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ROCKINGHAM — After a wave of terror attacks left more than 120 people dead in Paris last week, Richmond County’s congressman wants to put a hold on the Obama administration’s acceptance of 10,000 refugees from war-torn Syria.
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-Concord, introduced a bill — the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 — on Monday “to stop the refugee process unless and until Americans can be assured that our government can effectively keep us safe and keep terrorists out.”
House GOP leaders are coalescing behind a bill authored by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) that would temporarily halt President Obama’s plan to allow thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S. until authorities can verify that none of them are dangerous, sources told The Hill.
Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday called on President Barack Obama to stop sending Syrian refugees to North Carolina until authorities ensure none of them are terrorists.
McCrory’s announcement in a news conference in Charlotte followed statements by the Republican governors of more than one dozen states they won’t accept Syrian refugees, because of the Paris attacks.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson will have a town hall meeting in Salisbury on Friday to discuss issues specific to senior citizens.
GRANITE QUARRY — With a push from the office of U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., the U.S. Postal Service has made a change and says Granite Quarry residents and businesses can now use “Granite Quarry” as part of their mailing addresses.
But they don’t have to.
Maged S. Aziz, district manager for the Mid-Carolinas District of the U.S. Postal Service, informed the town of the change late last week.
Former U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, who died late on Election Night Tuesday, was a lot of things in his life.
A principled conservative. An attorney. A bureaucrat, a Coast Guard veteran. A history buff. An avid tennis player. A confirmed bachelor. A lover of straw hats and loud sport jackets.
But the thing Coble might best be remembered for was his downright friendliness and his efforts to work for constituents in the 6th House District — a seat he doggedly held on to for three decades and only gave up with his retirement in 2014.