WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) introduced a resolution "expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2023, be observed as the 133rd anniversary of the 1890 Institutions." The 1890s are 19 Historically Black land-grant Universities that were established by the Second Morrill Act of 1890. "1890s Land Grant Universities, like all Historically Black Colleges and Universities, have more PR

CARY, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13) hosted Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small in North Carolina's 13th Congressional District to showcase the local agriculture industry, the ongoing research coming out of North Carolina, and discuss federal investments in rural communities. In Clayton, Nickel and Torres Small toured North Carolina State University more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement condemning the Department of Labor's (DOL) new overtime rule: "Biden's DOL has proposed an overtime rule that is misguided and partisan. This rule will stifle workplace flexibility, lump burdensome costs on job creat more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) welcomed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy to North Carolina to visit critical research and life sciences programs that are working to advance groundbreaking technologies and e more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC) and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) releasing its updated Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule following the U.S. Supreme Court's May ruling in the Sackett v. EPA case: "Th more PR