{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where party = \"Democrat\", state = \"NC\" and year = 2014 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["http://adams.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-adams-statement-senate-confirmation-loretta-biggs-federal", "Congresswoman Adams Statement on Senate Confirmation of Loretta Biggs as  Federal Judge to North Carolina Federal Court", "2014-12-17", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Greensboro, NC\u2014 Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement congratulating Winston-Salem attorney Loretta Biggs on her Senate confirmation as the first African-American woman to serve as a lifetime appointed federal judge for North Carolina:\n\"I am pleased with yesterday's U.S. Senate confirmation of Loretta Biggs as the first African-American woman to serve as a lifetime appointed federal judge for the state of North Carolina,\" said Rep. Adams.\u00a0 \"It has been a long time coming to have an African-American female serve in this role and I am happy that Loretta is the first.\u00a0 Loretta has brought years of experience and is a hardworking individual who is dedicated to the rule of law.\u00a0 I look forward to having Loretta serve as a federal judge.\"\nMs. Biggs is a North Carolina Board Certified Family Law Specialist and a Certified Family Law Financial Mediator and has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America and North Carolina Super Lawyers publications. Biggs is a practicing attorney specializing in family law, interstate and international child custody, child support, alimony, complex equitable distribution, mediation and arbitration.\u00a0 She previously served as the Associate Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and State District Court Judge for the 21st Judicial District, Forsyth County.\u00a0 She also served as an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University School of Law; has been designated as Master, Joseph Branch Inn of Court; and was appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to the Court\u2019s Commission on Professionalism.\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://adams.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-adams-response-cromnibus-bill", "Congresswoman Adams Response to the Cromnibus Bill", "2014-12-12", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC\u2014 Last night Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) voted against H.R. 83, the \u201cCromnibus\u201d appropriations bill that came before the U.S. House of Representatives.\u00a0 She made the following comment regarding her vote:\n\u00a0\n\u201cAlthough I know how important it is for us to pass a budget, I could not support the \u2018Cromnibus\u2019 bill that was brought before the House last night.\u00a0 It contained too many harmful provisions that could negatively impact the folks in my district.\u00a0 Instead of making hard choices to continue to fund the government, Republicans have used this bill as an opportunity to weaken a key provision in the Dodd Frank legislation that protects tax payers.\u00a0 By undermining this provision, we are creating the same climate that almost caused the collapse of our entire financial system and caused hundreds of thousands of people to lose their homes.\u00a0 Just yesterday, The Winston-Salem Journal reported a spike in foreclosures in Forsyth County.\u00a0 This can be attributed to the loose regulations that Dodd Frank was designed to prevent.\u00a0 The people in my congressional district are still recovering and we can\u2019t afford to go backward.\n\u00a0\nThere is also a provision in this bill that would allow wealthy individuals to contribute more to political campaigns.\u00a0 Allowing wealthy individuals to contribute more only gives more power to special interests.\u00a0 Our political system should be open to all people, not just those who have money.\u00a0 None of these things have anything to do with funding our government and they should not be in the bill.\u00a0 I have made it my life\u2019s work to fight for working families.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this bill does not live up to those principals and that is why I could not support it.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/epa-administrator-and-congressman-butterfield-in-durham-tomorrow-to-tour", "EPA Administrator and Congressman Butterfield in Durham Tomorrow to Tour Energy Efficient Habitat for Humanity Home, Highlight New ENERGY STAR Tool", "2014-12-11", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) will join U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy in visiting Durham on Friday for the agency's Energy Efficiency Action Week and to tour a new ENERGY STAR-certified Habitat for Humanity home, in the North East Central neighborhood, that includes energy-efficient features that will save homeowners money on their utility bills. Administrator McCarthy and Butterfield will be joined by Durham Mayor Bill Bell, Habitat for Humanity International Vice President for the U.S. and Canada Sue Henderson, and representatives from Advanced Energy, Southern Energy Management and Habitat for Humanity Durham.\nThe home tour, which will include blower door and duct blaster tests as well as an explanation of ENERGY STAR upgrades, is open to the press and will be immediately followed by a press conference.\nAdministrator McCarthy will highlight a new EPA tool, the ENERGY STAR Home Advisor, launched this week to help Americans save money and energy by improving the energy efficiency of their existing homes through recommended, customized and prioritized home-improvement projects. As we enter the winter months, homeowners can use the new ENERGY STAR Home Advisor to increase energy efficiency and save money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions that fuel climate change.\n\nWHEN: \nFriday, December 12, 2014\n11:15 a.m. EST\n\nWHO: \nEPA Administrator Gina McCarthy\nG. K. Butterfield, U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 1st District\nMayor Bill Bell, City of Durham\nSue Henderson, Vice President for the U.S. and Canada, Habitat for Humanity International\nBlake Strayhorn, Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity Durham\nKeith Aldridge, Vice President for Business Development, Advanced Energy\nHeather McTeer Toney, EPA Regional Administrator\n\nWHERE: \nHabitat for Humanity home\n2200 Ashe Street\nDurham, N.C. 27703\n\nRSVP: \nMedia who would like to attend either event should contact Davina Marraccini at 404-562-8293 or marraccini.davina@epa.gov \n\nhttps://www.Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-statement-following-passage-cromnibus", "PRICE STATEMENT FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF \"CROMNIBUS\"", "2014-12-11", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC Congressman David Price (NC-04), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after House passage of the CROmnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through Fiscal Year 2015. Tonight I voted to pass the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 2015, avoiding either a government shutdown or short term continuing resolutions that would have forced us to lurch from crisis to crisis again next year. The bill assembles the bipartisan, bicameral work of eleven of our twelve subcommittees and will provide critical, stable support for the work of agencies ranging from health research to infrastructure construction to national defense. The bill has serious flaws, however, and I worked hard all week to include the 12th bill -- Homeland Security, from the Subcommittee I lead -- in the omnibus bill rather than in a 3-month continuing resolution. I also sought leverage to get two particularly objectionable amendments, which removed some Dodd-Frank financial protections and greatly increased limits for contributions to political parties, dropped from the bill. It eventually became clear that Republican leaders, dealing with numerous far-right members and interest-group pressures, could or would not remove these objectionable provisions and might instead give up on the omnibus bill and bring us to the brink of another government shutdown. At that point I supported the most responsible alternative available, the omnibus appropriations bill, as recommended by President Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. It was not an easy choice for me and many other members, and the effort leaves me determined to push for a fresh start in the 114th Congress: to avoid right-wing efforts to promote shutdowns and crises and to find ways to cooperate for the good of the country. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-rules-committee-testimony-amendment-cromnibus", "PRICE RULES COMMITTEE TESTIMONY ON AMENDMENT TO \"CROMNIBUS\"", "2014-12-10", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC Ranking Member David Price (NC-04)of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee has introduced an amendment to H.R. 83 that would extend the Homeland Security continuing resolution through the end of the fiscal year and provide additional financial flexibility to the Department. Ranking Member Price gave the following testimony before the Rules Committee in support of his amendment, which was co-sponsored by the Democratic Members of the Subcommittee. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Slaughter, and other members of the Committee, my amendment is simple and straightforward. It provides the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with a year-long continuing resolution (CR), with adjustments to bring the bill's total up to its fiscal year 2015 allocation level. In addition, it provides sufficient flexibility for the Department to address the needs and priorities identified in its budget request, as modified by the House and Senate Committee bills. It provides the certainty of full-year funding to the Department of Homeland Security, and gives the Secretary the ability to protect this country from terrorist threats, secure our borders, enforce immigration law, and continue to recapitalize the Coast Guard's aging fleet. I am offering this amendment with the co-sponsorship of all Democratic members of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Reps. Roybal-Allard, Cuellar, and Owens. This amendment is certainly not our first choice of action; the Homeland Security bill has been finished and ready to go for the last week, and I have heard no coherent line of reasoning that would justify anything less than enacting the full year bill. But the short-term CR extension in this bill for DHS only creates uncertainty, and will:  Limit the Department's ability to aggressively move forward with the Secretary's Unity of Effort initiative to make the Department more strategic in carrying out its security missions and improve coordination among its components;  Limit the ability to aggressively move ahead with the Secretary's Southern Border and Approaches campaign;  Create uncertainty regarding ICE's capacity to detain and deport dangerous criminals and to transfer unaccompanied children to HHS for humane treatment;  Delay needed procurements, potentially including acquisition of the 8th National Security Cutter, resulting in scheduling delays and added costs; and  Delay needed security upgrades at the White House Complex to prevent fence-jumper intrusions. The apparent intent of the House majority in holding back full-year funding for DHS is to help them reverse the President's executive order on immigration early in the next Congress. But how will that really play out? Presumably, the House could send a full-year Homeland Security funding bill to the Senate in January or February that would prohibit the use of any funds to carry out the President's executive order. Without 60 votes in the Senate, however, it's likely that such a bill would go nowhere. Or, if the Senate were able to pass legislation to defund the executive order, the President would certainly veto it, with absolutely no chance that the House or the Senate could override that veto. So what is left of the majority's strategy? Would the Republican majorities in the House and Senate really be willing to let funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapse when the short-term CR expires? Cutting off funding for DHS would appear to be the only leverage available at that point. The vast majority of DHS employees are considered essential, so they would still need to show up for work. Will the House majority really be willing to let front-line agents and officers at CBP and ICE work without pay? Would the House majority be willing to let Coast Guard military personnel continue to risk their lives at sea without compensation? Imagine the outrage that would have occurred had a Democratic Congress ever held funding for the Department of Homeland Security hostage during the George W. Bush Administration  yet that is precisely what House Republicans are setting up right now by including only a short-term CR for DHS in this bill. A full-year DHS funding bill should be part of this omnibus package. It was negotiated in good faith on a bicameral, bipartisan basis, and it addresses the most pressing needs of the Department as it works to protect this country from harm. Short of that, I urge the Committee to permit consideration of our amendment by the House. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-statement-republican-anti-immigrant-bill", "PRICE STATEMENT ON REPUBLICAN ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILL", "2014-12-04", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC Congressman David Price (NC-04) gave the following statement in opposition to H.R. 5759, a bill designed to reverse the President's immigration action.  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this misguided and politically-motivated legislation. In fact, it would be dangerous and irresponsible for this body to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from exercising prosecutorial discretion. DHS and ICE must be able to prioritize the detention and the deportation of people who pose a threat to public safety and national security, as opposed to deporting, for example, college students who were brought to this country by their parents. Or, perhaps, spouses of U.S. citizens serving in the military! It's not even a close question. The reality is, discretion is and always has been exercised by every prosecutor in this country. To my knowledge, Republicans had never questioned this, never challenged it, until the current President began prioritizing dangerous criminals for immigration enforcement. As former Solicitor General Walter Dellinger recently wrote, In light of how legally conservative the [Justice Department] opinion really is, it is a wonder that this issue has become the subject of such heated, occasionally apocalyptic commentary. Those who object to the president's efforts to unite families should stop hiding behind unfounded legal alarums and debate the president's actions on the merits.  Very good advice. I urge defeat of this cynical and unwarranted legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://adams.