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September 13, 2020
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Nineteen years ago, thousands of people prepared for work, hundreds were boarding flights, police were putting on their badge and firefighters reporting to their stations – for the last time. Nineteen years ago, Al-Qaeda terrorists robbed more than 3,000 individuals of their lives, and children of their fathers and mothers. But nineteen years later, we remember.
September 10, 2020
U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), founder and co-chair of the Agriculture and Rural America Task Force in Congress, hosted U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue in North Carolina today. In West End, Rep. Hudson discussed the importance of expanding rural broadband access. Secretary Purdue announced that the USDA is investing $2.3 million for the Randolph Telephone Membership Corporation to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 3,333 people, 17 farms, 26 businesses and nine education facilities to high-speed broadband internet in Moore County.
Issues:Agriculture
September 10, 2020

On top of the health impact the COVID-19 pandemic felt across the nation, rural areas have experienced another type of crisis: internet connectivity.

With work and school increasingly shifting to a virtual world, those who live out in the country are finding urgent challenges to the access for high-speed digital connections.

A $3 million project that will provide broadband to 1,300 homes in rural Moore County was announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Randolph Communications and U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson.

September 7, 2020
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On Thursday, I was in Raleigh to champion our most fundamental right: life. Joined by Vice President Mike Pence and several members of North Carolina’s Congressional delegation, I addressed Susan B.
September 3, 2020

A recent Fayetteville Observer column called the U.S. Postal Service a treasure. I couldn't agree more.

Millions of Americans rely on the USPS to maintain their businesses, receive their medications on time or send letters to a loved one. And now more than ever, we are counting on the USPS to deliver election ballots. As the USPS has described itself: "We provide a vital public service that is a part of this nation's critical infrastructure. We must ensure the USPS continues in this critical role."

August 30, 2020
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From Cabarrus County to Cumberland County, our region is a special place with unique challenges and opportunities. This week, I was honored to welcome two of President Donald Trump’s cabinet officials to highlight some of these important issues for our community and state.
August 27, 2020
At the invitation of U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson was in Kannapolis today for a roundtable discussion with local leaders from Kannapolis, Concord and the surrounding region about affordable housing priorities, Opportunity Zones, and COVID-19 relief efforts underway for housing.
August 27, 2020

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (WBTV) - US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson visited Kannapolis and Concord on Thursday. US Representative Richard Hudson (R-08) hosted the visit.

Dr. Carson was in Kannapolis today for a roundtable discussion with local leaders from Kannapolis, Concord and the surrounding region about affordable housing priorities, Opportunity Zones, and COVID-19 relief efforts underway for housing.

August 25, 2020
At the invitation of U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler was in Fayetteville today to discuss updates on addressing PFAS chemicals. At a bipartisan roundtable, Rep. Hudson urged the EPA to complete a final toxicity assessment of GenX and discussed his most recent efforts to combat PFAS chemicals, including GenX, through two amendments he secured in the latest appropriations bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives to study the relationship between PFAS exposure and COVID-19, and provide $2.4 million for the EPA to develop regulations to control discharge of PFAS in surface waters. This was the second time Rep. Hudson has hosted the EPA in Fayetteville to discuss PFAS.
August 25, 2020

Residents who live near the Chemours plant south of Fayetteville that has been discharging a potential carcinogen into the water supply for years could know by mid-winter of the possible health threat, officials said Tuesday.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a scientific study to evaluate the "toxicity" of the GenX compound that has been emitted for years from the Chemours plant, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told officials at a roundtable discussion in Fayetteville on Tuesday.

Issues:Health Care