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U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) plans to introduce the Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act this week in Congress.

Sen. Tillis was joined last week in Charlotte, N.C., with U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and U.S. Reps. Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), and Richard Hudson (R-NC) to announce that they will formally introduce the bill this week in efforts to clarify the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) detainer authority.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Terry Osborne, general manager for the Rowan-Kannapolis ABC Board and a former high school history teacher, suggested the perfect place for dinner when a Rowan County Chamber of Commerce contingent traveled to the nation’s capital this past week.

The group dined at The Monocle, an eatery often frequented by lawmakers. Photos of famous politicos adorn most of the walls.

And close to the ceilings, sayings etched into the decor seem appropriate in this highly political town.

Hudson introduces bill to bring oversight to VA’s electronic health records implementation

U.S. Rep.Richard Hudson, R-8, recently introduced legislation to ensure veterans have access to seamless electronic health records across the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) health systems.

The bill is bipartisan and called the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Advisory Committee Act, H.R. 4693.

SALISBURY — Following last week’s visit by a White House official to see and discuss local opportunity zones, Mayor Al Heggins on Tuesday pushed the City Council to not lose momentum on the issue.

Heggins said she visited Washington on Friday to speak with representatives of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.

U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8, announced Thursday that he plans to join his colleagues to introduce legislation to impose severe sanctions on Turkey after that country launched military operations in northern Syria against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces.

“I am sickened by Turkey’s attack on our Kurdish allies,” Hudson said. “This invasion is a direct threat to our national security, and it will pave the way for ISIS to re-emerge. (Turkish President Recep) Erdogan needs to back down and stop these atrocities or he’ll be met with crippling sanctions.”