Bipartisan Budd legislation included in the Russia Sanctions Act Signed By President Washington, DC -- U.S Representative Ted Budd’s (R-NC) first bill was signed into law Wednesday. The bipartisan terrorism bill passed the House and Senate last week with overwhelming support as part of a larger sanctions package targeting Russia and Iran. “I’m grateful for the president’s decision to sign this imp... Read more »
Bipartisan Budd legislation included in Russia Sanctions Act Washington, D.C. -- U.S Representative Ted Budd's first bill was passed by the US House today. The terrorism bill was included in the the Russia, Iran, and North Korea Sanctions Act, an effort to use economic sanctions to deter bad behavior by rogue states, including the Russian-sponsored hacking of the presidential election. The biparti... Read more »
U.S. Representatives Ted Budd (NC-13) and Walter Jones (NC-3) sent a letter to the Secretary of the Air Force sharing the accounts of two former majors in the 6th Special Operations Squadron of a failed 2013 contracting effort for weaponized agricultural aircraft. The majors detail a troubling account of contracting malfeasance at the 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, known as “Big Safari.” The ch... Read more »
U.S. Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement on the loss of 15 US Marines and 1 Sailor in the KC-130 airplane crash in Leflore County, Mississippi en route from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C: “The loss of 15 US Marines and 1 Sailor in yesterday’s tragic plane crash in Mississippi is devastating. With a heavy heart we are sending our thoughts and are prayers to ... Read more »
Representatives Ted Budd (R-NC) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) introduced the National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing Act. This bipartisan legislation directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with other federal agencies, to establish a comprehensive strategy to combat the financing of terrorism and related forms of illicit finance. “A goal without a plan is ... Read more »
Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC), whose efforts at oversight of the recent Kenya Foreign Military Sale have been stonewalled by the Air Force, released the following statement in the wake of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s decision to require the Air Force to turn over vital documents in the Kenya Foreign Military Sale: “The fundamentals of this case remain the same. A secretive acquisi... Read more »
A House government oversight committee is requesting the Air Force turn over documents related to a U.S. government weapons sale to Kenya pushed through on President Obama’s last day in office. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday will request the Air Force produce documents related to the $418 million sale to Kenya for twelve weaponized crop duster-like planes to conduct... Read more »
US Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) released this statement following the news that the president had ordered missile strikes in Syria: “Last night, President Trump, responding to reports that the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons on civilians, launched a cruise missile strike against an airfield in Syria. It was a proportional response to an atrocity. Before any further escalation of America... Read more »
Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) addressed the need for congressional oversight on the Foreign Military Sale of 12 weaponized border patrol aircraft from the U.S. to the Kenyan Government. Watch video for remarks below. Read more »
Every day, anonymous bureaucrats make decisions that will have a profound effect on people's lives. These decisions are as boring as they are important, and I suspect that most people are okay with the process to a degree — civilization requires a certain amount of paperwork. The problem comes when the usual unhelpfulness and rule-following of civil servants is mixed with something worse: favoriti... Read more »
