This deal forces them to pay for the harm they caused the people of southeastern North Carolina, and gives our local governments more resources to help ensure clean drinking water for families.
Jeff Jackson
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Jeff Neale Jackson is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing North Carolina's 14th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been active in various legislative efforts since taking office on January 1, 2023. Jackson has focused on issues relevant to his constituents and has participated in discussions surrounding significant legislative measures, including reconciliation bills. His work reflects a commitment to addressing the needs and concerns of North Carolinians.
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by number of sources- This is about children, their mental health, and the deliberate ways that Meta engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children and then misled parents about it.2 sources2026ncnewsline.com
- One of the core questions here is, how much time can children really spend on these platforms in a healthy way?2 sources2026ncnewsline.com
- There is no world in which we don’t need parents to be involved in how much screen time their kids are getting.2 sources2026ncnewsline.com
It would risk losing another generation, and that’s a risk we cannot take.
A significant percentage of young people are using social media after midnight. The new default will be that those feeds will be disabled between midnight and 6 a.m.
The data shows that nearly 80% of teens use social media for over two hours a day and nearly 40% of them use social media for over five hours a day.
My wife and I have three kids. We know how hard it is to argue with them about screen time.
Not only is this last-minute rule change against the law, but it threatens North Carolinians’ voting rights and imposes a whole new process right before an election.
The Constitution is clear on this: The states have the authority over elections, not the Postal Service.
There is no world in which we don’t need parents to be involved in how much screen time their kids are getting.
One of the core questions here is, how much time can children really spend on these platforms in a healthy way?
This is about children, their mental health, and the deliberate ways that Meta engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children and then misled parents about it.
This doesn’t undo the fact that people paid too much for groceries, but it is genuine accountability in a way that will actually help people immediately.
The harm here was [to] people’s grocery bill. Why not try and do something more direct and targeted towards the neediest families in America?
This is the second time we have had to sue FEMA over something like this. We were successful last year, I anticipate that we will be successful this year.
This is bomb squads, hurricane response, active shooter response. They are attempting to impose new conditions on the receipt of those funds.
Congress designed this provision to prevent EPA from doing exactly what it proposes to do here — weaken existing health protections for public drinking water.
If the EPA rolls back these limits, it would be a harmful step in the wrong direction.
In North Carolina, we know firsthand how damaging PFAS chemicals are to our drinking water and to people’s health.
Our state is ground zero for GenX contamination, but this deal does practically nothing to clean up our water. Chemours made this mess, and Chemours should clean it up.
We did our own independent analysis of what Duke will need to meet demand, and we think they overshot the mark.





