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President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed to "once and for all" close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the U.S., though his plan does not specify where.
Obama said that despite significant political hurdles and congressional opposition he is making one last effort to shutter the facility.
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County’s current congressman and its prospective future voice in Washington have sharply criticized President Barack Obama’s push to close the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison for enemy combatants and terrorism suspects.
Reps. Richard Hudson, R-Concord, and Robert Pittenger, R-Charlotte, both panned the plan to close Gitmo and move many detainees to the United States, including prisons in South Carolina, Kansas and Colorado along with a proposed $475 million secure facility for dangerous detainees.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8, on Wednesday visited Gray Stone Day School in Misenheimer. Hudson said the school serve the unique needs of students and gives families more choice in education.
“It illustrates the great things that can be done when we restore local control and create an education system where every child can succeed,” he said.
At the school, Hudson spoke with students, teachers and administrators about ideas to expand opportunity, promote innovation and provide quality education to students in the community.
HAMLET — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson got a firsthand look at how local industries directly benefit from the programs offered at Richmond Community College during a tour of the campus Wednesday morning.
Led by college President Dr. Dale McInnis, Hudson, R-Concord, first visited the Richmond Early College program, which was ranked as the 73rd-best high school in the state by Niche in early 2015 and ranked 247th by Newsweek in September of 2014.
The Rowan County Chamber of Commerce’s 90th annual Gala Meeting was a sold-out event Thursday, Jan. 28, evening at the historic Salisbury Depot featuring Gov. Pat McCrory as its keynote speaker.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson and U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx also attended. Title sponsorship was provided by Novant Health Rowan Medical Center.
GRANITE QUARRY — In Granite Quarry, the postman rings twice, or three or four times.
To mark, even celebrate a new way letters and parcels can be addressed in Granite Quarry, Mayor Bill Feather and U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., helped in the delivery of mail to four different businesses Friday afternoon.
Leah Morgan, one of four carriers out of the Salisbury Post Office who deliver to addresses in this area, actually delivered the mail to the Hot Dog Shack, Crescent Construction, Slice of Heaven Pizza and the East 52 Auto Care Center.
HAMLET — Richmond County Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Citizen of Year winner Dennis Holloway arrived in style Thursday night as a police escort led his limo to the Cole Auditorium.
Richmond County Sheriff James Clemmons Jr. told Holloway when he walked into the lobby, “I’m the sheriff, and I don’t even get a police escort. You must know somebody.”
The U.S. Senate this week couldn’t muster enough votes to approve discussion on a Syrian refugee bill authored by a local congressman.
The Senate needed 60 votes to advance the bill. Mostly along party lines, the Senate voted 55 to 43 to advance the bill. It fell just short of the required number.
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8, authored the original version of the Syrian refugee bill, which aimed to increase vetting standards and put a temporarily pause on immigrants. In a statement, Hudson said he was disappointed by the vote.