Press Releases
June 27, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman and an outspoken advocate for North Carolina's military community, spoke on the House floor in support of his amendment to increase funding for the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) to provide for additional training of Special Operations Forces.
Issues:Defense & National Security
June 25, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg, released the following statement after the House passed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act (H.R. 299), legislation he cosponsored.
Issues:Veterans
June 22, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after the House passed his bipartisan bills, the Securing Opioids and Unused Narcotics with Deliberate (SOUND) Disposal and Packaging Act (H.R. 5687) and the Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act (H.R. 5041), as part of H.R. 6, a comprehensive package of legislation to combat the opioid crisis. This legislation is critical for our community as North Carolina has four of the top 25 worst cities for abuse in the country – including Fayetteville.
Issues:Health Care
June 21, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Chairman of the Agriculture and Rural America Task Force, released the following statement after the House passed the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (H.R. 2).
Issues:Agriculture
June 19, 2018
Today the House passed U.S. Representative Richard Hudson's (NC-08) bipartisan bill, the Securing Opioids and Unused Narcotics with Deliberate (SOUND) Disposal and Packaging Act (H.R. 5687), 342-13. This bill is applauded as one of "the most important opioid bills in the House" and legislation that "could make a more serious difference."
Issues:Health Care
June 19, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement on illegal immigrant families at the U.S./Mexico border.
Issues:Immigration
June 15, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), a leader on the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after the House passed the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 (H.R. 2851), legislation to combat fentanyl, a synthetic drug that is responsible for twice as many deaths in North Carolina as heroin.
June 13, 2018
U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), a leader on the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after the House passed dozens of bills to combat the opioid crisis, including his bill, the Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act (H.R. 5041), a bipartisan response to the opioid crisis that will help prevent the misuse or diversion of unused medications by equipping hospice professionals with the legal authority to safely dispose of unused drugs after a hospice patient's death.
Issues:Health Care
June 12, 2018
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement on the historic bilateral summit between the United States and North Korea in Singapore.
Issues:Defense & National Security
June 10, 2018
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg, released the following statement on the death of Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Conrad, a soldier who was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne).
Issues:Defense & National Security