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Congressman Richard Hudson has opened a local office in Boyd Library at Sandhills Community College.
“It was important for me to have an office here,” Hudson said Monday morning during a ribbon cutting and reception in the Teresa C. Wood Reading Room of the library. “I am committed to this county. … I want to continue to work for you. You may not always agree with me, but you will know where I stand and know that I base my decisions on principals.”
When I introduced the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38) in January, I knew it would face criticism from the left. I figured I’d run into the occasional lie about nationwide concealed carry reciprocity and have intense opposition rise from liberal groups trying to restrict our Second Amendment right.
Last week, the President signed a bill that enables the Department of Veteran Affairs to more easily fire problem employees, and the move drew praise from two of Rowan County’s members of Congress.
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed the “VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act.” As its name suggests, the measure provides protections for whistleblowers and gives greater authority to the VA secretary to remove, demote or suspend any employee for poor performance or misconduct.
CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) - According to a news release from his office, on Monday, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC-08), member of the Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy Subcommittee, spoke on the House floor in support of a bipartisan bill he introduced with Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL) to improve energy and manufacturing workforce-training programs.
The bill unanimously passed the House.
The life and memory of a legendary Fort Bragg leader will forever be part of the nation’s historical record.
Lt. Gen. Thomas H. Tackaberry — a highly decorated former commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg — was honored last month when Rep. Richard Hudson entered a statement commemorating his life and career into the Congressional Record, the official published account of the U.S. Congress.
The remarks came more than a month after Lt. Gen. Tackaberry, 93, died in Fayetteville.
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8, said President Donald Trump’s proposed budget is an example of goals he shares with the president.
The budget, unveiled last week, includes large cuts to government spending, projected large growth the American economy and billions of dollars in increased military spending. In Trump’s budget, cuts would include food stamps, Medicaid, highway funding, crop insurance and medical research, the Associated Press reported. The budget includes $1.6 billion for a border wall and a limit on subsidies to farmers.