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June 28, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement in response to the publication of the final report from the Select Committee on Benghazi.
Issues:Defense & National Security
June 25, 2016
One of Rowan County’s members of Congress cheered a 4-4 tie by U.S. Supreme Court justices this week.
Down one Supreme Court justice, the U.S. Supreme Court tied in a chase that challenged President Barrack Obama’s immigration plan. Because of the tie, a lower appeals court ruling remains in place. The ruling applies to Obama’s 2014 executive action, which could have prevented as many as five million unauthorized immigrants from being deported.
June 23, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Texas, which upholds the lower court's decision that the president's abuse of executive action to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants is unlawful.
June 22, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after House Republicans put forward a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare with patient-centered, affordable health care.
Issues:Health Care
June 21, 2016
Every generation of Americans has faced their share of challenges. These obstacles may seem impossible at times. But as Americans, we are hopeful and optimistic people who continue to overcome and persevere. The problem right now is the majority of Americans believe our country is headed in the wrong direction. I believe we can turn it around. I believe there’s a better way forward.
To get our country back on track, it’s going to take bold, conservative ideas. As conservatives, we know our ideas work. We know our math adds up.
Issues:Economy and Jobs
June 16, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after his amendment to prohibit the administration from transferring any detainees out of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay passed the House as part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY17 (H.R. 5293).
Issues:Defense & National Security
June 16, 2016
The House took aim at President Obama’s efforts to winnow the population of detainees at Guantanamo on Wednesday, approving a measure that would prohibit him from releasing any of the remaining prisoners at the prison camp.
The measure goes beyond what Republicans have routinely sought to keep the administration from moving Guantanamo detainees to the United States.
Instead, the proposal would prevent the Obama administration from using any funds to release Guantanamo detainees to any destination, even a third-party country — effectively freezin
Issues:Defense & National Security
June 15, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) spoke on the House floor in support of his amendment to prohibit the administration from transferring any detainees out of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay. His amendment – which, if enacted, would be the strictest prohibition of transfers yet – was adopted by voice to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY17 (H.R. 5293) which will receive a House vote tomorrow.
Issues:Defense & National Security
June 15, 2016
A defense spending bill would prevent transferring any detainees out of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility under an amendment passed Wednesday.
The proposal to tighten restrictions comes after a report that at least a dozen former detainees have gone on to launch attacks that killed about a half-dozen American.
“The president is so focused on closing Guantanamo that he ignores the danger posed by the terrorists detained there,” said Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the sponsor of the amendment.
Issues:Defense & National Security
June 15, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after his amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY17 (H.R. 5293) to prohibit funds from the appropriations bill from being used to transfer detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay was scheduled for consideration.
Issues:Defense & National Security