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Gov. Cooper Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Congress to Continue Program that Helps North Carolinians Afford High-Speed Internet
Published: Friday, January 26th, 2024 @ 8:27 am
By: Governor's Office
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Tens of thousands of U.S. State Department emails were stolen by a group of China-based hackers who breached Microsoft’s email platform earlier this year, according to a Senate staffer.
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 12:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 12 of his colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power requesting a briefing and answers for the agency’s months-long delays humanitarian aid.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 9:32 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) wrote an op-ed for NBC News supporting U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s stance to preserve the filibuster
Published: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 @ 2:41 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 47 of his Senate colleagues sent a bipartisan letter calling for full funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) program.
Published: Friday, July 2nd, 2021 @ 1:22 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) sent a bipartisan letter to the Department of Justice requesting Attorney General Merrick Garland help in addressing international parental child abduction.
Published: Sunday, May 30th, 2021 @ 2:54 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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On August 20, 2020, American Airlines announced it will suspend service at Pitt-Greenville Airport (PGV) from October 7, 2020 through November 3, 2020.
Published: Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 @ 8:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) signed a bipartisan letter urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to release its report on whether imported automobiles and auto parts threaten the country's national security.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 @ 12:17 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) urged the Trump Administration to withdraw a proposed rule that could lead to changes to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury Rule.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the wake of Hurricane Florence making landfall in North Carolina, Tillis and Burr immediately began working with the North Carolina Congressional Delegation to secure disaster relief funding for the areas affected by the storm.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 7:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) signed a bipartisan letter urging the Trump Administration to stabilize the Medicare Advantage program, which provides quality health care to 21 million seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2019 @ 9:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) signed a bipartisan letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging the agency to develop federal drinking water standards
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 8:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following joint statement after a Turkish court in Izmir ordered American citizen Andrew Brunson to be moved from prison to house arrest
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2018 @ 3:51 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Michael Bennet (D-CO), James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Susan Collins (R-ME) sent a letter to President Trump, signed by a bipartisan group of more than two dozen senators, stating that the default position of the United States should be to
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 2:30 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), James Lankford (R-OK), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) issued the following joint statement after a Turkish court in Izmir ordered American citizen Andrew Brunson to remain imprisoned until his trial resumes on October 12
Published: Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 @ 5:37 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) took to the Senate floor to speak on North Carolina native Andrew Brunson, who has been wrongfully imprisoned by the Turkish Government since October 7, 2016
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2018 @ 8:49 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after Pastor Andrew Brunson's second trial hearing in Turkey resulted in a postponement, with the next hearing to be held on July 18
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2018 @ 8:53 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), James Lankford (R-OK) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced a bill to prevent the transfer of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to Turkey
Published: Saturday, April 28th, 2018 @ 10:08 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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This week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) signed a bipartisan letter to the President requesting an increase in funding for Alzheimer's research in his fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget request
Published: Friday, February 2nd, 2018 @ 7:46 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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United States Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) recently announced they were successful in urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reconsider a decision that would have caused lower-income military retirees to lose federal retirement benefits
Published: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018 @ 4:05 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined a bipartisan letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross asking the administration to conduct a robust economic analysis to evaluate how any changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would affect changes to the nation's crop and livestock s
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 @ 11:23 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Last week, Thom Tillis took part in led a bipartisan letter expressing concern to leaders in the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Prisons over the elimination of key programming in the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) revised Statement of Work
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 9:36 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) led a bipartisan group of senators urging the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to not impose tariffs that would negatively affect the American solar industry
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2017 @ 2:30 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Gary Peters (D-MI) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.
Published: Thursday, May 4th, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) joined all their Senate colleagues in urging the Trump Administration to take action in response to the recent anonymous bomb threats made against Jewish Community Centers (JCC's), Jewish Day Schools, and Synagogues
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2017 @ 7:00 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis following President Trump's executive order suspending immigration from seven countries for 90 days
Published: Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 @ 2:01 am
By: Thom Tillis
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U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced that the Senate has passed their provision that would address issues with reimbursement rates for the TRICARE Autism Care Demonstration program
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2016 @ 8:38 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Following the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), joint with other senators, on a bipartisan letter addressed to United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 @ 1:39 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Citing the mounting cost and health burdens on federal health programs, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of his colleagues are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement a program to support family caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2016 @ 6:40 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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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
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke on the Senate floor expressing his frustration with the Department of Homeland Security's unresponsiveness as North Carolina seafood companies have been unable to obtain enough H-2B workers to keep their processing facilities operational.
Published: Thursday, May 21st, 2015 @ 9:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Gary Peters (D-MI) announced today that they are leading a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman about a possible special docking provision that could allow for the future addition of countries like China to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 @ 6:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What are Kay Hagan's positions on energy issues? It depends on the audience and whether or not it's an election year.
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 9:22 am
By: Christopher Maye
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