WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: The Senate has passed S. 4569, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII, and require social media and similar websites to implement procedures to remove such content within 48 hours of notice from a victim. The bill now moves to the House for consideration. The bill was led by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Amy Klob more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) have introduced the Incentivizing REPI Sales Act. The bipartisan bill provides financial incentives for landowners to sell land for inclusion in a program to maintain military readiness and promote environmental conservation. Background: The Department of Defense's (DOD) Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program supports cost-sharing a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a slate of four bipartisan financial services bills. These include measures to cut red-tape preventing veterans from accessing housing assistance, mint a commemorative coin in honor of Roberto Clemente, and award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm and forgotten heroes  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Raleigh, NC Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation introduced by Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) to revise title 51 of United States Code on National and Commercial Space Programs as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the code. Specifically, this legislation, H.R. 7339, fixes cross references and heading names, removes obsolete langu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. participated in a bipartisan, bicameral press conference urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to take action on the abuses of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) by passing the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act: "For years, we have heard testimony from small business owners, physicians, and patients about unaffordable health care, opaq more PR