WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Chair Murray, Vice Chairman Collins, and members of the committee--thank you for this opportunity to speak with you today alongside my colleagues in the Biden-Harris Administration. A month ago, I was in North Carolina and Tennessee visiting communities impacted by Hurricane Hel  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following written testimony by Adrianne Todman, deputy secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Chairwoman Murray, Vice Chair Collins, and Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today to discuss disaster recovery alongside my colleagues. In the last month, the Biden-Harris A  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Sen. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning to be a voice for the people of Western North Carolina. My state was permanently changed on September 27, 2024. Hurricane Helene brought more than 30 inches of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on U.S. Fourth Circuit Judge James Wynn's stunning decision to rescind his retirement for political reasons: "Judge Wynn's brazenly partisan decision to rescind his retirement is an unprecedented move that demonstrates some judges are nothing more than politicians in robes. Judge Wynn clearly   more