- June 2018
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06/25/18
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg, released the following statement after the House passed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act (H.R. 299), legislation he cosponsored.
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06/08/18
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2019 (H.R. 5895).
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06/06/18
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman and a voice for North Carolina's veterans, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed the VA MISSION Act of 2018 (S. 2372), a bipartisan package to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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- May 2018
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05/18/18
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman and a voice for North Carolina's veterans, released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced he will nominate Robert Wilkie to be the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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05/16/18
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman and a voice for North Carolina's veterans, released the following statement after the House passed the VA Mission Act of 2018 (S. 2372), a bipartisan package to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and fund the Choice Program.
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- March 2018
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03/26/18
On Friday, March 23, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg, hosted the Committee on Veterans' Affairs to conduct an open oversight field hearing entitled, "Partnering, Payment and Provider Access: VA Community Care in North Carolina."
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- February 2018
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02/14/18
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman, released the following statement after the House passed H.Res. 129, a bill introduced by Rep. Sam Johnson (TX-03), a Vietnam POW and war hero, calling on the Department of Defense, other elements of the Federal Government, and foreign governments to intensify efforts to investigate, recover, and identify all missing and unaccounted-for personnel of the United States.
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- January 2018
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01/10/18
U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman and a voice for veterans, released the following statement after cosponsoring the VA Care in the Community Act (H.R. 4242), legislation to improve and expand veteran access to community care.
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- November 2017
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11/15/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after legislation he introduced to rename the Spring Lake Post Office in honor of Howard B. Pate, Jr., Spring Lake's late historian and former postmaster, passed the House. The legislation passed just one day after the year anniversary of Mr. Pate's passing on November 14, 2016.
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11/10/17
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman, released the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day on November 11, 2017.
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11/01/17
On Friday, November 10, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), Fort Bragg's Congressman, will join Facebook, the Greater Fayetteville Chamber, and Blue Star Families for a "Boost Your Business" event to help veteran, service member, and military spouse entrepreneurs and business owners grow their businesses.
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- September 2017
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09/14/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after the House passed the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act of 2018 (H.R. 3354).
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- August 2017
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08/17/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg and the voice for North Carolina's veterans, released the following statement after bipartisan legislation to make several landmark improvements to the GI Bill was signed into law.
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- July 2017
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07/27/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg and the voice for North Carolina's veterans, released the following statement after the House passed the Make America Secure Appropriations Act of 2018 (H.R. 3219), which includes appropriations bills for defense, military construction and veterans, energy and water, and the legislative branch.
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07/25/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg and the voice for North Carolina's veterans, released the following statement after the House passed several measures to support and improve care for veterans, including H.R. 3218 to make several significant improvements to the GI Bill.
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07/24/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) introduced legislation to rename the Spring Lake Post Office in honor of Howard B. Pate, Jr. All House of Representatives members of the North Carolina delegation signed on in support of this legislation.
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- June 2017
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06/23/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg and author of bipartisan legislation to allow service connected veterans to choose care from private providers in their local communities, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, legislation to make it easier to fire Veterans Affairs (VA) employees for poor performance or misconduct and to establish whistleblower protections.
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06/13/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg and author of bipartisan legislation to allow service connected veterans to choose care from private providers in their local communities, released the following statement after the House passed S. 1094, legislation to make it easier to fire Veterans Affairs (VA) employees for poor performance or misconduct and to establish whistleblower protections.
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- May 2017
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05/25/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg and the voice of North Carolina's veterans, released the following statement after the House passed several bills to improve care for veterans.
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- April 2017
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04/05/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg, released the following statement after supporting S. 544, a bill to improve the VA Choice Program and extend access to timely, quality health care for veterans:
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- March 2017
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03/30/17
Yesterday, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg, held a meeting with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Officials and members of the North Carolina Congressional Delegation following the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report on issues with access to VA care at Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 6, which includes VA medical facilities in North Carolina.
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03/16/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), the representative of Fort Bragg and author of bipartisan legislation to allow service connected veterans to choose care from private providers in their local communities, released the following statement after voting to makes it easier to fire Veterans Affairs (VA) employees for poor performance or misconduct and to establish whistleblower protections.
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03/03/17
Today, U.S. Representatives Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement in reaction to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report on issues with access to VA care at Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 6, which includes VA medical facilities in North Carolina.
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- February 2017
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02/28/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) issued the following statement in reaction to President Donald Trump's first address to a Joint Session of Congress.
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02/17/17
Yesterday U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08), representative of Fort Bragg, sent a letter to the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies to request funding in the MilCon-VA Appropriations bill to extend the runway on Pope Field and to prioritize care for veterans.
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02/14/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after the House passed several measures to improve care and services for veterans.
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- January 2017
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01/02/17
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement in response to the Wall Street Journal's report on veterans and opioid addiction in Fayetteville, N.C.
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- November 2016
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11/11/16
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day.
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- May 2016
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05/31/16
Members of Congress assure the Fort Bragg community they're fighting for them on Capitol Hill. Congressmen joined in on a Military Affairs Roundtable at the Greater Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce.
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05/17/16
Today, U.S. Representatives Richard Hudson (NC-08) and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02) introduced the bipartisan Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 (H.R. 5262) to expand access to care at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) while enhancing choice, flexibility and quality in veterans' health care.
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- March 2016
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03/28/16
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after sending a letter to Chairman Mac Thornberry requesting the House Armed Services Committee to launch a formal inquiry into the mismanaged adoptions of military working dogs (MWDs) from the former Tactical Explosive Detector Dog Program (TEDD).
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- November 2015
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11/11/15
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day.
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- October 2015
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10/22/15
U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement in reaction to President Obama's announcement that today he will veto the bipartisan, bicameral FY16 National Defense Authorization Act which authorizes defense spending at the exact levels the president requested.
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- August 2015
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08/03/15
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement on the enactment of the Hire More Heroes Act.
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- July 2015
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07/29/15
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after voting to break down the bureaucracy at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and prioritize veteran care.
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- May 2015
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05/04/15
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after an amendment he helped champion with Rep. Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) to give injured servicemembers priority in adopting their military working dogs was added to the FY16 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735):
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- April 2015
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04/30/15
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after voting in favor of the FY 2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill (H.R. 2029).
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- January 2015
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01/06/15
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after the House passed the Hire More Heroes Act (H.R. 22).
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- November 2014
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11/16/14
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after helping reunite Spc. Brent Grommet and his retired military dog, Matty.
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- July 2014
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07/30/14
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) introduced H.R. 5265 to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community outpatient clinic in Hamlet, North Carolina after Army Command Sergeant Major Edward James O'Neal. This legislation was cosponsored by every member of the North Carolina Congressional Delegation.
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07/21/14
Fayetteville, NC – Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) issued the following statement after touring the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) and meeting with officials to follow up on changes made in order to reduce wait times in light of the recent controversies involving scheduling practices at various VA medical centers around the country.
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- May 2014
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05/22/14
Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after cosponsoring H.Con.Res. 98 calling on President Obama to immediately demand the resignation of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki.
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- November 2013
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11/11/13
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released a statement thanking all veterans and members of the military for their dedication and service to our nation.
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- June 2013
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06/04/13
U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Year 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill.
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- March 2013
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03/22/13
Chairman of the Transportation Security Subcommittee Richard Hudson (R-NC-08) sent the following letter to TSA Administrator John Pistole, advocating for changes in TSA's screening policies that will ensure our wounded veterans are treated with respec
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