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-adams-gives-first-speech-floor-us-house-representatives", "Congresswoman Adams Gives First Speech on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the Affordable Care Act", "2014-12-03", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC\u2014 Today Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) gave her first speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the Affordable Care Act.\u00a0 Text of the speech is below:\n\u201cMr. Speaker I rise today in support of the Affordable Care Act.\u00a0 One year after implementing the health care exchanges, the number of uninsured in this country has decreased dramatically.\u00a0 North Carolina had one of the top five highest enrollments and in my congressional district alone, the number of uninsured has declined by 14%.\u00a0 Not to mention the incredible impact this legislation has had in the lives of working families.\u00a0\nThrough the Affordable Care Act 208,000 individuals in my congressional district now have access to health insurance.\u00a0 Young adults and college students can now stay on their parents\u2019 plans until they are 26, which resulted in nearly 10,000 young adults retaining health insurance in my congressional district.\u00a0 In Addition, seniors in my district have received Medicare Part D prescription drug discounts worth $11.1 million dollars, and being a woman is no longer considered a preexisting condition.\u00a0\nThe Affordable Care Act has also had a dramatic effect on unemployment, creating 9.6 million private sector jobs.\u00a0 My congressional district\u2019s unemployment rate is 13.9%, so for me this is not only about health, but jobs and our economy.\u00a0 These are tangible benefits that cannot be ignored.\u00a0 I urge my colleagues on the other side of the isle to end talks of repeal and instead work with democrats to strengthen the law to provide even greater access to health insurance.\u00a0 States like North Carolina must reconsider their decision to reject Medicaid expansion.\u00a0 This purely political decision has had real effects, leaving half a million North Carolinians uninsured.\u00a0\nAs legislators we should make the lives of our constituents better and, Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Care Act is making the lives of our citizens better.\u00a0 So I urge folks in my congressional district and around the country to take advantage of the open enrollment period and get insured.\u00a0 There are 77 new insurers offering coverage in 2015 and the deadline to sign up is February 15, 2015.\u00a0 Let\u2019s continue the progress the Affordable Care Act has made and get more people covered.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://adams.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-adams-statement-verdict-rendered-grand-jury-michael-brown", "Congresswoman Adams' Statement on the Verdict Rendered by the Grand Jury in the Michael Brown Case", "2014-11-25", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC\u00a0\u2014 Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) made the following statement regarding the Grand Jury\u2019s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown:\n\u201cI was extremely disappointed that the Grand Jury did not allow justice to move forward in the Michael Brown case.\u00a0 This case underscores a disturbing trend of senseless killings of African American men by law enforcement authorities.\u00a0 I hope this tragic situation will begin a broader discussion on race relations and the relationship between our communities and local law enforcement.\u00a0 Although many are angry with this outcome, it is important that protestors exercise their constitutional right to protest peacefully and that law enforcement respect that right.\u00a0 My thoughts and prayers go out to Michael Brown\u2019s family as they mourn the loss of their son and deal with this disappointing decision.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://adams.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-alma-adams-statement-death-city-councilman-and-former", "Congresswoman Alma Adams Statement on the Death of City Councilman and Former Mayor of DC Marion Barry", "2014-11-24", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC\u2014 Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) made the following statement on the death of City Councilman and former Mayor of DC Marion Barry:\n\"After almost 40 years of public service, the people of Washington, DC have lost an icon.\u00a0 Today we mourn the death of Marion Barry.\u00a0 Marion Barry\u2019s life is a testament to public service and the indelible mark that one person can make in the lives of others.\u00a0 He made so many contributions to the residents of DC and he will be sorely missed.\u00a0 My thoughts and prayers go out to the Barry family and to the citizens of DC who mourn such a great loss.\"\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://adams.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-adams-statement-president-s-executive-order-immigration", "Congresswoman Adams Statement on the Presidents Executive Order on Immigration", "2014-11-21", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC\u2014 Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) made the following statement regarding President Obama\u2019s executive order on immigration:\n\"I applaud the President for using his executive authority to address our broken immigration system.\u00a0 It has been over 500 days since the Senate overwhelmingly passed bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform and the House has yet to act.\u00a0 I hope the President's action will encourage my Republican colleagues in the House to bring legislation forward that Democrats and Republicans can work on together to finally address the much needed reform of our immigration system.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-statement-president-obamas-immigration-executive-order", "PRICE STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S IMMIGRATION EXECUTIVE ORDER", "2014-11-21", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC  Congressman David Price (NC-04) released the following statement on President Obama's immigration Executive Order. I welcome President Obama's immigration reform announcement, which will finally free from the specter of deportation millions of Americans who contribute positively to their communities. I am also pleased that the President's Executive Order strengthens enforcement for violent criminals, which has been a priority of mine since I served as Chairman of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. After two years of failed promises and delay tactics from Speaker Boehner and House Republicans, the time has come for decisive action to fix our broken immigration system. The cost of inaction has simply become too great. Republicans who have criticized the administration would be wise to consult their history books. Every President since Eisenhower has exercised Executive authority on immigration, including five Republicans. Arguing that President Obama's actions are unconstitutional is both false and disingenuous. That said, the President's action is limited in scope and should not be interpreted as a substitute for congressional action  in fact, the administration has strongly encouraged the House and Senate to pass a comprehensive reform bill that would supersede the Executive Order and deal with the full range of immigration challenges. I hope my Republican colleagues will heed this call. We must always remember that we are a nation of immigrants, and I commend the President for using his Executive authority to correct broken immigration policies that have persisted for too long and are doing our country great damage. My hope is that this action will at long last break the partisan logjam and allow for real progress on comprehensive immigration reform.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141206031236/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1637", "PRICE STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S IMMIGRATION EXECUTIVE ORDER", "2014-11-21", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2013 Congressman David Price (NC-04) released the following statement on President Obama\u2019s immigration Executive Order.  \u201cI welcome President Obama\u2019s immigration reform announcement, which will finally free from the specter of deportation millions of Americans who contribute positively to their communities. I am also pleased that the President\u2019s Executive Order strengthens enforcement for violent criminals, which has been a priority of mine since I served as Chairman of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee.  \u201cAfter two years of failed promises and delay tactics from Speaker Boehner and House Republicans, the time has come for decisive action to fix our broken immigration system. The cost of inaction has simply become too great. Republicans who have criticized the administration would be wise to consult their history books. Every President since Eisenhower has exercised Executive authority on immigration, including five Republicans. Arguing that President Obama\u2019s actions are unconstitutional is both false and disingenuous.  \u201cThat said, the President\u2019s action is limited in scope and should not be interpreted as a substitute for congressional action \u2013 in fact, the administration has strongly encouraged the House and Senate to pass a comprehensive reform bill that would supersede the Executive Order and deal with the full range of immigration challenges. I hope my Republican colleagues will heed this call.  \u201cWe must always remember that we are a nation of immigrants, and I commend the President for using his Executive authority to correct broken immigration policies that have persisted for too long and are doing our country great damage. My hope is that this action will at long last break the partisan logjam and allow for real progress on comprehensive immigration reform.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-elected-chair-of-the-congressional-black-caucus-for-the", "Butterfield Elected Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 114th Congress", "2014-11-19", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) was unanimously elected today as the 24th Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 114th Congress. Beginning in January, Butterfield will lead the largest CBC in the organization's history, which will be comprised of 45 members.\nI'm moved by the unwavering support the CBC has shown me throughout the years, said Butterfield. Each year they've continued to elect me to senior positions within the Caucus, solidifying their confidence in me to help steer and now lead the conscience of the Congress as Chair. I do not take this endorsement lightly.\nButterfield, whose ascension to Chair comes after serving eight years in the Caucus leadership, also thanked the current chair for her support.\nI'm grateful to outgoing Chairwoman Marcia Fudge for her hard work and commitment over the past two years. There is no doubt that the CBC is better off as a result of her vision and leadership.\nOther CBC Members elected to leadership posts include Representatives Yvette Clarke, First Vice-Chair; Andre Carson, Second Vice-Chair; Karen Bass, Secretary; and Hakeem Jeffries as Whip.\nThe new Congress provides a fresh start to address the issues that are important to us all. Members of the CBC come from every region of the country. While we each have our own priorities, we speak with a singular, powerful voice in our fight to deliver on the expectations of Americansto have a government that works for us all.\nI look forward to working with Caucus members as we implement a new agenda in the 114th Congressone that respects the past, but boldly confronts the future.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-commends-passage-of-bill-to-name-rich-square-post-office-in", "Butterfield Commends Passage of Bill to Name Rich Square Post Office in Honor of the late Chief Joseph E. White, Jr.", "2014-11-17", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today commended the House passage of H.R. 5142, a bill he introduced to name the U.S. Post Office in Rich Square, North Carolina as the Chief Joseph E. White, Jr. Post Office Building.\nButterfield said, For more than 20 years, Chief Joseph White, Jr. served Northampton County with honor and courage. Within law enforcement he was regarded as a courageous leader, and within the larger community as a selfless hero. We show our gratitude for his service and sacrifice by naming the Rich Square Post Office in his honor.\nBorn and raised in Ahoskie, Chief White joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 18 and served for 20 years before retiring. After his naval career, Chief White entered law enforcement where he served as Northampton County deputy sheriff, a corrections officer, and as Chief of Police for both the Woodland and Rich Square Police Departments.\nThroughout his life, Chief White was heavily involved in his community and family. He was a Deacon and Sunday school teacher, as well as a volunteer firefighter for the Woodland Fire Department.\nOn July 16, 2000, while serving as Chief of Police for the Rich Square Police Department, Chief White was shot and killed five months before his retirement after he stopped a vehicle during an investigation of a possible drive-off at a local gas station.\nThe post office facility is located at 113 West Jackson Street, Rich Square, N.C.\n\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://adams.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/rep-alma-adams-takes-oath", "Rep. Alma Adams Takes Oath", "2014-11-12", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Representative Alma Adams was sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives by House Speaker John Boehner on November 12, 2014.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Honorable Alma Adams was elected in special election November 4, 2014 to serve as representative of North Carolina's 12th Congressional District. Representative\u00a0Alma Adams was added to the rolls of the House upon executing the oath of office.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-congratulates-us-representative-alma-adams-on-becoming-a", "Butterfield Congratulates U.S. Representative Alma Adams on Becoming a Member of Congress", "2014-11-12", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement congratulating U.S. Representative Alma Adams on becoming a Member of Congress:\nI congratulate U.S. Representative Alma Adams, of North Carolina's 12th Congressional District, on being sworn-in as one of Congress's newest representatives tonight. Today marks an historic occasion as Representative Adams becomes the 100th woman to serve in the 113th Congress. I am proud to call her my colleague and friend, and I look forward to working with Representative Adams on behalf of all North Carolinians.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-cheers-nomination-of-north-carolina-native-loretta-lynch-a-0", "Butterfield Cheers Nomination of North Carolina Native Loretta Lynch as U.S. Attorney General", "2014-11-08", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement regarding President Obama's nomination of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch as Attorney General of the United States:\nI could not be more pleased that President Obama nominated North Carolina native, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to serve as our nation's next Attorney General. Her decades of experience as a prosecutor and in private practice makes her ideally suited to lead the Justice Department and the nation in this capacity. I look forward to the Senate's swift confirmation of U.S. Attorney Lynch, and I commend the President on this historic nomination.