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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Wednesday March 19, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Congressman Kennedy Statement on Deadly Cross-Country Storm
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Congressman Kennedy Statement on Deadly Cross-Country Storm Deadly Storm Strikes As Trump Administration Threatens to Dismantle FEMA and Seeks To Cut NOAA's Weather Monitoring Workforce BUFFALO, NY - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26), Ranking Member of the Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee, released the following statement after a deadly storm system ravaged th  more

Foushee, Ross, Lofgren Slam Trump Admin's Decision to Eliminate EPA's Research Office
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Foushee, Ross, Lofgren Slam Trump Admin's Decision to Eliminate EPA's Research Office EPA campus in RTP houses bulk of research staff DURHAM, NC (March 18, 2025) -- Today, Congresswomen Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Deborah Ross (NC-02), and Zoe Logren (CA-18), Ranking Members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, slammed the Trump administration's plan to cut as many as 1,155  more

Murphy Introduces Legislation to Honor Victims of Carteret County Plane Crash
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Introduces Legislation to Honor Victims of Carteret County Plane Crash Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D., introduced the Down East Remembrance Act, alongside Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd, to honor the six victims of a tragic plane crash in Carteret County in 2022. The legislation identifies the exact latitudes and longitudes of creeks' locations which will be nam  more

Sen. Budd: Halt Fentanyl Act
WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following floor remarks on March 13, 2025: * * * Mr. President, just last week in my home State of North Carolina, narcotics investigators from the Iredell County Sheriff's Office and the Gaston Police Department seized 5 pounds of fentanyl that was in possession of an illegal alien. It was enough to kill over a million people. That is nothing short of a weapon of mass destruction. The reality is that is not just a public hea  more