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January 20, 2020

PINEHURST, N.C. - A terminally ill Green Beret, whose story of military medical malpractice, which was first reported by FOX 46 in 2018, garnered national attention and helped change federal law, received a personal thank you gift from the White House on Sunday.

"As I told SFC Richard Stayskal and his wife Megan, 'You touched my heart when I first met you and I knew this was a fight worth fighting for,'" Rep. Richard Hudson (R-Concord) tweeted, referencing FOX 46’s coverage of his meeting with Stayskal on Capitol Hill last month.

January 15, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping bill last week to address a growing national pollution crisis involving chemicals linked to high cholesterol, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, testicular cancer, kidney cancer, and pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Per- and polyfluoroakyl substances (PFAS) produced by 3M, DuPont, Chemours and other manufacturers have been used for more than a half century to make hundreds of products waterproof or heat- and stain-resistant.

January 14, 2020
Anyone with the belief that Republicans are dismissive of environmental concerns might find statements and legislation by Rep. Richard Hudson passed last week refreshing.
Hudson, in advocating for legislation to address contamination in the Cape Fear River, proved that it’s better to judge someone by their individual actions rather than a party label.
January 14, 2020

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is worried about possibly reducing U.S. military presence in Africa, following reports that the Pentagon is contemplating a drawdown of U.S. troops on the continent to better focus on countering aggression from Russia and China.

Spearheaded by Maryland Democrat Rep. Anthony Brown, the lawmakers said in a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper that cutting back U.S. troops in Africa was antithetical to the National Security Strategy Congress backs.

January 14, 2020

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is ordering all U.S. and North Carolina state flags at state buildings to be lowered to half-staff on Monday in honor of Sgt. Ian Paul McLaughlin and Pfc. Miguel Angel Villalon.

The two members of the 82nd Airborne Division were killed by an improvised explosive device Saturday in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

January 13, 2020
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman, released the following statement on the deaths of Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin and Pfc. Miguel A. Villalon, paratroopers assigned to the 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.
January 10, 2020
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), a leader on efforts to tackle GenX and address contamination in the Cape Fear River, released the following statement after the House passed his legislation as part of the PFAS Action Act of 2019 (H.R. 535).
Issues:Environment