\n\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-cheers-nomination-of-north-carolina-native-loretta-lynch-as", "Butterfield Cheers Nomination of North Carolina Native Loretta Lynch as U.S. Attorney General", "2014-11-08", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement regarding President Obama's nomination of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch as Attorney General of the United States:\nI could not be more pleased that President Obama nominated North Carolina native, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, to serve as our nation's next Attorney General. Her decades of experience as a prosecutor and in private practice makes her ideally suited to lead the Justice Department and the nation in this capacity. I look forward to the Senate's swift confirmation of U.S. Attorney Lynch, and I commend the President on this historic nomination.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-welcomes-transportation-secretary-anthony-foxx-to-mount", "Butterfield Welcomes Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to Mount Olive and Kinston, Today", "2014-10-28", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) will welcome U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to North Carolina's First Congressional District this afternoon. The Congressman and Secretary will spend the day touring IMPulse NC in Mount Olive and the Global TransPark (GTP) in Kinston, North Carolina. IMPulse and the Global TransPark are examples of two local businesses that would benefit from the passage of H.R. 5561, the Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2014, which Butterfield introduced last month.\nDuring the tour of IMPulse NC, Butterfield and Foxx will be joined by IMPulse President Jeff Wharton, Vice President of Operations Butch Campbell, Vice President and Controller Sandy Facello, Factory Leadman Gary Thigpen, and Manufacturing Engineer Alan Story.\nAt Global TransPark, Butterfield and Foxx's tour will be guided by Executive Director Sherman Lupton, Airport Director Rick Barkes, Spirit AeroSystems A350 Operations Director Tom Greenwood, Spirit AeroSystems Vice President and General Manager Charles Baggett, and Spirit AeroSystems Operations Director Jeff Lohrengel.\nFollowing the official tour, Butterfield and Foxx will meet with a dozen students from Spirit AeroSystems Composite Center of Excellence (CCoE), a training center designed to serve the growing aerospace industry in Eastern North Carolina as well as the education and training needs of companies throughout the region. Students will have the opportunity to share with the Congressman and Secretary the importance of the training they receive at CCoE.\nButterfield and Foxx will be available to speak with the press following their tour of IMPulse NC. The press is also welcome to attend the meet and greet with students at CCoE.\nToday's schedule is as follows:\n1:30 pm Arrival at IMPulse NC, 100 Impulse Way, Mount Olive, NC\n1:50 pm Tour of IMPulse NC\n2:15 pm Meet and Greet IMPulse NC Employees\n2:30 pm Press Availability, Front entrance of IMPulse NC\n2:45 pm Depart for Global TransPark Tour, 3800 Hwy. 58 North Kinston, NC\n3:40 pm Arrive at Kinston Regional Jetport\n3:45 pm Tour Kinston Regional Jetport Control Tower\n4:05 pm Tour Spirit AeroSystems Production Facility\n4:25 pm Meet with Students at CCoE, Press permitted\n4:45 pm Brief Remarks on Future of Transportation in Eastern NC, Press permitted\n5:00 pm Q&A from Invited Guests (Time Permitting)\n5:30 pm Program Ends\n5:35 pm Group Departs\n\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-welcomes-transportation-secretary-foxx-to-mount-olive-and", "Butterfield Welcomes Transportation Secretary Foxx to Mount Olive and Kinston, Tomorrow", "2014-10-27", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) will welcome U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Tuesday, October 28, to tour IMPulse NC in Mount Olive and the Global TransPark (GTP) in Kinston, North Carolina. IMPulse and the Global TransPark are examples of two local businesses that would benefit from the passage of H.R. 5561, the Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2014.\nCongressman Butterfield introduced the Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act in September to connect the north-south Interstate 795 corridor from the City of Goldsboro to Interstate 40 by ensuring improvements to a section of U.S. Highway 117 through Mount Olive. H.R. 5561 would also guarantee the U.S. Highway 70 corridor through Kinston from Raleigh to the Port of Morehead City is built to interstate standards and prioritized when allocating funding for federal highways. This legislation is key to IMPulse and the GTP's growth since both are economic drivers and major employers in the region.\nImproving access to eastern North Carolina is essential to boosting economic development, stimulating job creation, reducing traffic congestion, Butterfield said. The Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act would connect military bases, cities, and business throughout eastern North Carolina, including Mount Olive and Kinston, with an important port, the state capital, and the entire eastern seaboard. I thank Secretary Foxx for visiting the First District, and I look forward to discussing with him the future of transportation in eastern North Carolina.\nDuring the tour of IMPulse NC, Butterfield and Foxx will be joined by IMPulse President Jeff Wharton, Vice President of Operations Butch Campbell, Vice President and Controller Sandy Facello, Factory Leadman Gary Thigpen, and Manufacturing Engineer Alan Story.\nAt Global TransPark, Butterfield and Foxx's tour will be guided by Executive Director Sherman Lupton, Airport Director Rick Barkes, Spirit AeroSystems A350 Operations Director Tom Greenwood, Spirit AeroSystems Vice President and General Manager Charles Baggett, and Spirit AeroSystems Operations Director Jeff Lohrengel.\nFollowing the official tour, Butterfield and Foxx will meet with a dozen students from Spirit AeroSystems Composite Center of Excellence (CCoE), a training center designed to serve the growing aerospace industry in Eastern North Carolina as well as the education and training needs of companies throughout the region. The facility also features two composites training labs, operated by Lenoir Community College to support pathways for careers in aerospace and related industries. Students will have the opportunity to share with the Congressman and Secretary the importance of the training they receive at CCoE.\nTomorrow's schedule is as follows:\n1:30 pm Arrival at IMPulse NC, 100 Impulse Way, Mount Olive, NC\n1:50 pm  Tour of IMPulse NC\n2:15 pm Meet and Greet IMPulse NC Employees \n2:30 pm  Press Availability, Front entrance of IMPulse NC\n2:45 pm  Depart for Global TransPark Tour, 3800 Hwy. 58 North Kinston, NC\n3:40 pm  Arrive at Kinston Regional Jetport\n3:45 pm  Tour Kinston Regional Jetport Control Tower\n4:05 pm Tour Spirit AeroSystems Production Facility\n4:25 pm Meet with Students at CCoE, Press permitted\n4:45 pm Brief Remarks on Future of Transportation in Eastern NC, Press permitted\n5:00 pm Q&A from Invited Guests (Time Permitting)\n5:30 pm Program Ends\n5:35 pm  Depart\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-to-present-6-million-check-to-roanoke-electric-cooperative", "Butterfield to Present $6 Million Check to Roanoke Electric Cooperative to Help Lower Customers Utilities Cost", "2014-10-23", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) will present a $6 million check to the Roanoke Electric Cooperative made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development Electric Program during a check presentation ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, October 24, 2014 at the Roanoke Electric Cooperative Headquarters, 518 NC Highway 561, Aulander, N.C.\nThe check represents a USDA Electric Guaranteed Loan to Roanoke Electric Cooperative to implement a pilot project that provides energy efficiency retrofits to existing houses in an effort to lower co-op members utilities cost. Roanoke Electric Cooperative serves an economically challenged region home to a large number of households with high energy burdens.\nThe USDA Rural Development Electric Program offers financing assistance in the form of FFB Guaranteed Loans, Hardship Loans, Treasury Rate Loans, Municipal Rate Loans, and Assistance to Rural Communities with Extremely High Energy Costs (loan and grant assistance). These loans are used to acquire, construct, extend, upgrade, and otherwise improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving communities in which the average residential energy expenditure for home energy is at least 275 percent of the national average.\nThe Roanoke Electric Cooperative Board of Directors will be in attendance. This event is open to the public. All media outlets are also invited to attend the check presentation.\nFor more information on the loan program, visit here.\n\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-urges-governor-mccrory-to-fulfill-commitment-to-complete", "Butterfield Urges Governor McCrory to Fulfill Commitment to Complete Funding for Princeville Flood Damage Reduction Feasibility Study", "2014-10-23", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) sent a letter to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory urging that the state meet its commitment to provide the remaining $200,000 needed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete the Town of Princeville Flood Damage Reduction Feasibility Study. The study, which was conducted by the USACE and seeks to identify the best methods to protect the area from future natural disasters, commenced in 2002 following the devastating affects Hurricane Floyd left on the region three years earlier. The USACE has set aside $200,000 of federal funds to complete the project, but under law may only use those funds if matched by state appropriations. However, in 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to discontinue funding for the study just shy of its completion after already investing $1.6 million in matching funds. \nButterfield is concerned that this decision not only fails to honor the Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement, where the state of North Carolina agreed to match federal funds to complete the study, but it also leaves Edgecombe County vulnerable to potential future natural disasters. He writes, Without adequate flood mitigation research and protections there is nothing to stop similar disasters from occurring. Cutting off funding for this project when nearly completed is a step in the wrong direction for eastern North Carolina and needlessly endangers communities which have already suffered extensively from natural disasters. It is time for the state government to fulfill its commitment to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people in the Edgecombe County region, and ensure the investments made by taxpayers are not wasted by helping to fund the completion of this study.\nThe Congressman's full letter to Governor McCrory follows.\n\nOctober 23, 2014\n\nThe Honorable Patrick McCrory\nGovernor\nOffice of the Governor\n20301 Mail Service Center\nRaleigh, North Carolina 27699-0301\n\nDear Governor McCrory:\nI write to urge the State of North Carolina to provide the funding required to complete the Town of Princeville Flood Damage Reduction Feasibility Study conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). I understand that $3.2 million has already been invested in the report and it is near completion. In 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly discontinued funding the study. This decision leaves Edgecombe County vulnerable to potential future natural disasters. I urge you to assist Edgecombe County by directing $200,000 in funding to the USACE to complete the study. \nIn September 1999, Edgecombe County was devastated by Hurricane Floyd. In 2002, the state of North Carolina and the USACE began the Town of Princeville Flood Damage Reduction Feasibility Study to identify the best methods to protect the area from future natural disasters. Under Article III of the Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement executed on July 10, 2002, the state of North Carolina agreed to match federal funds to complete the study. The state and federal government have invested $3.2 million to date and the USACE issued a draft integrated feasibility report and environmental assessment (EA) on March 25, 2014. Only $400,000 is needed to finalize the report and help prepare the vulnerable region for future storms. The USACE has $200,000 on hand to complete the study which may only be used once matching state funds are received.\nThe threats future storms pose to Edgecombe County must not be taken lightly. Hurricane Floyd caused waters to surge more than 20 feet above flood stage. Without adequate flood mitigation research and protections there is nothing to stop similar disasters from occurring. Cutting off funding for this project when nearly completed is a step in the wrong direction for eastern North Carolina and needlessly endangers communities which have already suffered extensively from natural disasters. It is time for the state government to fulfill its commitment to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people in the Edgecombe County region, and ensure the investments made by taxpayers are not wasted by helping to fund the completion of this study.\nShould you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, or Dennis Sills on my staff, at 202.225.3101. Thank you very much.\nVery truly yours,\n\nG. K. Butterfield\nMember of Congress\n\ncc: The Honorable John E. Skvarla III, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Environment cc and Natural Resources\n The Honorable Tony Tata, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Transportation\n The Honorable Leonard Wiggins, Chairman, Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners\n Mr. Lorenzo Carmon, Manager, Edgecombe County\n Colonel Steven A. Baker, Commander Wilmington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\n\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-statement-wainstein-report", "PRICE STATEMENT ON THE WAINSTEIN REPORT", "2014-10-22", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC  This afternoon, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt and UNC President Tom Ross announced the findings of Kenneth Wainstein's investigation into academic irregularities involving student athletes. Congressman David Price (NC-04) released the following statement on the Wainstein report. I commend Mr. Wainstein for his thorough investigation, and I am confident that Chancellor Folt and President Ross will use the findings as a basis for continued positive change at UNC-Chapel Hill. As the Wainstein report makes clear, the administration must build on the reforms it has already implemented to the advising and athletics programs if it is to uphold the University's high academic standards and bolster its reputation as a world-class institution. