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May 18, 2018

President Donald Trump has picked North Carolinian Robert Wilkie to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

If the Senate confirms him to the position, he would lead the second-largest agency in the U.S. government — one that has been plagued by scandal in recent years and is in the middle of a political fight over privatization.

Trump made the surprise announcement at a prison reform summit Friday morning at the White House.

Issues:Veterans
May 18, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. House of Representatives passed the VA Mission Act of 2018 (S. 2372), a bipartisan package to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and fund the Choice Program.

U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) supported the vote.

May 18, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement on the tragic school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas.
May 18, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman and a voice for North Carolina's veterans, released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced he will nominate Robert Wilkie to be the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Issues:Veterans
May 16, 2018
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman and a voice for North Carolina's veterans, released the following statement after the House passed the VA Mission Act of 2018 (S. 2372), a bipartisan package to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and fund the Choice Program.
Issues:Veterans
May 14, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) introduced the Special Operations Forces Tax Cut Act, or H.R. 5747, legislation to ensure special operators who are serving in combat receive the same tax relief:
May 11, 2018

We are at the halfway mark for the 115th Congress. Lawmakers began the new legislative session with high hopes following the passage of the tax reform package at the end of 2017. With that piece of legislation now on the books, congressional delegations members now turn their attention to other burning issues affecting their districts, including support for the military and veterans, efforts to fight the opiate epidemic and steps to increase workforce development.

Rep. Richard Hudson on how tax reform bill impacted his consituents

May 11, 2018
The Energy and Commerce Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives advanced several bills to improve access to care for individuals suffering from substance use disorder, provide the health care system with tools and resources it needs to care for patients, and help prevent future misuse of opioids.

Included in the markup were two of U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson’s (R-NC) bipartisan bills: H.R. 5687 and H.R. 5041.
Issues:Health Care
May 10, 2018
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman, released the following statement after introducing the Special Operations Forces Tax Cut Act (H.R. 5747), legislation to ensure special operators who are serving in combat receive the same tax relief.
May 9, 2018

SALISBURY — State and federal leaders are rightly taking steps to rescue victims of human trafficking, but unless lawmakers increase support for survivors’ care and rehabilitation, those efforts will be thwarted, a group of North Carolina experts say.