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A majority of House Republicans are vowing to kill a new Biden plan to tax and regulate one of the nation's most popular firearms for target practice and hunting, claiming it discriminates against disabled veterans and would make all owners "felons overnight."
Led by Second Amendment advocate Rep. Richard Hudson, 141 Republicans (and likely more to come) are targeting a revived rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives backed by the Justice Department to turn AR-style pistols into expensive, hard to get guns.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – After a year and a half of delays and stalling, the Pentagon is finally ready to start processing millions of dollars in military medical malpractice claims, perhaps by the end of the month, FOX 46 has learned.
"I'm still at a loss for words," said Army Green Beret Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal. "But it's a great feeling."
It is a win for victims and their families who, up until now, have not had any recourse or measure of justice when it comes to botched and negligent medical care by military doctors.
In late March, N.C. Sen. Thom Tillis announced he would soon undergo surgery to treat prostate cancer. The treatment is now complete and, family by his side, a full recovery is expected. But as the Senator noted, his "prognosis was good" because he went to his annual physical and diligently received recommended early cancer screening tests. As he correctly concluded, "Early detection can truly save lives."And the numbers support that statement: Cancer caught at an early stage, before it spreads throughout the body, has a 90 percent survival rate for five years or more after diagnosis.
In late March, N.C. Sen. Thom Tillis announced he would soon undergo surgery to treat prostate cancer. The treatment is now complete and, family by his side, a full recovery is expected. But as the Senator noted, his "prognosis was good" because he went to his annual physical and diligently received recommended early cancer screening tests. As he correctly concluded, "Early detection can truly save lives."And the numbers support that statement: Cancer caught at an early stage, before it spreads throughout the body, has a 90 percent survival rate for five years or more after diagnosis.
FORT BRAGG — If war broke out tomorrow, Fort Bragg's representative in Congress questions whether the installation's Immediate Response Force has all the resources it needs.
The Immediate Response Forces is the nation's rapid response force, which is comprised of paratroopers from one of the 82nd Airborne Division's brigade combat teams and is able to rapidly deploy within 18 hours.
A conservative group within the U.S. House of Representatives is backing Rep. Richard Hudson's plan to strengthen protection for gun owners who carry concealed firearms in public.
In a news release, Hudson "applauded" the release of the Republican Study Committee's 2022 budget proposal. It includes Hudson's H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.
House Republicans have declared that they will start work again on the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border if they win control of the House in the midterm elections, the Washington Examiner reported on Monday.
When he entered the White House in January, President Joe Biden halted construction of new sections of the border wall, one of former President Donald Trump's major projects.
The GOP apparently plans to make border security a top campaign issue for the midterms next year.
House Republicans, eager to elevate border security to a top 2022 campaign issue, said Monday they would revive the now-stalled construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that was championed by former President Donald Trump and nixed by President Joe Biden.
"I think we need to look at every possible tool," House Conference Committee Chairwoman Liz Cheney said at the Republican issues retreat in Orlando, Florida. "That includes the wall, and it includes technology and being able to move again toward agreements where people who are seeking asylum stay in Mexico."
FORT BRAGG — North Carolina's members of Congress have introduced a bill that would consolidate Fort Bragg into one federal judicial district in Fayetteville, a news release from U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis' office states.
Republicans Sens. Tillis and Richard Burr introduced the bill along with U.S. Reps. Richard Hudson, whose congressional district includes Fort Bragg, and Deborah Ross.
Fort Bragg currently encompasses six North Carolina counties — Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Scotland, and Randolph.
WASHINGTON — The Lumbee Recognition Act is back before the U.S. House of Representatives.
The legislation that would give full federal recognition, and the benefits that come with the designation, to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina was reintroduced Thursday by a bipartisan group House members from North Carolina. The group was comprised of Reps. Dan Bishop, Republican; G.K. Butterfield, Democrat; Richard Hudson, Republican; and David Price, a Democrat.