CARY, North Carolina, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: Today Rep. Wiley Nickel (NC-13) - joined by Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chairs Rep. Jared Golden (ME-02), Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), and Rep. Mary Peltola (AK-AL) - led a letter to Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Minority Whip Katherine Clark in response to Fitch's recent downgrading of the United States' AAA c more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today sent a letter to Asheville City Council members regarding the City of Asheville's water outage that affected tens of thousands of residents in December 2022. In the letter, Edwards urged council members to prioritize and adopt the recent Independent Review Committee's recommendations, and called for quarterly public updates until the reco more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 18, 2023: * * * Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) released the following statement after the introduction of legislation to allow full-time, paid volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel at non-profit departments eligibility in their state retirement program. Congressman McHenry joins his fellow North Carolina Republican colleagues as original cosponsors. Cong more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: This week, Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03), with the support of all House Republicans in North Carolina, introduced legislation to provide greater access to pension plans for North Carolina first responders. This bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code to include full-time nonprofit firefighters and emergency medical service (EMS) workers in governmental pension plans. Currently,  more PR