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July 20, 2017
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Co-Chairman of the Atlantic Offshore Energy Caucus, issued the following statement on Governor Roy Cooper's announcement on offshore drilling.
Issues:Economy and JobsEnergy
July 19, 2017
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after the House passed legislation to give states flexibility when it comes to implementing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ozone regulations.
Issues:Economy and JobsEnergy
July 18, 2017
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), member of the Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy Subcommittee, spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 2786, a bipartisan bill he introduced with Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) to responsibly tap into energy resources and roll back burdensome federal regulations on conduit hydropower projects. The bill passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support, 420-2.
Issues:Energy
July 17, 2017
Congressman Richard Hudson has opened a local office in Boyd Library at Sandhills Community College.
“It was important for me to have an office here,” Hudson said Monday morning during a ribbon cutting and reception in the Teresa C. Wood Reading Room of the library. “I am committed to this county. … I want to continue to work for you. You may not always agree with me, but you will know where I stand and know that I base my decisions on principals.”
July 14, 2017
Today,U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Rowan County in Lund v. Rowan County.
July 14, 2017
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg and an outspoken advocate for North Carolina's military community, released the following statement after the House passed the FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Issues:Defense & National Security
July 12, 2017
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), author of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, released the following statement after the House passed bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) user fee programs, including his language to prohibit the regulation of hearing devices designed to be used in connection with hunting or other exercises of Second Amendment rights.
Issues:Second Amendment
June 29, 2017
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after the House passed two bills to strengthen public safety by combating dangerous sanctuary city policies that permit criminals to go free and by enhancing penalties for deported illegal immigrants who return to the United States.
Issues:Immigration
June 28, 2017
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), member of the Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, released the following statement after the House passed the Protecting Access to Care Act (H.R. 1215), including his amendment to implement reforms to the current medical liability system so it will better serve patients and physicians.
Issues:Health Care
June 27, 2017
SALISBURY — Rowan County’s congressmen this week joined a group of Republicans calling for a Supreme Court justice to recuse herself from hearing a lawsuit about President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
The letter, signed by more than 50 Republican lawmakers, requests that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recuse herself from the Trump v. International Refugee Assistant Project case, which focuses on a revised version of the travel ban. Reps.