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House members this week overwhelmingly voted to approve a bill calling for $10 billion to fund the transition to IP-based, next-generation 911 (NG911) technology and the extension of the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration.
After debating H.R. 7624—the “Spectrum Innovation Act”—on Tuesday afternoon, the House postponed its vote on the measure until Wednesday evening. At that time, H.R. 7624 was grouped together with several other bills and approved in a 336-90 vote.
The U.S. House narrowly passed a semi-automatic weapons ban bill Friday afternoon before leaving for what’s expected to be a 45-day recess.
Cheers went up from the House floor as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the bill’s passage with 217-213 votes.
The ban on what critics describe as assault weapons was introduced in 2021 by Rep. David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, and was co-sponsored by all five of North Carolina’s Democrats in the U.S. House.
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., a medical doctor, is joined by Republican Rep. Hudson of North Carolina in leading 19 other Republicans in a formal protest of the Biden administration regarding compulsory vaccination within the military in light of Dr. Fauci’s recent comments on the efficacy of vaccines, saying there is "no scientific reason."
Clemson, S.C. — Congressman Jeff Duncan, co-chair of the House Energy Action Team and member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, led nine Members of Congress (Rep. William Timmons, Rep. Drew Ferguson, Rep. Richard Hudson, Rep. Kevin Hern, Rep. Diana Harshbarger, Rep. Troy Balderson, Rep. Ron Estes, Rep. Kelly Armstrong, and Rep.
On June 10, news broke that that starting in July unaccompanied children (UACs) from the southern border would be transported to and housed at Greensboro's American Hebrew Academy.
Now, North Carolina's Republican congressional delegation has penned a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) acting director Andrea Chapman asking for more details.
After a string of attacks on pro-life pregnancy-support centers across the country, seven Republican members of North Carolina's congressional delegation signed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the attacks as domestic terrorism. U.S. Reps. Ted Budd, Patrick McHenry, Greg Murphy, Madison Cawthorn, Richard Hudson, Virginia Foxx, and David Rouzer all signed the letter.
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-NC8, posted a message on Twitter drawing attention to the letter and saying "This violence must end."
The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn abortion rights granted under Roe v. Wade, and reinforced by the Casey decision, as part of a case involving law in Mississippi, returned the decision about abortion rights to the state legislatures.
In North Carolina, abortions are legal, although restrictions on that law are currently in the courts. We’ve compiled this list of comments from political leaders. This will be updated as more are added.
WASHINGTON, DC — With life in America slowly getting back to normal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Ripon Society held a breakfast discussion this past Thursday morning with three leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee who are focused not only on the lessons learned over the past two years, but what Congress should do to make sure the country is prepared for future pandemics down the road.
Over 200 visitors, many of them veterans, came out to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the Joseph G. Henson American Legion Post 12, in Carthage, on Saturday, June 18.
A large event tent anchored the festivities in the summer heat, surrounded by military reenactments and featuring live music by Whiskey Pines and South Ridge Bluegrass. Speakers included Post Commander Phil Vandercook, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, State Sen. Tom McInnis, Post 177 Adjutant Rebecca Crocker and Korean War Veteran Elton Turner.
A House subcommittee this week recommended approval of a bipartisan amendment that would provide as much as $10 billion to upgrade 911 centers nationwide to next-generation 911 (NG911) technology as part of legislation that would have the FCC auction at least 200 MHz of spectrum in the 3.1-3.45 GHz band.