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141024061812/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1628", "PRICE STATEMENT ON THE WAINSTEIN REPORT", "2014-10-22", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2013 This afternoon, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt and UNC President Tom Ross announced the findings of Kenneth Wainstein\u2019s investigation into academic irregularities involving student athletes. Congressman David Price (NC-04) released the following statement on the Wainstein report.  \u201cI commend Mr. Wainstein for his thorough investigation, and I am confident that Chancellor Folt and President Ross will use the findings as a basis for continued positive change at UNC-Chapel Hill. As the Wainstein report makes clear, the administration must build on the reforms it has already implemented to the advising and athletics programs if it is to uphold the University\u2019s high academic standards and bolster its reputation as a world-class institution.\u201d  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-asks-attorney-general-holder-to-review-firing-of-former", "Butterfield Asks Attorney General Holder to Review Firing of Former Assistant District Attorney Faris Dixon by Pitt County District Attorneys Office", "2014-10-21", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking that he review the circumstances regarding the termination of former Assistant District Attorney Faris C. Dixon by the Pitt County (North Carolina) District Attorney's office.\nIn his letter, Butterfield shared public concern over whether District Attorney Kimberly Robb's motivation for firing Dixon was politically motivated, and concern for the pace of the subsequent investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.\nHe writes, Five months removed from the initiation of this investigation and this sensitive issue has yet to be resolved with no indication that a resolution is forthcoming.\nMr. Dixon is an Eastern North Carolina native and has practiced law for 22 years. He has diligently served his community, spending more than 13 years with the Pitt County District Attorney's office prior to his firing in May. Due to the political circumstances which coincide with Mr. Dixon's firing, there are very real concerns regarding the veracity of the allegations, motivations behind the charges, and fairness of the subsequent investigation. The community and parties involved request, and justice dictates, that this matter receives full and fair consideration.\nThe Congressman's full letter to Attorney General Holder follows.\n\nOctober 21, 2014\n\nThe Honorable Eric Holder, Jr.\nAttorney General\nUnited States Department of Justice\n950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW\nWashington, DC 20530-0001\n\nDear Attorney General Holder:\nI am writing to follow up on an August 25, 2014 letter sent to my Congressional office, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the North Carolina Department of Justice from a number of constituents in Pitt County, North Carolina regarding the employment practices in the Pitt County District Attorney's office. In particular, these constituents, as well as several media outlets, have concerns regarding the firing of former Assistant District Attorney Faris C. Dixon, Jr., the subsequent investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NCSBI) into the matter, and any political or otherwise improper motivations behind the actions taken by District Attorney Kimberly Robb and the Pitt County District Attorney's office.\nOn May 6, 2014, Mr. Dixon, candidate for the Pitt County district court judge seat, received the most votes in the primary race against incumbent Judge Lee Teague. The following week, on May 14, 2014, Mr. Dixon was fired from his position as Assistant District Attorney with the Pitt County District Attorney's office. The investigation of Mr. Dixon, based on allegations that he failed to discharge duties of his office, was then referred to the NCSBI. Five months removed from the initiation of this investigation and this sensitive issue has yet to be resolved with no indication that a resolution is forthcoming.\nMr. Dixon is an Eastern North Carolina native and has practiced law for 22 years. He has diligently served his community, spending more than 13 years with the Pitt County District Attorney's office prior to his firing in May. Due to the political circumstances which coincide with Mr. Dixon's firing, there are very real concerns regarding the veracity of the allegations, motivations behind the charges, and fairness of the subsequent investigation. The community and parties involved request, and justice dictates, that this matter receives full and fair consideration. I respectfully request that you review this matter to ensure a fair and timely investigation of Faris C. Dixon, Jr. is completed by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.\nIf you have any questions regarding this inquiry, please contact me or Brandon Coleman on my staff at (202) 225-3101. \nThank you very much.\n\nVery truly yours,\n\nG. K. Butterfield\nMember of Congress\n\ncc: The Honorable Roy Cooper, North Carolina Attorney General\nMr. B.W. Collier, Director, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation\n\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-to-hold-third-annual-grants-workshop-tomorrow", "Butterfield to Hold Third Annual Grants Workshop, Tomorrow", "2014-10-21", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  The Office of Congressman G. K. Butterfield will hold its 3rd Annual Grants Workshop for small business owners and non-profit organizations on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Durham Armory, 220 Foster Street, Durham, N.C.\nThe Grants Workshop will offer small business owners and non-profit organizations the opportunity to learn about funding opportunities, the grant application process, and capacity-building methods once grant funds are received. The workshop will also include representatives from federal, state, and private agencies, panel discussions, and how-to exercises.\nThis event is free and open to the public with registration. The media is encouraged to attend.\nFor more information, visit here.\n\nWHO: The Office of Congressman G. K. Butterfield\nWHAT: The 3rd Annual Small Business and Non-Profit Grants Workshop\nWHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 22, 2014\nWHERE: The Durham Armory, 220 Foster Street, Durham, N.C.\n\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-statement-retirement-raleigh-housing-authority-director-steve-beam", "PRICE STATEMENT ON THE RETIREMENT OF RALEIGH HOUSING AUTHORITY DIRECTOR STEVE BEAM", "2014-10-17", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC  Congressman David Price (NC-04) released the following statement on the retirement of Steve Beam, Director of the Raleigh Housing Authority. I have enjoyed working with Steve for almost twenty years. Under his leadership, the Raleigh Housing Authority has gained a reputation as one of the most effective and efficient in the country. He has successfully overseen numerous major neighborhood renewal efforts, including Chavis Heights and Capitol Park, and he is currently working to revitalize the Walnut Terrace community. Throughout his tenure, Steve has demonstrated a commitment to delivering quality affordable housing for Raleigh residents. I commend Steve for his excellent work, and I wish him luck in the next chapter of his life.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141019004125/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1627", "PRICE STATEMENT ON THE RETIREMENT OF RALEIGH HOUSING AUTHORITY DIRECTOR STEVE BEAM", "2014-10-17", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2013 Congressman David Price (NC-04) released the following statement on the retirement of Steve Beam, Director of the Raleigh Housing Authority.  \u201cI have enjoyed working with Steve for almost twenty years. Under his leadership, the Raleigh Housing Authority has gained a reputation as one of the most effective and efficient in the country. He has successfully overseen numerous major neighborhood renewal efforts, including Chavis Heights and Capitol Park, and he is currently working to revitalize the Walnut Terrace community.  \u201cThroughout his tenure, Steve has demonstrated a commitment to delivering quality affordable housing for Raleigh residents. I commend Steve for his excellent work, and I wish him luck in the next chapter of his life.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-to-hold-us-service-academy-day-for-prospective-students-on", "Butterfield to Hold U.S. Service Academy Day for Prospective Students on Saturday in Goldsboro", "2014-10-16", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  The Office of Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) will hold its annual U.S. Service Academy Day on Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre in Goldsboro, N.C. Service Academy Day is an important opportunity for prospective students, parents, guidance counselors, and members of the academic community to speak directly with representatives and cadets from each of the U.S. Service Academies. These Academies include: the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), and U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA).\nRepresentatives will provide detailed information on each academy's programs, nomination and admission process, and answer any related questions. Service academies offer students an excellent four-year education, as well as an opportunity to serve their country. Upon graduation, students receive a bachelor's degree and a commission in the uniformed services.\nThis event is free and open to the public. Please confirm your attendance at Butterfield's Service Academy Day.\nFor more information on U.S. Service Academies and the nomination process, visit HERE.\n\nWHO: The Office of Congressman G. K. Butterfield, the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), U.S. Merchant Marine\n                Academy (USMMA), and U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA).\nWHAT: U.S. Service Academy Day\nWHEN: Saturday, October 18, 2004, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nWHERE: Paramount Theatre, 139 S. Center Street, Goldsboro, N.C.\n\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-statement-retirement-tsa-administrator-john-pistole", "PRICE STATEMENT ON THE RETIREMENT OF TSA ADMINISTRATOR JOHN PISTOLE", "2014-10-16", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC  Congressman David Price (NC-04), Ranking Member and former Chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement on the retirement of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole. I commend and thank Administrator Pistole for his four years of exemplary leadership at the Transportation Security Administration and for his three decades of service to his country. Since his confirmation in 2010, Administrator Pistole has worked tirelessly to transform the agency by making security screening more efficient and the workforce more professional. He successfully implemented risk-based security screening, such as the popular TSA PreCheck program, which has resulted in millions of dollars of savings for the American taxpayer, and he significantly improved employee morale and professionalism by instituting collective bargaining rights for airport screeners. In a difficult budget environment, these efforts have increased the safety of the traveling public while reducing the headaches associated with travel. Thanks to his hard work, Administrator Pistole is leaving behind a more mature and effective agency.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141017060753/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1624", "PRICE STATEMENT ON THE RETIREMENT OF TSA ADMINISTRATOR JOHN PISTOLE", "2014-10-16", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2013 Congressman David Price (NC-04), Ranking Member and former Chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement on the retirement of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole.  \u201cI commend and thank Administrator Pistole for his four years of exemplary leadership at the Transportation Security Administration and for his three decades of service to his country. Since his confirmation in 2010, Administrator Pistole has worked tirelessly to transform the agency by making security screening more efficient and the workforce more professional. He successfully implemented risk-based security screening, such as the popular TSA PreCheck program, which has resulted in millions of dollars of savings for the American taxpayer, and he significantly improved employee morale and professionalism by instituting collective bargaining rights for airport screeners. In a difficult budget environment, these efforts have increased the safety of the traveling public while reducing the headaches associated with travel. Thanks to his hard work, Administrator Pistole is leaving behind a more mature and effective agency.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-statement-marriage-equality-ruling", "PRICE STATEMENT ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY RULING", "2014-10-10", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Chapel Hill, NC  Today, the U.S. District Court in Asheville ruled that North Carolina's 2012 ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. Congressman David Price (NC-04) released a statement on the ruling. \"In ruling for marriage equality, the court has put North Carolina on the right side of a key human rights issue of our time. Lisa and I celebrate this wonderful news and congratulate the North Carolinians who are finally able to exercise their right to marry those they love.\" ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141017060955/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1623", "PRICE STATEMENT ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY RULING", "2014-10-10", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Chapel Hill, NC \u2013 Today, the U.S. District Court in Asheville ruled that North Carolina's 2012 ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. Congressman David Price (NC-04) released a statement on the ruling.\n\n\t\"In ruling for marriage equality, the court has put North Carolina on the right side of a key human rights issue of our time. Lisa and I celebrate this wonderful news and congratulate the North Carolinians who are finally able to exercise their right to marry those they love.\"\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-says-supreme-court-decision-to-stay-4th-circuit-ruling", "Butterfield Says Supreme Court Decision to Stay 4th Circuit Ruling Continues to Dismantle the Voting Rights Act", "2014-10-08", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) tonight released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision to stay the ruling of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Louis Duke v. State of North Carolina:\nI am deeply disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision to stay the 4th Circuit's decision in Louis Duke v. North Carolina. The Supreme Court is continuing to dismantle the Voting Rights Act, which is a signal to states to pass discriminatory elections laws. There is a concerted effort to dilute the vote of minority citizens by erecting procedural hurdles that discourage them from voting. If we believe that an active and engaged electorate is a key element of the American experience and crucial to the health of our society, it is essential that courts end these discriminatory practices and fully restore the right to vote.