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The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday to repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a Republican health care plan, handing President Donald Trump his biggest legislative victory but setting up a tough fight in the Senate.
With the 217-213 vote, Republicans obtained just enough support to push the legislation through the House, sending it to the Senate for consideration. No Democrats voted for the bill.
North Carolina is one of the states that could benefit most from a new executive order from the Trump administration intended to expand offshore energy production, according to the N.C. Petroleum Council.
Last week, President Donald Trump signed the America First Offshore Energy Strategy executive order, which directs the U.S. Department of Interior to review and replace the Obama administration’s most recent five-year oil and gas development plan for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) was recently awarded the Conservative Achievement Award for the fourth consecutive year by the American Conservative Union (ACU), the oldest and largest grassroots conservative organization in the nation.
The National Association of EMS Physicians presented U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-Concord, with the Friends of EMS award this week for his advocacy.
The association cited Hudson for a bill that would give paramedics and other EMS workers a standing order to administer narcotics, anti-seizure medications and other controlled substances. EMS professionals would not need a patient’s prescription in order to give life-saving medicine.
The bill passed the House in January and awaits consideration in the Senate.
NAEMT will present Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) with the 2017 EMS Legislator of the Year Award on April 25 during EMS On The Hill Day, the largest national advocacy event for emergency medical services (EMS) professionals. This prestigious award recognizes a member of Congress who demonstrates an outstanding commitment to, and support of, high quality prehospital and emergency medical care, as well as the EMS professionals who dutifully serve our nation’s patients.