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Roy Cooper
@roycooper· Democratic · NC· Aug 30, 2017

Tar Heel Governor Roy Cooper taking emergency measures today to ensure the ample supplies and try to prevent price gouging.

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Roy Cooper
@roycooper· Democratic · NC· Aug 13, 2017

The racism and deadly violence in Charlottesville is unacceptable. But there is a better way to remove these monuments.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Aug 2, 2017

So the President would maintain the power to remove the special counsel. We would just want to make sure that it had merit and had that back in the judicial process. And if there is a termination, we just want to make sure through judicial…

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Aug 2, 2017

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. The question is, Will the Senate…

Congressional Record · 2017-08-02
Richard Burr
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Jul 31, 2017

We cannot wait until a threat is upon us to respond.

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Richard Burr
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Jul 31, 2017

the role of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response was designed to answer the simple and critical question: Who is in charge?

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Richard Burr
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Jul 31, 2017

Dr. Robert Kadlec is well-prepared for and well-suited to fulfill every aspect of this role.

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David Price
@davidprice· Democratic · NC· Jul 27, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this so-called security minibus. The Republican majority has rushed through the fiscal year 2018 appropriations process, passing 12 bills without benefit of a budget resolution. Now they have failed to…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-27
Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jul 27, 2017

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the time until 8:30 p.m. be equally divided between the managers or their designees and that at 8:30 p.m., the Senate vote in relation to the Schumer or designee motion to commit, which is at the…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-27
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Jul 26, 2017

free speech is fundamental to a free society. It is astonishing to me that so many young adults today are willing to throw those constitutionally protected rights out the window just because they are on a college campus and may disagree…

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Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Jul 26, 2017

If men--or women he might add today--are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use to us. The…

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Ted Budd
@tedbudd· Republican · NC· Jul 26, 2017

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the Davis-Bacon Act hinders economic growth and increases the Federal deficit. It imposes enormous burdens, stifles contractor productivity, ignores skill differences…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-26
Deborah Koff Ross
@deborahkoffross· Democratic · NC· Jul 26, 2017

I laud you on one of your priorities and when you say the other central component to our agenda for growth is a package--is a passage of comprehensive tax reform.

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Ted Budd
@tedbudd· Republican · NC· Jul 26, 2017

Mr. Chairman, as the designee of the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Francis Rooney), I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-26
Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jul 26, 2017

If you really do want to help the little guy, you better stop passing the regulatory costs down to them by adding a regulatory burden.

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Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jul 26, 2017

Mr. Chairman, I thank my esteemed colleagues for raising the issue, but it is more an issue of accuracy than anything else. As we look at this, Mr. Chairman, it is real easy to look at CBO and realize that they are the one group that makes…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-26
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jul 26, 2017

free speech is the bedrock of who we are. It is truly what we must fight for

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Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jul 26, 2017

Do you think that they took bad advice from someone ... that a Member of Congress said that they shouldn't come before the Oversight Committee?

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