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An appropriations request submitted to a Congressional committee would block the use of defense dollars to shutter Fort Bragg's 440th Airlift Wing.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- U.S. lawmakers pressed airport and security officials Friday about problems responding to the Los Angeles International Airport shooting last year and said the incident illuminated similar gaps that needed to be addressed at airports across the nation.
WASHINGTON— Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) today announced that Congressman Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) is the recipient of the 2014 ACI-NA Commissioners Congressional Leadership Award, in recognition of his support of the U.S. airport industry.
It's “a boondoggle of epic proportions,” an exasperated Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., told Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson at a recent congressional hearing, “if you're in the middle of a huge mess, you stop digging.”
LUMBERTON — Starting in the fall, the first group of 48 Robeson Community College students will begin their entry-level health care training as part of a new program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. A total of 336 students will eventually participate in the Better Occupational Outcomes with Simulation Training Program.
Lawmakers in the House will travel to Los Angeles International Airport next Friday to conduct a hearing about the shooting that occurred there last fall.
The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a field hearing at the airport titled "Lessons from the LAX Shooting: Preparing for and Responding to Emergencies at Airports,” officials with the panel announced.
Four congressmen from North Carolina have sent a letter to the Department of Defense raising concerns over the possible shuttering of a Fort Bragg unit.
LUMBERTON — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, who said he likes to hunt and shoot guns, didn’t get to fire a gun as he toured Cape Fear Arsenal in Lumberton.
Hudson did, however, have the opportunity to get a close up view of an upstart business that he said shows that manufacturing can once again become the engine driving the economy of Robeson and surrounding counties.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson said he is standing on his original campaign goal of being a congressman who reaches across the aisle while continuing to stand on his own principles.
Hudson, R-8th District, filed to retain his seat last week.
CONCORD -- N.C. Secretary of Commerce Sharon Decker visited Concord on Thursday to welcome Exit 49’s newest tourism attraction – Sea Life Charlotte-Concord, which opened to the public at Concord Mills.