WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2023: Congressman Nick Langworthy, with support from New York Farm Bureau and the New York Congressional Delegation, sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul on the Climate Action Council's most recent advancement of its Scoping Plan and their desire to transition to electric vehicles. This radical plan ignores the reality that our farmers rely on a variety of different vehicles at both the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Dan Bishop, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2023: Congressman Dan Bishop (NC-08) joined Congressman David Rouzer and other bipartisan members of the North Carolina delegation in introducing the Lumbee Fairness Act. This bill will provide long-overdue federal recognition and protections to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. "Though Congress first   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2023: Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC-07) led members of the North Carolina delegation in introducing legislation to provide full recognition and associated federal protections to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC). "For generations, the Lumbee have fought for full federal recognition and tribal sovereign  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, introduced the Protect Camp Lejeune Victims Ensnared by Trial-lawyers' Scams (VETS) Act to cap the fees trial lawyers can charge in cases representing sick Marines and others impacted by water contamination at the North Carolina military base. "Our Camp Lejeune veterans deserve, at   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is awarding the City of Boiling Spring Lakes $13.4 million in federal funding for necessary dam repairs from Hurricane Florence in 2018. "Hurricane Florence caused tremendous damage that many North Carolina coastal towns, especially Boiling Spring Lakes, are still recovering   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the Lumbee Fairness Act, legislation to grant long-overdue federal benefits to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina that every other federally-recognized tribe receives. "More than six decades ago, Congress made a promise to recognize the Lumbee Tribe, but then failed to keep it. I'm committed to making sure the Lumbees finally get the full  more