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Congressman McHenry Secures $146,000 for NC Center for Engineering Technologies
Dec 19, 2007
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Congressman Patrick McHenry today announced the U.S. House of Representatives approved $146,000 in funding for the North Carolina Center for Engineering Technologies, a workforce development program based in Hickory. The funding was included in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2008 (...
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Congressman McHenry Sends Letter to Department of Agriculture Secretary Urging Improved Assistance To Drought Weary NC Farmers
Nov 15, 2007
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Congressman McHenry has sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Agriculture Chuck Conner urging him to improve the quality of crop insurance available to Tenth District farmers from the Department of Agriculture.Under current guidelines, the Department of Agriculture offers insurance ...
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Congressman McHenry Votes Against Bill Designed To Restrict Home Ownership
Nov 15, 2007
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Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) today voted against Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-MA) Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (HR 3915).Based on a NC law that has proven harmful to families seeking to purchase homes, HR 3915 is intended to limit home financing options available to consumers.“T...
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Congressman McHenry Secures $1.8 Million in Federal Funding For Mariner Container Corp.
Nov 13, 2007
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Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) today announced that Mariner Container Corporation will receive $1.8 million in federal funding to build “Smart Containers.”The funding comes as part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (HR 3222), which was signed into law by the President today.&nbs...;
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Congressman McHenry Votes To Pass TAA Reauthorization
Oct 31, 2007
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Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) today issued the following statement following his vote to pass the Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 (HR 3920), which reauthorizes and expands the Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.“TAA is a critically important progra...
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Henredon Workers To Receive Trade Adjustment Assistance
Oct 18, 2007
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Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the certification of a petition to grant Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) to workers who will lose their jobs at the Henredon furniture plant in Burke County, NC.In late September, HDM Industries announced that it would be closing its Henredon plant in ...
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McHenry Co-Sponsors Taxpayer Choice Act
Oct 10, 2007
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Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) today signed on as an original co-sponsor of the Taxpayer Choice Act of 2007. This legislation repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax and gives taxpayers the option of choosing to participate in a highly simplified, efficient alternative tax code.“The 16,485 pag...
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McHenry Introduces Mortgage Disclosure Simplification Act
Oct 3, 2007
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WASHINGTON – Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Al Green (D-TX), members of the House Committee on Financial Services, today introduced the Mortgage Disclosure Simplification Act of 2007. This legislation will require mortgage lenders to give every borrower a one-page summary of important information...
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McHenry: "Fighting To Change The Way Washington Works"
Sep 6, 2007
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I want to extend a sincere thank you to the nearly 700 people who attended the town hall meetings I held all across the Tenth District in August.The right of the people to openly and freely question their leaders and discuss solutions to common problems is the reason our democracy works so well.&nbs...;
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McHenry Presents $37,156 Grant for City of Lenoir Fire Department in Caldwell County
Aug 30, 2007
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Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) last Tuesday presented $37,156 in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant to a local fire department in the Tenth Congressional District.
The grant goes to the City of Lenoir Fire Department in Caldwell County, and comes in the fifth round of the F...
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