This week, Congressman Jones (NC-3) urged U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to apply robust scrutiny to communist Chinese bids to take over American defense manufacturers.
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2016 @ 8:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week the Vietnam Veterans of America thanked Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) for cosponsoring H.R. 1769 - the Toxic Exposure Research Act.
Published: Saturday, February 20th, 2016 @ 11:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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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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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) has signed onto a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Interior, asking for all correspondence relating to federal lands that were considered, analyzed, or designated as national monuments since January 20, 2009.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This morning, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against the $1.1 trillion, 2,009-page omnibus spending bill that does nothing substantive to curb the thousands of Middle Eastern refugees entering the United States.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 12:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones is calling on members running in the coming leadership elections to withdraw from the elections if they are guilty of misdeeds that, if made public, would be embarrassing to the Republican Conference and the House of Representatives
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 7:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against H.R. 719 – a Senate-passed spending bill that would fund federal government operations through December 11th, 2015 at an annualized rate of $1.017 trillion.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 7:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) continued his long-standing fight against taxpayer-funded abortion by voting for H.R. 3495, the Women’s Public Health and Safety Act.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) joined his colleague Congressman Don Young of Alaska in cosponsoring H.R. 330, the Marine Access and State Transparency (MAST) Act.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 @ 7:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It appears that The N&O's Colin Campbell is competing with Rob Christensen for this year's "Laziest PoS in the Newsroom" title. So far, the competition looks quite,um, heated.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 @ 4:38 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-3) are again urging Speaker John Boehner to bring up an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for debate and vote.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 6:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Friday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) became an original cosponsor of a resolution to begin impeachment proceedings against EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for committing perjury.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 @ 2:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones and several congressional colleagues joined forces to call on the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers to meet its statutory mandate to perform an assessment of the maintenance dredging needs along the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 2:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted in favor of legislation that would require congressional approval of federal rules that impose significant burdens on the American economy. H.R. 427.
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 6:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) became an original cosponsor on H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, which would immediately prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 @ 9:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) became a cosponsor of H.R. 3011, Kate’s Law, introduced by Congressman Matt Salmon (AZ-5).
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones released this statement on the resignation of Katherine Archuleta as director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Published: Sunday, July 12th, 2015 @ 5:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A celebrity member of the NCGOP establishment sent along to us this article from The Weekly Standard — edited by Bill Kristol, who invested heavily in the 2014 primary challenge against Walter Jones — expressing frustration with “missing an opportunity” to finally GET Walter Jones.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 2:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On Tuesday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a 15-member panel created through Obamacare to cut Medicare payments.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 2:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It now goes back to the Senate for further action, which is expected next week.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 6:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last night, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against legislation (H.R. 2393) that would repeal country of origin labeling (COOL) for beef, pork, chicken, and ground meat and poultry products.
Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2015 @ 11:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1335 – the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 2:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a letter to White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan and several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders, Congressman Jones pointed out that after the presidents' budget requests included an average of $663,000 a year for New River Inlet.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 12:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It’s no secret that Walter Jones irritates the political establishment. The GOPe tried to get him in the 2014 primary. Now, it appears they’re trying again with a new face
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 @ 4:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-3) sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner urging him to take action on President Obama's Authorization for the Use of Military Force request released on February 11, 2015 to authorize military operations
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 11:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) gave this statement on passage of H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year 2016
Published: Saturday, May 16th, 2015 @ 8:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted for H.R. 1191, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which passed the House 400 to 25. The bill passed the Senate last week 98-1, and allows for congressional review of any deal President Barack Obama reaches with Iran over Iran’s nuclear prog
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2015 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted for H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which prevents abortions from being performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 10:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last night, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted for H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015, which would block the Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from putting into effect its proposed Waters of the United States rule (WOTUS).
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 10:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against legislation that would, among other things, borrow millions of dollars from Russia and China in order to build a missile defense system in Poland to protect Europe from the Russians.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2015 @ 8:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This month, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-2) started a Constitutional War Study Group to focus on the history, philosophy, legal authority and political need behind Congress' constitutional war powers.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 1:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against H.R. 1560, The Protecting Cyber Networks Act, which provides private companies that turn over sensitive data to the federal government with immunity from lawsuits. H.R. 1560 passed the House 307 to 116 and awaits consideration in the Senate.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 @ 5:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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William Blount, the eldest son of Jacob Blount, Sr., and Barbara Gray Blount, was born in Bertie County, North Carolina, on March 26, 1749.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2015 @ 2:24 pm
By: John William Pope Foundation
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