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Four members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation introduced bipartisan legislation last week aimed at stopping a rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they and motorsports enthusiasts say would sink a certain niche of the race car industry.
“It would be devastating to our industry,” said Steve Earwood, president of Rockingham Dragway, about 10 miles north of Rockingham and Hamlet.
The proposed EPA rule would prohibit emissions-certified vehicles made for the road from being converted into race cars.
UPDATE
A companion bill to the RPM Act was introduced in the Senate March 9. Sponsored by Senators Richard Burr (R-NC), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Dean Heller (R-NV), Senate Bill 2659 affirms the Environmental Protection Agency "cannot regulate vehicles used solely for competition, and for other purposes." Constituents can draft a prewritten letter to their senators and representatives through the SEMA Action Network at this updated link.
A bill that aims to connect people with job training programs and cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson passed the U.S. House this week.
Hudson cosponsored the bill with Rep. Bobby Rush, a Democrat from Illinois. It directs the U.S. Secretary of Energy to work with industry to find modern-day skills needed by employers. The secretary would then encourage state education agencies to equip students with the skills, according to the bill.
In response to his bill’s passage in the House, Hudson said he hopes to continue work with Democrats to put North Carolinians back to work.
PEMBROKE — Robeson Health Care Corporation has received a $3.1 million grant for primary and behavioral health care services.
“The federal funding RHCC was awarded helps to ensure our valued community families continue to receive high-quality, cost-effective, culturally-sensitive and medically-appropriate primary care and behavioral health care services,” said Carl I. Walters II, president and CEO of the corporation.