\nThe Supreme Court's regressive decision is a step in the wrong direction. While this certainly is an unexpected and unwelcomed hurdle, I remain positive that the cases challenging North Carolina's Voter ID law will succeed on its merits at trial and all North Carolinians will once again enjoy their full, unobstructed Constitutional right to participate in our electoral process.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-praises-court-of-appeals-ruling-to-block-changes-to-north", "Butterfield Praises Court of Appeals Ruling to Block Changes to North Carolina Voting Laws", "2014-10-01", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement regarding the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Louis Duke v. State of North Carolina to grant a preliminary injunction blocking several changes to North Carolina voting laws:\nAlthough today's ruling did not go as far as I hoped in blocking all the changes to the state's election laws, I'm very pleased that the 4th Circuit Court prevented the state from ending same-day voter registration and out-of-precinct voting. This ruling clearly shows that the Republican-led legislature violated the rights of voters, as defined by the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution, when they pushed through a discriminatory bill. I'm optimistic that the plaintiffs will ultimately be successful in their challenge to overturn all provisions of the state's new voting lawparticularly the requirement to show identification at the polls. I'm confident that today's decision is one of many wins to come in reversing North Carolina's suppressive election laws, and in restoring fairness and access for all in our voting process.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-cheers-enactment-of-his-bill-to-approve-site-selected-for", "Butterfield Cheers Enactment of His Bill to Approve Site Selected for Memorial to Honor African Americans that Fought in American Revolution", "2014-09-29", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today cheered the President's signing of H.J. Res 120, a bill Butterfield introduced to approve the location selected for a memorial that will recognize the thousands of slaves and free African Americans who fought for America's independence during the American Revolution.\nFor generations, historians estimated that at least 5,000 African Americans  both slaves and free  fought for American independence. Revised estimates now show more than 10,000 brave men joined in the fight. At least 252 of these patriots came from North Carolina, and at least 109 came from counties which now comprise much of my congressional district.\nThe memorial that will eventually be constructed to honor tens of thousands of slaves and free African Americans who helped to secure American independence during the American Revolution will be a fitting tribute to their heroic actions that helped shape the very foundation of our great nation.\nThere are over two million descendants of these Revolutionary War patriots nationwide. This memorial will show the nation and world that the sacrifices of African Americans  both slaves and free  who took up arms to secure America's independence are not forgotten.\nI thank President Obama, Senator Chris Murphy (CT), and Representatives Doc Hastings (WA) and Peter DeFazio (OR) for helping to ensure the swift passage and enactment of H.J. Res 120. I particularly thank the late-Representative Donald Payne, Sr. (NJ) who conceived this idea to honor these brave men and their descendants in a permanent and meaningful way.\nFederal law requires that the location for the memorial identified by the Administrator of the General Services Administration be formally approved by Congress within 150 days of receiving the recommendation by the GSA Administrator. H.J. Res 120 passed the House and Senate earlier this month.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-announces-cops-funding-fayetteville-pd", "PRICE ANNOUNCES COPS FUNDING FOR FAYETTEVILLE P.D.", "2014-09-24", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Fayetteville, NC  Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) announced that the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) will receive $1.87 million in funding from the Department of Justice's COPS Community Hiring Program (CHP). The CHP grant is the largest this year to any police department in North Carolina, and it will allow FPD to hire 15 new police officers. This COPS grant is great news for the police department and the city of Fayetteville, said Price. The new officers will support FPD's public safety mission as Fayetteville continues to grow. The Community Hiring Program supports hiring at state, local, and tribal police departments nationwide. Grants provide 75 percent of entry-level salaries and benefits for 36 months for new officers, or for rehired officers were laid off due to budget cuts. CHP puts special emphasis on hiring military veterans and community outreach officers. The 2014 Community Hiring Program will award $121.4 million in grants to 212 law enforcement agencies around the country. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140926060342/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1622", "PRICE ANNOUNCES COPS FUNDING FOR FAYETTEVILLE P.D.", "2014-09-24", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Fayetteville, NC \u2013 Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) announced that the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) will receive $1.87 million in funding from the Department of Justice\u2019s COPS Community Hiring Program (CHP). The CHP grant is the largest this year to any police department in North Carolina, and it will allow FPD to hire 15 new police officers.  \u201cThis COPS grant is great news for the police department and the city of Fayetteville,\u201d said Price. \u201cThe new officers will support FPD\u2019s public safety mission as Fayetteville continues to grow.\u201d  The Community Hiring Program supports hiring at state, local, and tribal police departments nationwide. Grants provide 75 percent of entry-level salaries and benefits for 36 months for new officers, or for rehired officers were laid off due to budget cuts. CHP puts special emphasis on hiring military veterans and community outreach officers.  The 2014 Community Hiring Program will award $121.4 million in grants to 212 law enforcement agencies around the country.  \u00a0###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-introduces-highway-bill-for-military-corridor-with-rep", "Butterfield Introduces Highway Bill for Military Corridor with Rep. Walter Jones", "2014-09-19", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) introduced a bipartisan bill to designate two highways as future interstates that will better connect Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, and the Port of Morehead City with the rest of North Carolina and the eastern seaboard. H.R. 5561, or the Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2014, is cosponsored by Congressman Walter Jones (NC-03) and will enable transportation improvements to U.S. Highways 70 and 117.  \nSpecifically, H.R. 5561 will guarantee the east-west U.S. Highway 70 corridor from Raleigh to the Port of Morehead City will be built to interstate standards and prioritized when allocating funding for federal highways. The legislation seeks to also connect the north-south Interstate 795 corridor from the City of Goldsboro to Interstate 40 by ensuring improvements to a section of U.S. Highway 117. The bill will improve access to area military installations, support the growth of the Port at Morehead City, and make Raleigh more accessible to eastern North Carolinians.  \nImproving access to eastern North Carolina is essential to supporting our military and boosting economic development and job creation, Butterfield said. The Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act would connect military bases and cities throughout eastern North Carolina with an important port, the state capital, and the entire eastern seaboard. This plan will benefit eastern North Carolina by improving military readiness and commerce, stimulating job creation, and reducing traffic congestion.    \nThese future interstates will benefit the entire state of North Carolina, said Congressman Jones. Eastern North Carolinians will have easier access to other parts of the state and there will be easier access to the Port of Morehead City and our military bases. When interstate travel is made more efficient it will spur job creation and greater opportunities for Eastern North Carolinians, in addition to easing traffic.\nThe Federal Highway Administration estimates that $1 billion in transportation funding can support approximately 30,000 jobs which are critical to economic development in eastern North Carolina. Passing legislation to designate the highways as future interstates is the first step in Butterfield's plan to build a strong transportation network, put North Carolinians to work, and strengthen the economy of eastern North Carolina. \nH.R. 5561 is supported by the U.S. 70 Corridor Commission. The Wayne County Transportation Committee, many local governmental entities, chambers of commerce, and regional transportation associations are supportive of designating U.S. Highways 70 and 117 as future interstates. \nThe Military Corridor Transportation Act of 2014 can be considered as part of the annual Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill, which may be considered in the U.S. House of Representatives in November.  \nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov  \n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-remembers-dr-john-t-daniel", "Butterfield Remembers Dr. John T. Daniel", "2014-09-19", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement on the death of Dr. John T. Daniel of Durham, N.C.:\nI'm deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. John T. Daniel. Dr. Daniel was a world-class physician and surgeon, and a highly-respected steward of the Durham community. He achieved many firsts in his remarkable career, including serving as the first African American President of the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners, as the Medical Director for the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and as Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. For more than forty years, Dr. Daniel used his talents to help heal the sick and console the grieving. His presence and contribution will be sorely missed. I extend my deepest condolences to his family.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140920124741/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=833", "Butterfield Introduces Highway Bill for Military Corridor with Rep. Walter Jones", "2014-09-19", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) introduced a bipartisan bill to designate two highways as \u201cfuture interstates\u201d that will better connect Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, and the Port of Morehead City with the rest of North Carolina and the eastern seaboard.\u00a0 H.R. 5561, or the Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act of 2014, is cosponsored by Congressman Walter Jones (NC-03) and will enable transportation improvements to U.S. Highways 70 and 117. \u00a0 \u00a0  Specifically, H.R. 5561 will guarantee the east-west U.S. Highway 70 corridor from Raleigh to the Port of Morehead City will be built to interstate standards and prioritized when allocating funding for federal highways.\u00a0 The legislation seeks to also connect the north-south Interstate 795 corridor from the City of Goldsboro to Interstate 40 by ensuring improvements to a section of U.S. Highway 117.\u00a0 The bill will improve access to area military installations, support the growth of the Port at Morehead City, and make Raleigh more accessible to eastern North Carolinians. \u00a0 \u00a0  \u201cImproving access to eastern North Carolina is essential to supporting our military and boosting economic development and job creation,\u201d Butterfield said. \u00a0\u201cThe Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act would connect military bases and cities throughout eastern North Carolina with an important port, the state capital, and the entire eastern seaboard.\u00a0 This plan will benefit eastern North Carolina by improving military readiness and commerce, stimulating job creation, and reducing traffic congestion.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0  \u201cThese future interstates will benefit the entire state of North Carolina,\u201d said Congressman Jones. \u00a0\u201cEastern North Carolinians will have easier access to other parts of the state and there will be easier access to the Port of Morehead City and our military bases. When interstate travel is made more efficient it will spur job creation and greater opportunities for Eastern North Carolinians, in addition to easing traffic.\u201d  The Federal Highway Administration estimates that $1 billion in transportation funding can support approximately 30,000 jobs which are critical to economic development in eastern North Carolina.\u00a0 Passing legislation to designate the highways as future interstates is the first step in Butterfield\u2019s plan to build a strong transportation network, put North Carolinians to work, and strengthen the economy of eastern North Carolina.\u00a0  H.R. 5561 is supported by the U.S. 70 Corridor Commission.\u00a0 The Wayne County Transportation Committee, many local governmental entities, chambers of commerce, and regional transportation associations are supportive of designating U.S. Highways 70 and 117 as future interstates.\u00a0  The Military Corridor Transportation Act of 2014 can be considered as part of the annual Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill, which may be considered in the U.S. House of Representatives in November. \u00a0\u00a0  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140920191409/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=832", "Butterfield Remembers Dr. John T. Daniel", "2014-09-19", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement on the death of Dr. John T. Daniel of Durham, N.C.:  \u201cI\u2019m deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. John T. Daniel.\u00a0 Dr. Daniel was a world-class physician and surgeon, and a highly-respected steward of the Durham community.\u00a0 He achieved many firsts in his remarkable career, including serving as the first African American President of the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners, as the Medical Director for the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and as Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center.\u00a0 For more than forty years, Dr. Daniel used his talents to help heal the sick and console the grieving.\u00a0 His presence and contribution will be sorely missed.\u00a0 I extend my deepest condolences to his family.