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June 23, 2018

Bipartisan bills sponsored by U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, a Republican who represents the 8th District, passed the House of Representatives on Friday.
The bills are part of a package of legislation to combat the opioid crisis.

Hudson serves as a leader on the Energy and Commerce Committee, the panel tasked with writing most of the nation’s health care laws. Recently, the committee has worked to learn more about how and why the opioid epidemic happened and what legislative solutions can be pursued.

Issues:Health Care
June 23, 2018

If a North Carolina congressman gets his way, the families of some special operations troops will have a tax break in their future.

Rep. Richard Hudson, a Republican whose district includes Fort Bragg, is pushing a measure to expand the Combat Zone Tax Exclusion, which protects the income of some deployed troops from federal income tax.

Hudson introduced a bill, the Special Operations Forces Tax Cut Act, earlier this year that would “modernize the law to reflect the current realities of warfare and ensure fairness for service members who serve in combat situations.”

June 22, 2018

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a bill to deal with the opioid crisis Friday and sent it to the Senate.

  • House passes opioid crisis bill 396 to 14
  • Bill had bipartisan support
  • Senate working on its own version

The measure, which passed 396 to 14, is considered the broadest of the bills that have gone through the chamber.

The bill is a package of dozens of individual House bills.

It includes several reforms, including:

Issues:Health Care
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 18, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. House of Representatives last week 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.

U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), a leader on the Energy and Commerce Committee and local representative, voted in favor of the legislation.

Issues:Health Care
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

Gray Stone Day School sent 104 graduates from eight surrounding counties toward life’s next chapter at Friday night’s commencement.

“You’re no longer the boys and girls that entered this school, you are the men and women ready to make your mark on the world,” said U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, NC-08, who served as this year’s commencement speaker.

A key to their continued success depends on their relationships with other people.

“Relationships depend on the ability to communicate,” Hudson said.

Issues:Education