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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for 2023-09-21 ( 6 items )  
House Education Committee Chairwoman Foxx, Senate Health Committee Ranking Member Cassidy Seek Information on Return to Student Loan Repayment (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the Department of Education's (ED) work to return student loan borrowers to repayment. With s more PR

House Financial Services Committee Advances National Security, Financial Privacy, Anti-CBDC Legislation (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The House Financial Services Committee passed eleven pieces of legislation out of Committee that strengthen national security, protects Americans' financial privacy, and prevents the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) without explicit authorization from Congress. More information on all eleven bills reported out of the Financi more PR

House Financial Services Committee Chair McHenry at Markup of National Security, Privacy, & Anti-CBDC Legislation: Today, House Financial Services Committee is Walking Walk (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: The House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), is holding a markup of measures to strengthen American national security, protect Americans' financial privacy, and prohibit the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Read Chairman McHenry's opening remarks as prepared for delivery: "Today, we will more PR

Ranking Member Foushee Opening Remarks for SST Investigations & Oversight Hearing on CEQ's Proposed Regulatory Hurdle (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following opening statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at the Subcommittee Hearing titled, A Bar Too High: Concerns with CEQ's Proposed Regulatory Hurdle for Federal Contracting. You can watch the hearing here (https://www more PR

Sullivan Delivers Caps on Camp Lejeune Attorney's Fees, Finally Protecting Sick Marines (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), welcomed news that the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday instituted caps on the fees trial lawyers can charge in cases representing sick Marines and other individuals impacted by water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The caps, which will be applied to existing con more PR

Tillis, Colleagues Defend Health System From Radical Gender Ideology Agenda (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Thom Tillis, Marco Rubio (R-FL), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and J.D. Vance (R-OH) recently introduced the Protecting Conscience in Healthcare Act, which prohibits government agencies and federally-funded health facilities, such as hospitals and health clinics, from requiring employees to participate in activities that promote radical genderideology. "This common-sense legislation protects heal more PR