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A Republican lawmaker has proposed an amendment to an appropriations bill that would effectively ban Environmental Protection Agency employees from flying around the country on the taxpayer’s dime.
North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson put forward an amendment barring “funds made available by this Act may be used may be used to pay the costs of any officer or employee of the [EPA] for official travel by airplane.”
As noted by Bloomberg reporter Anthony Adragna, it would basically make it so no EPA employee could fly on an airplane — unless of course they paid for it themselves.
Family members of the late Edna Lanier gathered at Lanier Hardware Thursday for a brief ceremony accepting congressional remarks from Rep. Richard Hudson on Lanier and her lasting legacy.
On Hudson’s behalf, Chris Carter, district director for the congressman, presented Lanier’s children Gail Lanier and Ann Easter with a copy of the remarks read by Hudson on the House floor May 13.
One of Rowan County’s members of Congress cheered a 4-4 tie by U.S. Supreme Court justices this week.
Down one Supreme Court justice, the U.S. Supreme Court tied in a chase that challenged President Barrack Obama’s immigration plan. Because of the tie, a lower appeals court ruling remains in place. The ruling applies to Obama’s 2014 executive action, which could have prevented as many as five million unauthorized immigrants from being deported.
Efforts to glean input from local veterans prompted Wednesday’s Veterans Advisory Committee meeting in Albemarle.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson hosted the meeting at Stanly Commons, part of an effort to hear the concerns of veterans in the 8th Congressional District for which he is seeking re-election. Hudson’s visit follows last week’s Military Affairs Roundtable in Fayetteville where Hudson (NC-08) and other congressional leaders fielded questions about perceived problems with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as well as the path of U.S. military.