|
There's a sobering reality confronting North Carolina and the rest of the nation: addiction to opioids has been skyrocketing and is now at the point of being a full-blown epidemic
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2016 @ 8:00 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) met with U.S. Census Bureau director John Thompson and made the case that all North Carolina soldiers and Marines should be counted in the decennial census as residents of the state, regardless of whether or not they are deployed abroad
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 9:36 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) took to the Senate floor to criticize the Obama Administration's lack of support for Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military installation in Baghdad that now houses approximately 2,300 Iranian political refugees who oppose the totalitarian Islamic Republic of Iran.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:36 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats blocked a vote to override President Obama's veto of legislation disapproving of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2016 @ 11:17 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement in honor of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 8:03 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) concluded a Congressional Delegation visit to Fort Bragg in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 2:04 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Tonight, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following video statement after President Obama delivered his State of the Union address to the nation
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 12:23 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, the House followed the Senate by passing The Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, which would repeal ObamaCare and cut the federal deficit by half a trillion dollars over the next decade according to the Congressional Budget Office
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 @ 1:47 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
My first year as North Carolina's U.S. Senator has been eventful and productive to say the least.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 2:00 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), along with a group of 25 other Senators, sent a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL), expressing concern and frustration over the Department's H-2B labor certification process. The bipartisan letter explains the complications employers with H-2B workers face...
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 8:07 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford on whether they were consulted by President Obama before his veto of the National Defense...
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 4:22 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the passage of S.754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which was sponsored by Senator Richard Burr (R-NC). The bipartisan legislation will enable the government and private sector to voluntarily share information about malicious threats and...
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 1:02 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) applauded the UNC Board of Governors for electing former United States Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings as the next UNC System President.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 4:06 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, President Barack Obama vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016, which recently passed both chambers of Congress with strong bipartisan support. Following the president's decision to veto the NDAA for FY16, North Carolina Senators...
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 4:48 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that he has co-sponsored the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, and worked with the bill's original co-sponsors to include language in the manager's amendment that requires the Department of Justice
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) voted in favor of S.2146, the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 3:55 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced he is co-sponsoring the Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer's (EUREKA) Act, which creates prized-based incentives to encourage more public-private collaboration
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2015 @ 9:21 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) issued a joint statement congratulating Dr. Paul Modrich, a professor at the Duke University School of Medicine, and Dr. Aziz Sancar, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2015 @ 12:35 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, the United States Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016 with bipartisan support.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 8:14 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) today issued the below statement following Pope Francis' address to Congress
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 6:21 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
During his 1988 State of the Union address, President Reagan succinctly shared his modus operandi of diplomacy, stating....
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 1:44 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
In 1947, 14-year old Willis Lynch of Littleton, North Carolina was asked by a nurse to sing a song as she placed a mask over his face. Lynch unknowingly inhaled an anesthetic, and then underwent a vasectomy procedure without his consent.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2015 @ 1:24 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after one Marine died and several others were injured during a CH-53E helicopter accident at Camp Lejeune last night
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 3:09 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
The United States entered negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran in an undeniable position of strength. Sanctions on Iran were working as intended: causing the Iranian currency to crumble, wreaking havoc on Iran’s financial sector, and dramatically cutting Iran’s oil exports.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 @ 12:38 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, the Senate passed a six-year highway bill that includes provisions previously introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC)
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 12:46 am
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Today, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a nomination hearing for General Neller to be Commandant of the Marine Corps of the United States.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 5:39 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|
|
Last year, Americans were shocked to learn about the widespread systematic failures of the VA, with many veterans being forced to wait months to see health care providers.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 10:42 pm
By: Thom Tillis
|