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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One day after national refugee organizations accused 31 governors of discrimination and fear-mongering in seeking a halt in the flow of Syrian refugees into their states, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper came out in support of Gov. Pat McCrory's request for such a moratorium
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Citing Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, and saying his "primary duty as governor is to protect the citizens of North Carolina," Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday issued a formal request to President Obama, asking the federal government to end the relocation of refugees from Syria to the...
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 5:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina in recent months has accepted 44 Syrian refugees, and as many as 270 other Syrians are expected to be relocated throughout the state, according to Gov. Pat McCrory's office
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory strongly urged President Barack Obama to reconsider his veto threat after the U.S House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill sponsored by North Carolina Representative Richard Hudson to halt the administration's plan to take in thousands of Syrian and...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:24 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined 26 other governors in a letter calling on President Barack Obama to cease the resettlement of additional Syrian refugees until the federal government thoroughly reviews the refugee background check process and address the security gaps acknowledged by FBI Director...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:08 am
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina has accepted 59 Syrian refugees, and as many as 270 others are expected to be relocated throughout the state, according to Gov. Pat McCrory's office. The governor's office updated the information Monday, three days after it responded to an open-records request from Carolina Journal...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's $1.1 trillion dollars. It's 2009 pages. It was written by FOUR lawmakers and a bunch of lobbyists.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:34 am
By: Brant Clifton
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DC-Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is calling for Congress to block funds for the Obama administration's massive Middle Eastern refugee resettlement program when Congress appropriates money for the Boehner-Obama debt deal before the end of the year...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:49 am
By: Chris Downey
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Expressing disappointment in President Obama's threat to veto his bill requiring a more thorough screening process of refugees from Syria and Iraq, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8th District, said Thursday he hopes the measure gets the same veto-proof support in the Senate it received in the House.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 2:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This past week, 14 years later we, as a nation, took pause to remember September 11, 2001.
Published: Monday, October 5th, 2015 @ 9:47 pm
By: Rod Eccles
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015, which cuts military benefits and provides billions of dollars in spending toward President Obama’s unconstitutional expansion of military force in Iraq and Syria.
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 10:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Amateur Obama, a Democrat president, who would not allow the word terrorist to be used in his administration during his first 5 years on the job, has inarguably lost the War in Iraq, and is now losing the World Wide War on Terror, making Americans less safe world wide, and here at home.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 10:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Our intrepid Secretary of State didn't want to call going after ISIS a war. If it was a war the DOD would seem to be the more sensible organization to be running it.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 6:24 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against an amendment to a fiscal year 2015 funding bill (H.J. Res. 24) which would authorize President Barack Obama to use U.S. tax payer dollars to arm and train so-called “moderate” Muslim rebels in Syria.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 @ 2:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Anointed One Challenges Syria with a red line in the sand and when that doesn't seem to be achieving anything, he asks Congress for authority to "go after" them.
Published: Monday, September 15th, 2014 @ 6:38 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Almost every day we hear the Anointed One making some grand pronouncement about something or other. Invariably he is "backed up" by folks who would seem to be from the constituency he seems to be romancing that particular day.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 4:01 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 3:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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