WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) introduced H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act. The bipartisan bill makes critical improvements to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that will expand the skills development provided under the more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement after Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) announced she will not file for re-election in 2024: "Since we were both elected to Congress in 2020, I have had the distinct honor and privilege of serving alongside Congresswoman Kathy Manning. As a champion for reproductive health care and access to contraception, Congresswoman Manni more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in the wake of Tuesday's committee hearing with the presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT: "The testimony we received earlier this week from Presidents Gay, Magill, and Kornbluth about the responses of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT to the rampant antisemitism disp more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 7, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the CDC's release of Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools: An Action Guide for School and District Leaders: "In the wake of a devastating pandemic and unnecessarily prolonged school lockdowns more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 7, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the College Board's updated African-American studies course: "This spring, the College Board released an Advanced Placement (AP) African-American studies course that was chock-full of woke dogma and troub more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.J. Res. 88, a Congressional Review Act resolution that would overturn the Biden administration's radical student loan scheme that experts say will cost taxpayers as much as $559 billion. Chairwoman Foxx's remarks (as prepared for more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su requesting her commitment not to issue a joint employer proposed rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for the rest of her tenure at the Depart more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, issued the following news release: House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC) announced a hearing on Wednesday, December 13, at 2:00 PM ET, to examine the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) censorship of protected speech. Last month, House Committee on Homeland S more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: The House passed H.J. Res. 88, a Congressional Review Act resolution authored by Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) to overturn the Biden administration's radical student loan scheme, which experts say will cost taxpayers as much as $559 billion. Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has been a leading critic of Presi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health issued the following written testimony by Jonathan Lubecky, a veteran, at an oversight hearing on Nov. 14, 2023, entitled "Emerging Therapies: Breakthroughs in the Battle Against Suicide?": * * * My name is Jonathan Lubecky, and I am an American Veteran. I served four years in the Marines, and upon seeing the Towers fall I joined the North Carolina Army National Guard. I served in Iraq 2005-2006 with Bravo Battery, 5th/11 more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: In recognition of Computer Science Education Week, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) today announced the winners of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for North Carolina's 9th District. "The Congressional App Challenge is a great opportunity for our region's middle and high school students to showcase their creativity and computer skills on the national level," said Rep. Hudson. "Congratul more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09) announced two pieces of his legislation, the Protecting America's Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act and the Advanced Nuclear Deployment Act, passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee legislative markup. Both pieces of legislation will now move to the full House for final passage. "This past weekend was the one-year anniversary of the Moore County gr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06),New Democrat Coalition (NDC) Workforce Development Task Force Chair, and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07), NDC Health Care Task Force Chair, hosted a health care workforce roundtable with health care professionals. "Americans rely on health care staff, nurses, and doctors for all our health needs. There can be no doubt - health care worke more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Greensboro, N.C. - Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) announced today that she will not file for re-election under the egregiously gerrymandered congressional districts, which the Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly passed into law to prevent the re-election of three North Carolina Democrats, including Manning. A lawsuit was filed in federal court earlier this week to overturn the new di more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), announced a $1 billion grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a new intercity passenger rail route between Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA along the CSX Transportation "S-Line" that will connect North Carolina with Virginia, Washington D.C., and the Northeast Corridor. "I'm proud to see this historic investment which will bolster North Caro more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-6) announcing that she will retire from the House at the end of the term: "North Carolina Republicans have done an extraordinary disservice to the people of the Sixth Congressional District. Their shamelessly gerrymandered district map suppresses the voices of everyday peopl more PR