The work of our interim committees has begun and I am preparing to return to Raleigh for a session scheduled to begin on November 7. There are a number of potential topics that may be considered during the session, including redistricting and local bills. We may also consider a relief package for the tens of [...]

This was a busy week both legislatively and with visitors from North Carolina in Washington. On Wednesday, I was honored to join a group of over one hundred North Carolina veterans of World War Two at the World War Two Memorial on the National Mall. These brave men and women were led into the memorial by a bagpipe processional [...]

As the General Assembly neared its Sept. 12 session, it was clear what areas we needed to tackle. With the state unemployment rate at 10.4 percent and devastation having visited the eastern portion of North Carolina from Hurricane Irene, the priorities were clear. But what did the Republican Senate and House leadership put on top [...]

This was another busy week in Washington where we debated many issues of vital importance to those of you in North Carolina and Americans across the country.  Thursday night, I introduced a bill, the Empowering Local Educational Decision Making Act, that will improve America’s education system by giving states and  local communities the flexibility they [...]

Good morning, Today, on the tenth anniversary of the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, we will mourn the innocent lives lost, honor the heroic first responders who rushed to the scene, and pay tribute to our troops and military families who have served over the past ten years to keep us safe and strong. [...]

This year, like every year that has passed since, our nation reflects back on the horrific attacks that cost the lives of 2,977 men, women, and children in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, and on the brave men and women who have laid their lives down since then in defense of the freedoms [...]