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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC), House Republican Conference Secretary, released the following statement on Congressional Democrats' "Inflation and Recession Act" which will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday.
FAIRFAX, Va. — One of the top leaders in the largest county in Virginia wants assault weapons banned.
Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano said it appears there are more crimes involving high-powered guns.
A jury recently convicted a Springfield man of second-degree murder after he used an AR-15 in an ambush killing. In addition, Carlington Fitz Auther Campbell was armed with a pistol and 86 rounds of ammunition.
Descano stressed the recent ruling is a reminder that assault rifles are used beyond mass shootings.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Friday,Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats rammed through an "assault weapons" ban which mirrors a previous measure that was in place from 1994-2004. This so-called ban was largely unsuccessful at stopping violent crime and severely limits the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms. U.S.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) addressed the U.S. House of Representatives following Speaker Nancy Pelosi in opposition to H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC), co-chair of the Global Roads Safety Caucus, hosted a briefing this week with the Association for Safe International Road Travel to discuss the epidemic of road crash fatalities and disabilities as a major public health concern.
House members this week overwhelmingly voted to approve a bill calling for $10 billion to fund the transition to IP-based, next-generation 911 (NG911) technology and the extension of the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration.
After debating H.R. 7624—the “Spectrum Innovation Act”—on Tuesday afternoon, the House postponed its vote on the measure until Wednesday evening. At that time, H.R. 7624 was grouped together with several other bills and approved in a 336-90 vote.
The U.S. House narrowly passed a semi-automatic weapons ban bill Friday afternoon before leaving for what’s expected to be a 45-day recess.
Cheers went up from the House floor as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the bill’s passage with 217-213 votes.
The ban on what critics describe as assault weapons was introduced in 2021 by Rep. David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, and was co-sponsored by all five of North Carolina’s Democrats in the U.S. House.
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