WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd Introduces Bill to Help Families Afford Health Sharing Ministries Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the Health Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act, which would allow families to deduct the cost of a health sharing ministry membership from their annual tax bill. Health sharing ministries are faith-based nonprofits that enable members to share health expenses. The bill  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd, Tillis, Warner, Kaine Urge Swift Distribution of Funding for Public Lands for Helene Recovery Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senators Ted Budd (R-NC), Mark Warner (D-VA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, urging these departments to quickly allocate funding appropriated by Congress for publ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * REP. ADAMS RESPONDS TO SUSPENSION OF CRITICAL 1890 SCHOLARS PROGRAM Charlotte, N.C. Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, PhD, Senior Member of the House Committee on Agriculture and Founding Chairwoman of the Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus, released the following statement regarding the Trump-Vance Administration's suspension of the 1890 Scholar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Virginia & North Carolina Senators Urge Swift Distribution of Public Lands Funding Following Hurricane Helene WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Thom Tillis and Ted Budd (both R-NC) today wrote to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, urging them to expeditiously allocate funding appropriated by Congress for public   more