal was confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), establishing a Democrat majority on the commission: "Ever Since President Biden designated EEOC Chair B more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Reps. Darrell Issa (CA-48), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), and Michael Waltz (FL-6) announced the introduction of the Healthcare Equality and Rights for our Heroes (HERO) Act, bipartisan legislation that will grant servicemembers who are victims of medical malpractice in a DoD medical treatment facility the right and opportunity to take t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Yesterday, Politico profiled Senator Thom Tillis' role as a leader in promoting a strong U.S. foreign policy as he recently led a bipartisan delegation to the NATO Summit in Lithuania. "At this week's NATO summit in Lithuania, Tillis stressed that the U.S. benefits from having like-minded allies, reminding anyone who would listen that NATO's only invocation of Article 5 -- where an at more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on July 13, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) lead sponsor of the Right to Contraception Act, released the following statement applauding the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill. "Birth control is essential health care, and there is no doubt that birth control has advanced women's equality. I applaud the FDA' more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) reintroduced her legislation, the Advancing Maternal Health Equity Under Medicaid Act, to expand access to vital health services during and after pregnancy for people with Medicaid coverage. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among peer nations, which disproportionately impacts Black women, Native women, women in rura more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, a piece of legislation introduced by Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03), H.R. 4381, the Public Health Emergency Congressional Review Act, passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. The subcommittee is led by the bill's co-lead Subcommittee Chairman Brett Guthrie (KY-02). This measure cements Congress's oversight authority to review and/or terminate more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Thom Tillis, Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Mike Crapo (R-ID) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure seniors with Medicare get the best possible deal on their prescription drug coverage. The Medicare PBM Accountability Act would require pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to disclose behind-the-scenes practices that drive up prices and costs for the nearly 50 m more PR