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September 22, 2020
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U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) announced that he has helped secure a waiver to ensure special needs students can use respite hours and access caregiving services during remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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September 21, 2020
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U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) announced with U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) and Representative Dan Bishop (NC-09) that they secured a $13.1 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Class III Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway (ACWR) located in southcentral North Carolina.
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September 16, 2020
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Sept. 15, 2020
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September 15, 2020
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U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) announced today that a $2.88 million grant has been awarded to the City of Fayetteville to hire additional firefighters. The grant is from the Department of Homeland Security's FY 2019 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program. In June, Rep. Hudson wrote a letter to Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Pete Gaynor to advocate for this funding for Fayetteville.
September 10, 2020
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U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), founder and co-chair of the Agriculture and Rural America Task Force in Congress, hosted U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue in North Carolina today. In West End, Rep. Hudson discussed the importance of expanding rural broadband access. Secretary Purdue announced that the USDA is investing $2.3 million for the Randolph Telephone Membership Corporation to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 3,333 people, 17 farms, 26 businesses and nine education facilities to high-speed broadband internet in Moore County.
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August 27, 2020
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At the invitation of U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson was in Kannapolis today for a roundtable discussion with local leaders from Kannapolis, Concord and the surrounding region about affordable housing priorities, Opportunity Zones, and COVID-19 relief efforts underway for housing.
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August 25, 2020
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At the invitation of U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler was in Fayetteville today to discuss updates on addressing PFAS chemicals. At a bipartisan roundtable, Rep. Hudson urged the EPA to complete a final toxicity assessment of GenX and discussed his most recent efforts to combat PFAS chemicals, including GenX, through two amendments he secured in the latest appropriations bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives to study the relationship between PFAS exposure and COVID-19, and provide $2.4 million for the EPA to develop regulations to control discharge of PFAS in surface waters. This was the second time Rep. Hudson has hosted the EPA in Fayetteville to discuss PFAS.
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August 21, 2020
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after a hearing today with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and ahead of a vote tomorrow in the U.S.
August 11, 2020
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U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) has introduced the Impact Payments Now Act, a bill to ensure eligible individuals and families receive their stimulus checks.
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August 4, 2020
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U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), a member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday to improve health care in rural communities and expand telehealth services:
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January 10, 2020
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The US House this morning passed the PFAS Action Act, 247-159, which would strengthen the nearly non-existent regulations for toxic perfluorinated compounds. PFAS are widespread in the environment, particularly in groundwater, surface water and drinking water. The compounds are found throughout North Carolina, where it has contaminated drinking water.
January 10, 2020
In The News
The U.S. House approved a bill Friday targeting so-called ‘forever chemicals,' also known as PFAS.
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January 7, 2020
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CONCORD — A program at Atrium Health Cabarrus intended to thank military veterans started as a small goal in a small wooden box.
Carmen Frutig, a nurse in the intensive care unit, pushed for more.
Frutig initially started an “Honor Box,” which provided small gifts for military veterans receiving treatment at the hospital.
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January 6, 2020
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Later this week, the U.S. House is expected to vote on a bill aimed at regulating so-called ‘forever chemicals.’