CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), one of the leaders in Congress of the movement to cancel student loan debt, released the following statement about President Biden's plan to excuse up to $20,000 of student loan debt per borrower. "I am overjoyed millions of students and borrowers can breathe a little easier today," said Congresswoman Adams. "As a college professo  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) announced $6 million in Department of Transportation (DOT) funding for the City of Winston-Salem to construct an extension of the Long Branch Trail from downtown Winston-Salem to north Winston-Salem. This funding, which is available through the DOT's Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) Discretiona  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following statement by Rafael A. Mangual, fellow and head of research for the Policing and Public Safety Initiative at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, involving a hearing on Aug. 3, 2022, entitled "Protecting Our Democracy's Frontline Workers": * * * I'd like to begin by thanking you for the invitation to address this distinguished body. I'm going to focus my testimony today on what I believe to be an incredibly impo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) together with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Governor Phil Scott, and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), announced Wednesday that 14 Vermont communities will be receiving a combined $5.8 million from NBRC's State Economic and Infrastructure Development program. Leahy, chair of the Senate Appropriat  more