Ted Budd: “I know that in each county, every item almost is over $100,000. That’s every single thing that runs through a rather…”

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But now here we are, nine months later, we still haven’t seen the reimbursements.

“For that reason,” Budd continued, “I will vote against any supplemental appropriations package that does not include additional funding for Western North Carolina.”

Every time I’m in WNC, people ask me to make sure that they’re not forgotten.