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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined seven senators today calling for a pause in the Syrian and Iraqi refugee programs until authorities are able to detect the use of fake passports following reports ISIS has a "fake document industry" with passport machines and blank passports. In a letter to Sec
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2016 @ 7:21 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Last night, Congressman Jones voted for H.R. 3662, The Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act. The bill passed the House 246 to 181 and now awaits further consideration in the Senate.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 2:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina's Democrat Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin publicly denounced Obamacare Tuesday, sharing his concerns over the law's harmful impact on the marketplace and North Carolina families. While Commissioner Goodwin joins the chorus of experts and officials voicing their opposition to...
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 12:17 pm
By: Chris Downey
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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
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Governor Pat McCrory visited North Carolina Central University today and presented three student-scholars with a Student Excellence Certificate for outstanding academic achievement
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2016 @ 2:46 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) reiterated his call for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate funding to dredge New River Inlet in Onslow County, North Carolina. In a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo-Ellen Darcy and Lt. General Thomas P. Bostick at the Army
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 3:01 am
By: Chris Downey
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional funding to dredge Eastern North Carolina's Oregon and Hatteras Inlets. In a letter sent today, Congressman Jones reminded Army Corps of Engineers leadership of the chronically poor navigation...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:58 am
By: Chris Downey
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4) introduced legislation to de-authorize the post-speaker office that retired speakers enjoy for up to five years after they leave office. The practice started in 1971 when former Speaker John McCormack retired. In the...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:46 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following video reflecting on the past year and his initiatives to strengthen education, create jobs and career opportunities, build new roads that connect our communities and reform government to make it more accountable and efficient
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:42 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Tillis Applauds Committee Passage Of Legislation To Protect America From Intellectual Property TheftToday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded the Committee's passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, of which he is an original cosponsor.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:04 am
By: Chris Downey
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has joined a bipartisan group of Senators to designate the week of January 24-30, 2016 as "National School Choice Week" and recognize that a diversity of choices in K-12 education helps meet the individual needs and strengths of children.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on North Carolina's latest unemployment numbers
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 3:27 am
By: McCrory Communications
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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
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Governor Pat McCrory was at Dixon Elementary School this morning to congratulate teachers on receiving grants as part of the Bright Ideas program of the Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), one of North Carolina's electric cooperatives.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:24 am
By: McCrory Communications
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NCGOP Chairman Hasan Harnett released the following statement in response to the endorsement of Roy Cooper by labor union bosses...
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 7:40 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 3:39 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, members of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee successfully agreed to send The Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act out of committee and to the House floor for an upcoming vote. The bipartisan legislation, originally...
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 3:22 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory cautioned North Carolinians that winter returns in earnest this weekend and it appears it is going to stick this time
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 2:03 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of Senate Republicans urged President Barack Obama to pursue additional military options to degrade and destroy ISIS abroad and protect the nation from further attacks against American citizens...
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 @ 10:29 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory announced that over the past year, inmates at state prisons and juveniles at a youth development center raised over 35,800 pounds of fresh produce and donated it to local food banks and other service organizations...
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 @ 12:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review President Obama's policies that would defer the deportation of up to 5 million immigrants who have entered and stayed in the United States illegally
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2016 @ 4:06 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John McCain (R-AZ) have wagered the delivery of a humbling Senate floor speech on the outcome of tomorrow's NFC Championship Game between the Carolina Panthers and the Arizona Cardinals.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 @ 6:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional funding to dredge Morehead City Harbor
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2016 @ 11:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory said he is pleased work has begun to place a monument honoring African Americans at the State Capitol.
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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It will be North Carolina peanuts, BBQ sauce and Cheerwine on the line against Washington wine, popcorn and a selection of beer in a friendly wager between Governor Pat McCrory and Washington Governor Jay Inslee over this Sunday's NFL Playoff game between the Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks
Published: Thursday, January 21st, 2016 @ 8:23 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones called on House Armed Services Committee (HASC) leadership to convene an oversight hearing before April on the waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer money in Afghanistan.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 10:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement announcing he will vote in favor of the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act, which would implement key security provisions to help ensure that refugees from Syria and Iraq do not pose security threats to the United States.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 2:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) commented on a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) which estimates that the federal deficit will climb to $544 billion this year, up $105 billion over last year’s deficit.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 6:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week marks 25 years since the United States, as part of a 34-nation coalition, drove Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army out of Kuwait, returning that nation's sovereignty and reshaping the U.S. military to the force it is today.
Published: Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 @ 10:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory applauded the latest effort by Congress to block federal overreach that would hurt farmers and hinder economic development in North Carolina
Published: Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 @ 4:45 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory surprised NASCAR champion and North Carolina resident Jeff Gordon by awarding him with the prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest award the governor can bestow
Published: Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 @ 12:43 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that CSX plans to build a major shipping hub in Johnston County, continuing his vision of bolstering economic development in eastern North Carolina
Published: Sunday, January 17th, 2016 @ 10:25 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory joined members of the Governor's Teacher Advisory Committee today to highlight the work they have done to improve education in North Carolina
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2016 @ 1:31 am
By: McCrory Communications
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