\u201d     ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-applauds-judicial-nomination-of-loretta-copeland-biggs", "Butterfield Applauds Judicial Nomination of Loretta Copeland Biggs", "2014-09-18", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement regarding the judicial nomination of Ms. Loretta Copeland Biggs by the President of the United States:\nI commend President Obama's nomination of Judge Loretta Copeland Biggs for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Loretta is a long-time friend and colleague that is eminently qualified to serve in this capacity. She has a remarkable legal mind, and broad legal experience that I'm certain will be of great benefit to the federal bench. I'm encouraged by the bipartisan support she appears to have, and I look forward to her swift confirmation.\nJudge Loretta Copeland Biggs has been a partner at Allman Spry Davis Leggett & Crumpler, PA, since May 2014 and previously was a partner and managing shareholder at Davis Harwell & Biggs, PA, from 2003 to 2014. From 2001 to 2002, Judge Biggs served as a Judge on the Court of Appeals of North Carolina. From 1994 to 2001, she worked in the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of North Carolina, serving as Executive Assistant United States Attorney from 1997 to 2001. Judge Biggs also served as a Judge on the Forsyth County District Court from 1987 to 1994 and as an Assistant District Attorney in Forsyth County from 1984 to 1987. She began her legal career as Staff Counsel for The Coca-Cola Company from 1979 to 1982. Judge Biggs received her J.D. with honors in 1979 from Howard University School of Law and her B.A. cum laude in 1976 from Spelman College.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919111622/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=830", "Butterfield Applauds Judicial Nomination of Loretta Copeland Biggs", "2014-09-18", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement regarding the judicial nomination of Ms. Loretta Copeland Biggs by the President of the United States:  \u201cI commend President Obama\u2019s nomination of Judge Loretta Copeland Biggs for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.\u00a0 Loretta is a long-time friend and colleague that is eminently qualified to serve in this capacity.\u00a0 She has a remarkable legal mind, and broad legal experience that I\u2019m certain will be of great benefit to the federal bench. \u00a0I\u2019m encouraged by the bipartisan support she appears to have, and I look forward to her swift confirmation.\u201d  Judge Loretta Copeland Biggs has been a partner at Allman Spry Davis Leggett & Crumpler, PA, since May 2014 and previously was a partner and managing shareholder at Davis Harwell & Biggs, PA, from 2003 to 2014.\u00a0 From 2001 to 2002, Judge Biggs served as a Judge on the Court of Appeals of North Carolina.\u00a0 From 1994 to 2001, she worked in the United States Attorney\u2019s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina, serving as Executive Assistant United States Attorney from 1997 to 2001.\u00a0 Judge Biggs also served as a Judge on the Forsyth County District Court from 1987 to 1994 and as an Assistant District Attorney in Forsyth County from 1984 to 1987.\u00a0 She began her legal career as Staff Counsel for The Coca-Cola Company from 1979 to 1982.\u00a0 Judge Biggs received her J.D. with honors in 1979 from Howard University School of Law and her B.A. cum laude in 1976 from Spelman College.  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-responds-house-vote-isil", "PRICE RESPONDS TO HOUSE VOTE ON ISIL", "2014-09-17", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. Today, the House of Representatives voted 273-156 to pass the McKeon Amendment, which gives President Obama authorization to begin training Syrian opposition forces in response to the growing threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Representative David Price (NC-04) spoke on the House floorin support of the amendment and released the following statement after it passed.  It has become clear that ISIL's brutal campaign of conquest in Iraq and Syria imperils U.S. security interests and that this extremist organization could, in the absence of immediate action, further destabilize the Middle East and establish a staging ground for terrorist activities aimed at American assets. President Obama has laid out a carefully-targeted military and diplomatic strategy for confronting this grave threat with the cooperation of a strong coalition of allies in the region and from around the world. The President and his senior advisors have acknowledged and taken great pains to address the potential consequences of intervention, and we all recognize there are no perfect or easy solutions. But the President believes  and I agree  that the consequences of inaction far outweigh the risks posed by a narrowly-targeted and well-considered U.S. role. Today, the House of Representatives voted to approve one component of the President's strategy  training and equipping credible Syrian opposition forces who have taken up arms against ISIL. The House resolution is limited in timing and in scope, lasting only as long as the Continuing Resolution it is attached to, December 11. Further, it specifically states that this language does not constitute an authorization of the use of force beyond air strikes. As an elected official, I take seriously my responsibility to weigh the costs and benefits of alternative courses of action and inaction. We must make the best decision we can, and that means countering this immediate threat in a careful and measured way that gives Congress considerable power of oversight. This resolution is necessary to getting underway an important part of the President's strategy to degrade and destroy ISIL, and it will give the House of Representatives the ability to oversee the implementation of that strategy and make course corrections over the coming months. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-statement-continuing-resolution", "PRICE STATEMENT ON THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION", "2014-09-17", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. Today, the House of Representatives voted 319-108 to pass a continuing resolution (CR), which will fund the government at current levels through December 11. The CR includes an extension of operating authority for the Export-Import Bank, $88 million in emergency funding to combat the Ebola Virus outbreak in West Africa, and the authority to train and equip Syrian opposition forces engaged in fighting ISIL. Representative David Price (NC-04), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, released the following statement. This continuing resolution offers yet another instance of Republican intransigence standing in the way of serious budgeting and a responsible appropriations process. Thanks to the hard work of House Appropriations Committee Members from both parties, the vast majority of FY2015 Appropriations bills have been written and reported. Unfortunately, political considerations have once again gotten the better of House Republican leaders, who have decided not to require their rank-and-file to consider these bills before November. I am hopeful that the hard work of the Appropriations Committee will be completed and compiled into an omnibus bill soon after the election.  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140918235018/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1620", "PRICE STATEMENT ON THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION", "2014-09-17", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2013 Today, the House of Representatives voted 319-108 to pass a continuing resolution (CR), which will fund the government at current levels through December 11. The CR includes an extension of operating authority for the Export-Import Bank, $88 million in emergency funding to combat the Ebola Virus outbreak in West Africa, and the authority to train and equip Syrian opposition forces engaged in fighting ISIL. Representative David Price (NC-04), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, released the following statement.  \u201cThis continuing resolution offers yet another instance of Republican intransigence standing in the way of serious budgeting and a responsible appropriations process. Thanks to the hard work of House Appropriations Committee Members from both parties, the vast majority of FY2015 Appropriations bills have been written and reported. Unfortunately, political considerations have once again gotten the better of House Republican leaders, who have decided not to require their rank-and-file to consider these bills before November. I am hopeful that the hard work of the Appropriations Committee will be completed and compiled into an omnibus bill soon after the election.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140918235220/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1619", "PRICE RESPONDS TO HOUSE VOTE ON ISIL", "2014-09-17", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2013 Today, the House of Representatives voted 273-156 to pass the McKeon Amendment, which gives President Obama authorization to begin training Syrian opposition forces in response to the growing threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Representative David Price (NC-04) spoke on the House floorin support of the amendment and released the following statement after it passed.   \u201cIt has become clear that ISIL\u2019s brutal campaign of conquest in Iraq and Syria imperils U.S. security interests and that this extremist organization could, in the absence of immediate action, further destabilize the Middle East and establish a staging ground for terrorist activities aimed at American assets. President Obama has laid out a carefully-targeted military and diplomatic strategy for confronting this grave threat with the cooperation of a strong coalition of allies in the region and from around the world.  \u201cThe President and his senior advisors have acknowledged and taken great pains to address the potential consequences of intervention, and we all recognize there are no perfect or easy solutions.\u00a0 But the President believes \u2013 and I agree \u2013 that the consequences of inaction far outweigh the risks posed by a narrowly-targeted and well-considered U.S. role.\u00a0  \u201cToday, the House of Representatives voted to approve one component of the President\u2019s strategy \u2013 training and equipping credible Syrian opposition forces who have taken up arms against ISIL. The House resolution is limited in timing and in scope, lasting only as long as the Continuing Resolution it is attached to, December 11. \u00a0Further, it specifically states that this language does not constitute an authorization of the use of force beyond air strikes.  \u201cAs an elected official, I take seriously my responsibility to weigh the costs and benefits of alternative courses of action and inaction. We must make the best decision we can, and that means countering this immediate threat in a careful and measured way that gives Congress considerable power of oversight. This resolution is necessary to getting underway an important part of the President\u2019s strategy to degrade and destroy ISIL, and it will give the House of Representatives the ability to oversee the implementation of that strategy and make course corrections over the coming months.\u201d  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-announces-grants-fourth-district-health-centers", "PRICE ANNOUNCES GRANTS FOR FOURTH DISTRICT HEALTH CENTERS", "2014-09-16", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC -- Representative David Price (NC-04) today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $923,000 to expand primary care capacity at three local community health centers: Lincoln Community Health Center, Durham: $327,054Piedmont Health Services, Carrboro: $359,186Wake Health Services, Raleigh: $237,976 \"Community health centers like Lincoln, Piedmont and Wake have a proven record of success in meeting the needs of underserved populations, and they are key partners in effective implementation of the Affordable Care Act,\" said Price. \"Expanded access to community health centers like these will ensure that new insurance translates to cost-effective care.\" The grants were awarded through HHS's Health Center Program, which allocates funds under the Affordable Care Act to expand the ability of community health centers nationwide to provide care to the newly insured. Health centers provide primary care services to vulnerable patients regardless of their ability to pay. The three Fourth District grants were part of almost $300 million in new HHS Health Center funding nationwide. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140918235424/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1616", "PRICE ANNOUNCES GRANTS FOR FOURTH DISTRICT HEALTH CENTERS", "2014-09-16", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC -- Representative David Price (NC-04) today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $923,000 to expand primary care capacity at three local community health centers:    Lincoln Community Health Center, Durham: $327,054  Piedmont Health Services, Carrboro: $359,186  Wake Health Services, Raleigh: $237,976    \"Community health centers like Lincoln, Piedmont and Wake have a proven record of success in meeting the needs of underserved populations, and they are key partners in effective implementation of the Affordable Care Act,\" said Price. \"Expanded access to community health centers like these will ensure that new insurance translates to cost-effective care.\"  The grants were awarded through HHS's Health Center Program, which allocates funds under the Affordable Care Act to expand the ability of community health centers nationwide to provide care to the newly insured. Health centers provide primary care services to vulnerable patients regardless of their ability to pay.  The three Fourth District grants were part of almost $300 million in\u00a0 new HHS Health Center funding nationwide.  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-cheers-trio-grant-for-durham-non-profit", "Butterfield Cheers TRIO Grant for Durham Non-profit", "2014-09-15", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today applauded the U.S. Department of Education's award of a Federal TRIO programs grant to The Renaissance Education Group, Incorporated in Durham, North Carolina. The $125,000 grant will assist low-income students, disadvantaged youth, and first generation college students in North Carolina by strengthening the training of TRIO educators in the state. \nA strong educational foundation is becoming increasingly important for North Carolinians to compete in today's global economy. TRIO programs are absolutely essential to enable many low-income North Carolinians and first generation college students to receive a quality education and prepare to enter the workforce, said Butterfield.\nThe Renaissance Education Group fills an important role in the Durham community by providing educational programs and services to low-income communities, disadvantaged youth, and other organizations who serve similar constituents. Incorporated in 2006, the Renaissance Education Group has promoted the principles of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's and 1930's which was a period of economic and community growth for low-income and minority communities in New York City. The TRIO grant will enable the Renaissance Education Group to provide additional support and training to North Carolinians for the next two years.