WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: The House of Representatives today passed landmark bipartisan legislation to lower the cost of health care and increase price transparency for patients. Led by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ranking Member Fra more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: The House of Representatives today passed landmark bipartisan legislation to lower the cost of health care and increase price transparency for patients. Led by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ranking Member Fra more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in response to UPenn President Liz Magill stepping down from her role after receiving backlash for her shocking testimony during the Committee's December 5 hearing on antisemitism: "Three chances. President Magill had three chances  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2024: Stakeholder Priorities" at 2 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2023, at 2167 Rayburn House Office Building: Witness list: * Mr. Shane Kinne, Executive Director, Coalition to Protect the Missouri River * Ms. Teresa Batts, Mayor, Surf City, North Carolina * Mr. Jim Weakley, President,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03)applauded two separate $500,000 grant awards to strengthen Virginia's passenger rail network. The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Rail Administration's Corridor Identification and Development Program awarded grants to support construction of the Charlotte, North Carolina to Washingt more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) applauded two separate $500,000 grant awards to strengthen Virginia's passenger rail network. The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Rail Administration's Corridor Identification and Development Program awarded grants to support construction of the Charlotte, North Carolina to Wash more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "What is Fueling the Diabetes Epidemic?" at 10 a.m. on Dec. 14, 2023, at 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI * Lindsey Smith Taillie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC * Kasia Lipska, M.D., M.H more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently introduced the bipartisan Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act to ensure pregnant and postpartum women across the United States have reliable access to mental health and substance use disorder care. This bipartisan legislation reauthorizes residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women and enhanc more PR