Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced the opening of a new regional office in High Point, NC, and the relocation of his Charlotte, NC, office.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 4:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement in response to the announcement of the Obama Administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 12:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the Fayetteville Observer reported that the Air Force is delaying its plans to deactivate Fort Bragg's 440th Airlift Wing for one year as a result of a sustained push by North Carolina's Congressional delegation to stop the deactivation.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing questioned members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the Avian Influenza Epidemic.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 10:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced, “The Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act.” This legislation is vital to restoring justice to the victims of this heinous government run program.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2015 @ 10:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke on the Senate floor to discuss the ever-failing Affordable Care Act and why President Obama’s current “one-size-fits-all” approach is simply not affordable and will not help deliver a health care system that works for everyone.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 9:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the U.S. Senate for passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2016, 71-25.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 6:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined a bipartisan effort led by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) to introduce legislation that would establish a new infrastructure financing authority to help states and localities better leverage private funds.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 @ 7:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) delivered testimony to the National Commission on the Future of the Army in Fayetteville, NC, which outlined the severe risks of the Obama Administration’s proposed budget cuts to our Armed Forces, including severe cuts to Army end strength.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 1:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) met with Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Robert McDonald, where they discussed working together to create a long-term strategic vision for the VA and help shepherd legislation that will make it easier to reform the VA.
Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 @ 5:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Tillis repeatedly called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to explain why the H-2B visa cap was reached so soon in comparison to previous years, and called on DHS to conduct an audit to determine whether the correct number of H-2B visas was issued.
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 10:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the Senate passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2016 introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) that will not only save, but increase the C-130 presence at Fort Bragg's Pope Airfield.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 7:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) met with Egyptian Ambassador to the United States, Mohamed M. Tawfik, to discuss cooperation between the two nations in efforts to defeat ISIS and curtail Iran’s geopolitical ambitions in the Middle East.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 3:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on the USA Freedom Act
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 11:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently toured Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point military bases in North Carolina where he met with service members, their spouses, veterans and several wounded warriors.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) announced that its customers covered under the President’s Affordable Care Act will face an average 25.7 percent premium rate increase next year.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) met with members of the North Carolina seafood industry to address their concerns around the current H-2B Visa crisis.
Published: Thursday, May 28th, 2015 @ 12:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) visited the UNC Genetic Medicine Building to discuss the recently announced public-private partnership between UNC and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to create an HIV Cure Center and a jointly owned company, Qura Therapeutics, dedicated to discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 4:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) stressed the need to provide resources for veterans and military families during a keynote address at the annual Charlotte Heroes Lunch in Charlotte.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 7:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), visited Gaston County, North Carolina, where he spoke to military servicemembers, veterans and their families during a Memorial Day service.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 7:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Senate passed bipartisan Trade Promotional Authority (TPA) legislation
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 @ 2:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced legislation to ensure that surviving spouses and children of servicemembers who have died in the line of duty receive the same educational benefits as the family members of servicemembers who elect to transfer their benefits.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 9:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) toured Patterson Farm in Rowan County to learn more about local agriculture’s involvement in school meals and visited Tuckaseegee Elementary School in Charlotte to receive input from students and administrators on school nutrition programs.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 9:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that he has successfully secured an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2016 that requires the commanders of the XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd Airborne Division.
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2015 @ 5:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced The Road to Opportunity and Development (ROAD) Act of 2015.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 10:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced legislation to ensure that veterans, students serving in the armed forces, and their qualifying dependents, can take full advantage of the federal education benefits they have earned for themselves and their families.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 12:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The resolution honors 127 law enforcement officials across the nation who were recently killed in the line of duty, including Sergeant Jeffrey Wayne Greene of the Union County, NC, Sherriff's Office, and Police Officer Alexander E. Thalmann of the New Bern, NC, Police Department.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2015 @ 7:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Following the passage of the Iran Nuclear Review Act, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2015 @ 9:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During today's Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Tillis called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to completely rethink the way it approaches providing care for veterans.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 12:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Talk about profiles in courage. *There's nothing better to make you stand up and salute someone who takes both sides of an important issue.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 3:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Today, Senator Tillis (R-NC) sent VA Secretary Robert McDonald a preliminary series of recommendations to apply best business practices to the VA system to make it more efficient and help ensure that veterans are receiving timely and quality care.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 @ 11:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 today with a 99-0 vote
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 @ 5:48 am
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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