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HAMLET — A congressman hoping to once again represent part of Richmond County paid a visit to a local museum on Friday.
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-Concord, toured the Hamlet Depot and Museum and met with Director Mechelle Presslar and Secretary/Treasurer Angie Averitte, according to social media posts.
The Silver Meteor exhibit in the Tornado Building is dedicated to Riley Watson, Hudson’s great-uncle. Watson was the brother of Hudson’s grandfather.
HAMLET — Congressman Richard Hudson made a stop in Hamlet on Thursday to visit his family’s former stomping grounds and share some of his focuses going into the campaign season.
Even though gas prices now surpass $5 a gallon in many areas of the country, $4.13 in North Carolina, leaders from both sides of the aisle agree it’s time to cut off Russian oil. But President Joe Biden and Democrats seem more inclined to replace the nation’s Russian oil supply with oil from Venezuela and other regimes, rather than increase domestic production.
Lawmakers are lining up to weigh in.
On Monday, March 7, U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., who is also running for U.S. Senate, sponsored H.R. 6919, the Prohibition on Imports of Russian Oil Act.
Last week, NASCAR Hall of Fame owner Richard Childress announced his plans to donate one million rounds of ammo to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to help in the ongoing war with Russia.
Upon seeing that, Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC) and U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz (R-IN) introduced the American Ammo in Defense of Ukraine Act on Wednesday, which will make donations of ammunition to Ukraine like Childress' possible by waiving current export restrictions.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – NASCAR legend Richard Childress has a new ally in trying to get ammunition to Ukrainians fighting the invasion by the Russian army.
Childress last week announced that he had asked Ammo Incorporated, the parent of GunBroker.com, billed as the largest online marketplace for the firearms industry and on whose board he sits, to donate 1 million rounds of ammunition to help the Ukrainians turn back Vladimir Putin’s forces.
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) introduced legislation Wednesday designed to streamline ammunition donations to Ukraine from American ammo makers.
Hudson was joined by Reps. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in introducing the American Ammo in Defense of Ukraine Act.
Four Republican members of North Carolina’s U.S. House delegation have signed on as co-sponsors of a bill limiting the Biden administration’s ability to track gun ownership.
Reps. Dan Bishop of the 9th District, Ted Budd (13th), Madison Cawthorn (11th), and Richard Hudson (8th) are co-sponsoring H.R. 6945, also known as the No REGISTRY Rights Act. The measure has more than 40 co-sponsors. All are Republicans.
As the war in Ukraine escalates, soldiers from the world’s largest military base, Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, are being sent to Europe, both as a deterrent to further Russian aggression and to help Americans fleeing the fighting.
RALEIGH — When Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Iowa, filed H.R. 6619, the Unmask Our Kids Act, in the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 7, the first co-sponsor for the bill was Rep. Richard Hudson, a Republican representing N.C.’s 8th Congressional District.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The pain at the pump is real for Brittany Rypdahl in Fayetteville. ABC11 found her with tears in her eyes.
"It's stressful as a mom. It's horrible," said Rypdahl.