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A measure co-authored by Rep. Richard Hudson that aims to improve job-training programs passed the U.S. Senate this week.
Hudson’s bill, which was cosponsored by Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush, passed the U.S. House in February as a standalone provision. It was included in a separate provision in the Senate called the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015. Now, the Senate and House will go to conference over the Senate Measure and a similar one passed in the House in December.
ROCKINGHAM — The Environmental Protection Agency has backed off on rules that some say could have negatively affected the racing industry.
The EPA announced last week that it would eliminate the following language from list of rules proposed last July: “Certified motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines and their emission control devices must remain in their certified configuration even if they are used solely for competition or if they become nonroad vehicles or engines.”
SALISBURY — Federal environmental regulators recently backed off a proposal to limit emissions from race cars, but U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson is among dozens of lawmakers hoping to ensure the proposal doesn’t surface again.
Federal environmental regulators have withdrawn a draft rule that motorsports enthusiasts said could have decimated a segment of the race car industry.
Federal Environmental Protection Agency officials say they are not coming after amateur race car drivers for modified engines, pulling back on a proposal that prompted outcry from North Carolina lawmakers and racing fans.
New environmental regulations on emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks could cripple the auto racing industry by banning the conversion of street vehicles into racing vehicles, three top House Republicans warned Tuesday.
In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., and Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., warned that the regulations could go against congressional intent in the Clean Air Act.
The Army is working to establish dog adoption procedures that would give priority to former handlers.
Maj. Gen. Mark S. Inch said an Army dog adoption program didn’t follow regulatory processes perfectly, but it complied with the law and intent. The two-star general made his response last month in a letter to North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr.
Congressional leaders on Tuesday said the bombings in Brussels underscore the need to accelerate the military campaign against terrorist groups and to boost airport security in the United States.
Blasts that struck a major international airport and a metro station frequented by European diplomats put Brussels on lockdown Tuesday amid fears the attacks were carried out in retaliation for the recent capture of Salah Abdeslam, the presumed mastermind of the November Paris attacks.
The Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, took credit for the attacks.