As new financial products and technologies, including digital currency, continue to change and move, we need to make sure those currencies are not being used by illicit actors and terrorist organizations to escape a money trail. My bill adopts a number of tools to achieve this goal.
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Washington D.C. – U.S. Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement regarding local High Point Chaplain, John Vernon opening the House legislative day in prayer: “I was honored to have local High Point Chaplain John Vernon open the House legislative session is prayer on Wednesday. John is an ordained minister in The Wesleyan Church, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wesleyan Christian Academy. John also serves locally as Lead Chaplain for both the H...
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Washington D.C. -- U.S. Representatives Ted Budd (R-NC) and Francis Rooney (R-FL) led a letter this morning with more than forty member signatures urging President Trump to rescind Executive Order 13502. This order, which President Obama issued in 2009, strongly encourages federal agencies, on a case-by-case basis, to consider requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million in total value. Representatives Budd and Rooney released the following sta...
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Washington D.C. – U.S. Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement after voting in support of H. Res. 990 supporting the officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement: “Today, I voted in favor of a resolution to show support for our officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of enforcing our federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration. “Recent political attacks on ...
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Washington D.C. – U.S. Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement regarding the passage of The JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018: “Today, the House of Representatives passed the ‘JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018’ in strong, bipartisan fashion. This package of bills applies 21st Century capital formation rules to our 21st Century economy and builds on the bipartisan ‘JOBS Act’ legacy. “My bill, H.R. 3903- the Encouraging Public Offerings Act, was included in th...
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The late Justice Scalia put it perfectly back in 2006 when he said that "the Constitution is not a living organism, it is a legal document. It says something and doesn’t say other things."
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It’s a short, simple bill that would strengthen short term, limited duration health plans so people in our state and around the country would have a viable option for health insurance coverage that is free from Obamacare’s regulations - one of the main factors for increased prices.
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The Department of Justice has so far failed to comply with certain requests for information and congressional subpoenas by both the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Judiciary Committee.
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This crisis has wreaked havoc on communities and families, and it’s my hope that the Senate will take up the COACH Act so we can get it signed into law sooner rather than later.
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I am in no way in favor of separating families at our southern border and will work with my colleagues to find a quick resolution to this matter.
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