Dear Friend, Here are a few updates on events from this past week in Washington as well as a COVID-19 update. Thank you for subscribing, and please consider recommending this resource to a friend — as many of you already do! Supporting an Extension of Disaster Assistance for Producers Impacted by Hurricane Isaias Hurricane Isaias inflicted severe damage in… Read more »
Here are a few updates on events from this week in Washington. Thank you for subscribing, and please consider recommending this resource to a friend. Democrats’ Tax and Spend Spree is Fueling Inflation Inflation has increased every month of the Biden presidency due to Democrats’ massive tax and spend spree and it’s hurting American families. From… Read more »
Here are a few updates on events from this week both in Washington and in North Carolina. Hearing from the EPA on WOTUS and PFAS I opened this week’s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment hearing outlining my concerns with the Biden Administration’s announced effort to rewrite the Trump Administration’s rule defining “Waters of the United… Read more »
Dear Friend, Since we are wading into the height of storm-season during the course of the next several months and in light of Tropical Storm Elsa, there are various resources my office has available to assist you in advance and during the aftermath of future storms. Below, you will also find a COVID-19 update as well as detailed information on passport assistance. If… Read more »
Dear Friend, The latest update from the National Weather Service in Wilmington predicts that Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to move north near the west coast of Florida over the next day or so. It is expected to weaken as it reaches the Carolinas later Wednesday into Thursday. Heavy rainfall, flooding, isolated tornadoes, and dangerous rip currents may impact our area as early as… Read more »
Dear Friend, As we head into the Fourth of July weekend, may you and your loved ones have a safe and happy Independence Day! This week, House Democrats passed their partisan infrastructure bill, which is simple Green New Deal mandates advertised as “infrastructure." They abandoned bipartisan negotiations at the outset of the process in favor of a partisan bill that… Read more »
Dear Friend, The Biden Administration has abdicated their responsibility to uphold the U.S. Constitution by failing to protect our country from the devastating impacts of Biden’s Border Catastrophe. Seizures of the deadly drug fentanyl are up by more than 300% over May last year. 7,450 pounds of fentanyl have been seized so far this fiscal year, far surpassing the 4,776 pounds… Read more »
Dear Friend, Recently, the Biden Administration announced their intent to revise the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS). When President Trump repealed the 2015 Obama-era EPA rule that vastly expanded the WOTUS definition, our farm families, small businesses, local governments, and citizens no longer needed to worry about an EPA bureaucrat dictating… Read more »
Dear Friend, This week, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed the Democrat’s “My Way or the Highway" Bill 2.0, which spends $1 of every $2 on Green New Deal mandates rather than crafting a bipartisan path forward on infrastructure. T&I Committee Democrats also passed their costly, one-sided clean water bill (H.R. 1915) rejecting Republican… Read more »
Dear Friend, May’s jobs report included 100,000 fewer jobs than most experts estimated, underscoring that President Biden’s policies are delaying a full economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. If things continue at this disappointing rate, it will take an entire year to get our economy back to its pre-COVID performance. Several things are… Read more »
