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November 28, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg, released the following statement on the deaths of Sergeant First Class Eric M. Emond and Captain Andrew P. Ross, two service members assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), and Staff Sergeant Dylan J. Elchin, an airman assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron.
November 28, 2018

Two Aberdeen residents were among the U.S. service members killed by a roadside bomb Tuesday in Afghanistan.

Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, and Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, 39, were fatally injured by the blast. Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, a 25-year-old from Pennsylvania, was also killed.

The victims were traveling in an armored vehicle when the bomb went off in Ghazni province. It was the deadliest attack this year on U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Three other service members and an American contractor were injured in the explosion. The Taliban claimed the attack.

November 28, 2018

The Department of Defense has identified two Fort Bragg soldiers and an Air Force airman who were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

They are Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, of Lexington, Virginia; Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, 39, of Brush Prairie, Washington; and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, 25, of Hookstown, Pennsylvania.

Ross and Emond were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg. Elchin was assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.

November 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX 46 WJZY) - After telling his story to FOX 46, Sfc. Richard Stayskal is now telling it directly to members of Congress.

"My government is basically, to me, in my opinion, telling me, 'You're less than everybody else,'" Stayskal told Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA).

The Green Beret from North Carolina, who was awarded a Purple Heart after being shot in the lung in Iraq, is now putting up one last fight.

November 16, 2018

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FRIEND OF FARM BUREAU - U.S. Representative Richard Hudson, right, stands with Montgomery County Farm Bureau president, Todd King.

Issues:Agriculture
November 14, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), a leader on the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Environment, released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its draft toxicity assessments for GenX chemicals and perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS), members of a larger group of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Issues:Environment
November 14, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term exposure to a chemical compound currently used for making nonstick coatings appears to be dangerous, even in minute amounts, according to draft findings released Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

It was the first time EPA weighed in on newer, supposedly safer versions of an increasingly scrutinized family of stick- and stain-resistant compounds. Older versions of the compound are turning up in dangerous levels in drinking water supplies around the country.