WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on April 26, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration's final rule affecting the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program: "Another rule, another Big Labor giveaway--what a shock. The Department of Labor (DOL) isn'  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on April 26, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to Richard Cordray's planned departure as the head of the Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid: "Finally, we have some good news from the Department of Education: Richard Cordra  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) released the following statement on the passing of her friend and colleague, Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. (NJ-10). "Today, we lost a great leader, a tireless advocate for the people of New Jersey, and a dear friend. In all that he did, Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. worked to leave our Nation better than he found it. "He was the first Member to att  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), announced that her office is accepting applications for Community Project Funding requests from Fourth Congressional district non-profit and governmental entities for Fiscal Year 2025. The deadline for organizations to apply for funding is May 1, 2024 at 12:00PM ET. "Community Project Funding is a critical resource for our local communities  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Recently, the FEND Off Fentanyl Act and Revoke Iranian Funding Act, legislation cosponsored by Senator Thom Tillis, was signed into law. "In the past nine years, 13,000 North Carolinians have died from fentanyl overdoes. We must do everything we can to end this epidemic, and the FEND Off Fentanyl Act will target the financial assets of criminal groups in China and Mexico that are responsible for the   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Recently, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced the Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act. The legislation would require the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and relevant local law enforcement when an illegal immigrant tries to purchase a gun.   more