\nThis grant will enrich the entire Durham region and strengthen educational outcomes for North Carolinians who most need assistance, and I thank Education Secretary Arne Duncan for recognizing this opportunity and awarding this grant, said Butterfield.\nCongressman Butterfield has been a longtime supporter of TRIO programs which serve almost 800,000 students and adults across the country. TRIO programs can be found throughout North Carolina's First Congressional District at institutions of higher learning and non-profit organizations. In April, Butterfield sent a letter to the House Committee on Appropriations requesting an increase in TRIO funding in 2015.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov  \n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-announces-federal-health-insurance-navigator-grants-fourth-district", "PRICE ANNOUNCES FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE NAVIGATOR GRANTS FOR FOURTH DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS", "2014-09-12", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC -- Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) announced that two Fourth District organizations will receive $2.7 million in Navigator funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This funding will help North Carolinians shop for and enroll in 2014-2015 health plans in the Health Insurance Marketplace this fall. Legal Aid of North Carolina, as the leader of the North Carolina Navigator Consortium, will receive $2.3 million, and the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina will receive $427,610. \"This funding from CMS will allow the North Carolina Navigator Consortium, the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina, and their allies to help even more North Carolinians apply for and enroll in affordable health care coverage,\" said Price. \"The success of Navigator programs in our state is proof positive that thousands of North Carolinians can now live healthier lives thanks to the Affordable Care Act.\" The Navigator program was created to provide in-person assistance to applicants in the Health Insurance Marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The innovative work of the North Carolina Navigator Consortium and the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina has helped the state exceed this year's ACA enrollment goals by 187 percent. Enrollment for 2015 ACA health care plans under the ACA begins on November 15, 2014. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140914024904/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1615", "PRICE ANNOUNCES FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE NAVIGATOR GRANTS FOR FOURTH DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS", "2014-09-12", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC -- Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) announced that two Fourth District organizations will receive $2.7 million in Navigator funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This funding will help North Carolinians shop for and enroll in 2014-2015 health plans in the Health Insurance Marketplace this fall. Legal Aid of North Carolina, as the leader of the North Carolina Navigator Consortium, will receive $2.3 million, and the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina will receive $427,610.  \"This funding from CMS will allow the North Carolina Navigator Consortium, the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina, and their allies to help even more North Carolinians apply for and enroll in affordable health care coverage,\" said Price. \"The success of Navigator programs in our state is proof positive that thousands of North Carolinians can now live healthier lives thanks to the Affordable Care Act.\"  The Navigator program was created to provide in-person assistance to applicants in the Health Insurance Marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The innovative work of the North Carolina Navigator Consortium and the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina has helped the state exceed this year's ACA enrollment goals by 187 percent.  Enrollment for 2015 ACA health care plans under the ACA begins on November 15, 2014.  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-butterfield-to-guest-lecture-race-and-politics-class-at", "Congressman Butterfield to Guest Lecture Race and Politics Class at North Carolina Central University, Tomorrow", "2014-09-11", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), former civil rights attorney and judge, will return to his alma mater, North Carolina Central University, to participate in a special topics class as a guest lecturer on The Politics of Race and Crime in a Democratic Society at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2014. The class will focus on the role race and class plays in crafting and establishing criminal justice and public policies. The class is open to the NCCU community and to campus and local media. Space is limited.  \n\t  \n\tWHO:          Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01)  \n\tDemocratic Chief Deputy Whip  \n\tFirst Vice-Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus   \n\tRanking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee  \n\tFormer Civil Rights Attorney and Judge  \n\t  \n\tWHAT:         Congressman Butterfield to lecture on race and politics in America at North Carolina Central University.  \n\t  \n\tWHEN:         Friday, September 12th, 12:00 PM  1:00 PM  \n\t  \n\tWHERE:        North Carolina Central University  \n\t               Edmonds Building, Room 105  \n\t               1801 Fayetteville Street  \n\t               Durham, NC 27701\n  \n\thttps://Butterfield.House.Gov  \n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919113405/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=827", "Congressman Butterfield to Guest Lecture Race and Politics Class at North Carolina Central University, Tomorrow", "2014-09-11", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), former civil rights attorney and judge, will return to his alma mater, North Carolina Central University, to participate in a special topics class as a guest lecturer on \u201cThe Politics of Race and Crime in a Democratic Society\u201d at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2014.\u00a0 The class will focus on the role race and class plays in crafting and establishing criminal justice and public policies.\u00a0 The class is open to the NCCU community and to campus and local media.\u00a0 Space is limited.  \u00a0  WHO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01)  \u00a0Democratic Chief Deputy Whip  \u00a0First Vice-Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus\u00a0  \u00a0Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee  \u00a0Former Civil Rights Attorney and Judge  \u00a0  WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Congressman Butterfield to lecture on race and politics in America at North Carolina Central University  WHEN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, September 12th, 12:00 PM \u2013 1:00 PM  \u00a0  WHERE:\u00a0 North Carolina Central University  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Edmonds Building, Room 105  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1801 Fayetteville Street  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Durham, NC 27701  \u00a0  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-cheers-tiger-vi-grant-award-to-north-carolina-railroad-to", "Butterfield Cheers TIGER VI Grant Award to North Carolina Railroad to Create Freight Railroad Corridor", "2014-09-10", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation's award of a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) VI grant to the North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company. The $5.8 million grant is vital to the modernization of freight rail in Bertie, Halifax, and Northampton counties. The project stands to better interconnect eastern North Carolina businesses with the rest of the country and boost the region's economy.  \nUpgrading eastern North Carolina's infrastructure to better connect our businesses to the global economy is critical to our state's long-term economic competitiveness, said Butterfield. This investment in Bertie, Halifax, and Northampton counties has the potential to enhance the entire eastern North Carolina region. Specifically, these funds will enable the North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company to develop a modern 52-mile freight corridor through the heart of eastern North Carolina and increase transportation options for commerce in North Carolina's First Congressional District. I thank Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx for recognizing the importance of this project and awarding this grant.  \nJim Irvin, President of North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company said, This grant supports a project that will be an economic game-changer for eastern North Carolina, both to help the existing industries that need modern, efficient rail freight service and to attract new industry to the region. Thanks goes to Congressman Butterfield, North Carolina DOT, U.S. DOT, and our local communities and customers for their support to make this project a reality.\nButterfield has been integral to North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company's efforts to support freight transportation in eastern North Carolina, strengthen the economy, and create jobs. In addition to discussing the company's application with Secretary Foxx, Butterfield sent a letter of support on the project's behalf to USDOT, and has visited Nucor Steel in Hertford County which stands to benefit from increased freight rail capacity from the project. \nThe Congressman was also instrumental in securing TIGER VI grant awards for the Duke Belt Line Trail in Durham, North Carolina, and for the Carolinian and Piedmont rail lines between Raleigh and Charlotte. Last year Butterfield also helped secure $10 million in the previous round of TIGER grants for the City of Goldsboro to complete the city's Center Streetscape and Union Station projects.  \nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov  \n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/joint-statement-from-reps-g-k-butterfield-and-david-price-on-tiger-iv", "Joint Statement from Reps. G. K. Butterfield and David Price on TIGER IV Grant for the Duke Beltline Master Plan", "2014-09-10", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC -- Representatives G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and David Price (NC-04) announced today that the City of Durham has been awarded $222,700 in funding from the United States Department of Transportation's TIGER IV program for the Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan:\nI've been working with the City for over a decade on the Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan, which will make Durham an even better place to live, said Representative Price. The Department of Transportation TIGER grant is a smart investment that will create new outdoor recreation and transportation opportunities for residents of central Durham.\nThe Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan will turn a 2-mile stretch of historic Norfolk-Southern rail corridor into a crescent trail connecting Duke Park with downtown Durham. The trail will be open to walkers, bikers, and horseback riders.\nAs the City of Durham and the Triangle area continue to grow it becomes even more vital to invest intelligently in ways to make the area more livable and more connected, Representative Butterfield said. The future of transportation in North Carolina must enable people to access different modes of transport easily and improve the quality of life by providing opportunities for people to stay active. This TIGER grant is positive for people who live in, work in, or visit Durham, and I thank Secretary Foxx for supporting this project.\nSince the signing of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act in 1976, rails-to-trails projects have created over 20,000 miles of healthier spaces nationwide, including the American Tobacco Trail. The Duke Beltline will join a network of trails connecting Durham, Wake, and Chatham counties. A conversion of the Beltline into trail use has been part of the Durham Trails and Greenways Master Plan since 2001.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-and-butterfield-announce-tiger-grant-duke-beltline-master-plan", "PRICE AND BUTTERFIELD ANNOUNCE TIGER GRANT FOR THE DUKE BELTLINE MASTER PLAN", "2014-09-10", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC -- Representative David Price (NC-04) and Representative G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) announced today that the City of Durham has been awarded $222,700 in funding from the United States Department of Transportation's TIGER program for the Duke Beltline TrailMaster Plan.  \"I've been working with the city for over a decade on the Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan, which would make Durham an even better place to live,\" said Representative Price. \"The Department of Transportation TIGER grant is a smart investment that will create new outdoor recreation and transportation opportunities for residents of central Durham.\"  The Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan will turn a 2-mile stretch of historic Norfolk-Southern rail corridor into a crescent trail connecting Duke Park with downtown Durham. The trail will be open to walkers, bikers, and horseback riders.  \"As the City of Durham and the Triangle area continue to grow, it becomes even more vital to invest intelligently in ways to make the area more livable and more connected,\" Representative Butterfield said. \"The future of transportation in North Carolina must enable people to access different modes of transport easily and improve the quality of life by providing opportunities for people to stay active. This TIGER grant is positive for people who live in, work in, or visit Durham, and I thank Secretary Foxx for supporting this project.\"  Since the signing of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act in 1976, rails-to-trails projects have created over 20,000 miles of healthier spaces nationwide, including the American Tobacco Trail. The Duke Beltline will join a network of trails connecting Durham, Wake, and Chatham counties. A conversion of the Beltline into trail use has been part of the Durham Trails and Greenways Master Plan since 2001.  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140914025105/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1614", "PRICE AND BUTTERFIELD ANNOUNCE TIGER GRANT FOR THE DUKE BELTLINE MASTER PLAN", "2014-09-10", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC -- Representative David Price (NC-04) and Representative G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) announced today that the City of Durham has been awarded $222,700 in funding from the United States Department of Transportation's TIGER program for the Duke Beltline Trail\u00a0Master Plan.  \u00a0  \"I've been working with the city for over a decade on the Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan, which would make Durham an even better place to live,\" said Representative Price. \"The Department of Transportation TIGER grant is a smart investment that will create new outdoor recreation and transportation opportunities for residents of central Durham.\"  \u00a0  The Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan will turn a 2-mile stretch of historic Norfolk-Southern rail corridor into a crescent trail connecting Duke Park with downtown Durham. The trail will be open to walkers, bikers, and horseback riders.  \u00a0  \"As the City of Durham and the Triangle area continue to grow, it becomes even more vital to invest intelligently in ways to make the area more livable and more connected,\" Representative Butterfield said. \"The future of transportation in North Carolina must enable people to access different modes of transport easily and improve the quality of life by providing opportunities for people to stay active. This TIGER grant is positive for people who live in, work in, or visit Durham, and I thank Secretary Foxx for supporting this project.\"  \u00a0  Since the signing of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act in 1976, rails-to-trails projects have created over 20,000 miles of healthier spaces nationwide, including the American Tobacco Trail. The Duke Beltline will join a network of trails connecting Durham, Wake, and Chatham counties. A conversion of the Beltline into trail use has been part of the Durham Trails and Greenways Master Plan since 2001.  \u00a0  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919113606/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=826", "Joint Statement from Reps. G. K. Butterfield and David Price on TIGER IV Grant for the Duke Beltline Master Plan", "2014-09-10", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC -- Representatives G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and David Price (NC-04) announced today that the City of Durham has been awarded $222,700 in funding from the United States Department of Transportation\u2019s TIGER IV program for the Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan:  \u201cI\u2019ve been working with the City for over a decade on the Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan, which will make Durham an even better place to live,\u201d said Representative Price. \u201cThe Department of Transportation TIGER grant is a smart investment that will create new outdoor recreation and transportation opportunities for residents of central Durham.\u201d  The Duke Beltline Trail Master Plan will turn a 2-mile stretch of historic Norfolk-Southern rail corridor into a crescent trail connecting Duke Park with downtown Durham. The trail will be open to walkers, bikers, and horseback riders.\u00a0  \u201cAs the City of Durham and the Triangle area continue to grow it becomes even more vital to invest intelligently in ways to make the area more livable and more connected,\u201d Representative Butterfield said. \u201cThe future of transportation in North Carolina must enable people to access different modes of transport easily and improve the quality of life by providing opportunities for people to stay active.\u00a0 This TIGER grant is positive for people who live in, work in, or visit Durham, and I thank Secretary Foxx for supporting this project.\u201d  Since the signing of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act in 1976, rails-to-trails projects have created over 20,000 miles of healthier spaces nationwide, including the American Tobacco Trail. The Duke Beltline will join a network of trails connecting Durham, Wake, and Chatham counties.\u00a0 A conversion of the Beltline into trail use has been part of the Durham Trails and Greenways Master Plansince 2001.  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919113807/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=825", "Butterfield Cheers TIGER VI Grant Award to North Carolina Railroad to Create Freight Railroad Corridor", "2014-09-10", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s award of a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) VI grant to the North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company.\u00a0 The $5.8 million grant is vital to the modernization of freight rail in Bertie, Halifax, and Northampton counties.\u00a0 The project stands to better interconnect eastern North Carolina businesses with the rest of the country and boost the region\u2019s economy.\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\t\u201cUpgrading eastern North Carolina\u2019s infrastructure to better connect our businesses to the global economy is critical to our state\u2019s long-term economic competitiveness,\u201d said Butterfield. \u201cThis investment in Bertie, Halifax, and Northampton counties has the potential to enhance the entire eastern North Carolina region.\u00a0 Specifically, these funds will enable the North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company to develop a modern 52-mile freight corridor through the heart of eastern North Carolina and increase transportation options for commerce in North Carolina\u2019s First Congressional District.\u00a0 I thank Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx for recognizing the importance of this project and awarding this grant.\u201d \u00a0\n\n\tJim Irvin, President of North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company said, \u201cThis grant supports a project that will be an economic game-changer for eastern North Carolina, both to help the existing industries that need modern, efficient rail freight service and to attract new industry to the region.\u00a0 Thanks goes to Congressman Butterfield, North Carolina DOT, U.S. DOT, and our local communities and customers for their support to make this project a reality.\"\n\n\tButterfield has been integral to North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company\u2019s efforts to support freight transportation in eastern North Carolina, strengthen the economy, and create jobs.\u00a0 In addition to discussing the company\u2019s application with Secretary Foxx, Butterfield sent a letter of support on the project\u2019s behalf to USDOT, and has visited Nucor Steel in Hertford County which stands to benefit from increased freight rail capacity from the project.\u00a0\n\n\tThe Congressman was also instrumental in securing TIGER VI grant awards for the Duke Belt Line Trail in Durham, North Carolina, and for the Carolinian and Piedmont rail lines between Raleigh and Charlotte.\u00a0 Last year Butterfield also helped secure $10 million in the previous round of TIGER grants for the City of Goldsboro to complete the city\u2019s Center Streetscape and Union Station projects. \u00a0\u00a0\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-congratulates-stacey-franklin-jones-on-being-named", "Butterfield Congratulates Stacey Franklin Jones on Being Named Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University", "2014-09-05", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement regarding the selection of Stacey Franklin Jones as Elizabeth City State University Chancellor:\nI congratulate Dr. Stacey Franklin Jones on being named the new chancellor of Elizabeth City State University. Dr. Jones credentials and accomplishments are nothing short of exemplary, making her the obvious choice for this position. I am confident that her leadership and vision will help the university grow and thrive during this difficult period.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919114012/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=824", "Butterfield Congratulates Stacey Franklin Jones on Being Named Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University", "2014-09-05", "2014", "2014-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement regarding the selection of Stacey Franklin Jones as Elizabeth City State University Chancellor:\n\n\t\u201cI congratulate Dr. Stacey Franklin Jones on being named the new chancellor of Elizabeth City State University.\u00a0 Dr. Jones credentials and accomplishments are nothing short of exemplary, making her the obvious choice for this position.\u00a0 I am confident that her leadership and vision will help the university grow and thrive during this difficult period.\u201d\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-announces-economic-development-funding-north-carolina", "PRICE ANNOUNCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA", "2014-08-27", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Representative David Price (NC-04) announced today that four organizations in North Carolina will receive a combined $4.875 million from the Department of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) program to serve low-income and economically distressed communities. This funding is critically important to families, communities, and small businesses across North Carolina, Rep. Price said. The CDFI program revitalizes communities by assisting families in buying their first homes, supporting entrepreneurs opening small businesses, and enabling existing small businesses to expand. The organizations receiving funding are: Latino Community Credit Union (Durham) - $1,750,000Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. (Raleigh) - $125,000Self-Help Federal Credit Union (Durham) - $2,000,000The Support Center (Raleigh) - $1,000,000 The federal CDFI program invests in and builds the capacity of community-based CDFIs, empowering them to grow and contribute to the revitalization of communities by providing financial and technical assistance awards. The CDFI program creates opportunity in underserved communities by providing access to financial products and services. As a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, Representative Price has consistently pressed for CDFI funding. More than $1.4 billion has been provided for CDFI since its inception, including $195.4 million in Fiscal Year 2014. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140829040349/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1612", "PRICE ANNOUNCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA", "2014-08-27", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Representative David Price (NC-04) announced today that four organizations in North Carolina will receive a combined $4.875 million from the Department of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) program to serve low-income and economically distressed communities.\u00a0  \u201cThis funding is critically important to families, communities, and small businesses across North Carolina,\u201d Rep. Price said. \u201cThe CDFI program revitalizes communities by assisting families in buying their first homes, supporting entrepreneurs opening small businesses, and enabling existing small businesses to expand.\u201d  The organizations receiving funding are:    Latino Community Credit Union (Durham) - $1,750,000  Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. (Raleigh) - $125,000  Self-Help Federal Credit Union (Durham) - $2,000,000  The Support Center (Raleigh) - $1,000,000    The federal CDFI program invests in and builds the capacity of community-based CDFIs, empowering them to grow and contribute to the revitalization of communities by providing financial and technical assistance awards. The CDFI program creates opportunity in underserved communities by providing access to financial products and services. As a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, Representative Price has consistently pressed for CDFI funding. More than $1.4 billion has been provided for CDFI since its inception, including $195.4 million in Fiscal Year 2014.  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-announces-2-million-fema-grants", "PRICE ANNOUNCES $2 MILLION IN FEMA GRANTS", "2014-08-08", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Representative David Price (NC-04), the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that North Carolina State University will receive $1,422,024 and the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Office of the State Fire Marshal, will receive $586,625 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Fire Prevention and Safety grant program. These grants are part of the Fiscal Year 2013 Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) program. I am proud to announce this funding because it will help protect communities and first responders, Rep. Price said. Ensuring that our communities and firefighters can access the most up-to-date fire detection and protective equipment is a critical component of keeping the public safe. The NCSU grant will be utilized by the Textile Protection and Comfort Center, within the College of Textiles, to develop new materials designed to enhance firefighter protection while combating wildfires. Funding for the State Fire Marshall will enable the purchase and installation of life-saving equipment such as carbon monoxide alarms, deaf and hard-of-hearing alarms, and 10-year lithium smoke alarms, as well as the implementation of educational and training programs. The AFG Program offers grants for activities under Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) in order to reach high-risk groups and mitigate incidences of deaths and injuries caused by fire and fire-related hazards. As the Chair, and now ranking member, of the subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Homeland Security, Rep. Price has been the leading supporter of first responder grant programs in Congress. Since 2001, the AFG program has provided approximately $5.6 billion in grants to first responder organizations to obtain much-needed emergency response equipment, protective gear, firefighting and emergency response vehicles, and training. During FY2013, AFG is expected to award $320 million to first responder organizations in need of support.  # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140809192945/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1610", "PRICE ANNOUNCES $2 MILLION IN FEMA GRANTS", "2014-08-08", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Representative David Price (NC-04), the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that North Carolina State University will receive $1,422,024 and the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Office of the State Fire Marshal, will receive $586,625 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s (FEMA) Fire Prevention and Safety grant program. These grants are part of the Fiscal Year 2013 Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) program.  \u201cI am proud to announce this funding because it will help protect communities and first responders,\u201d Rep. Price said. \u201cEnsuring that our communities and firefighters can access the most up-to-date fire detection and protective equipment is a critical component of keeping the public safe.\u201d  The NCSU grant will be utilized by the Textile Protection and Comfort Center, within the College of Textiles, to develop new materials designed to enhance firefighter protection while combating wildfires.  Funding for the State Fire Marshall will enable the purchase and installation of life-saving equipment such as carbon monoxide alarms, deaf and hard-of-hearing alarms, and 10-year lithium smoke alarms, as well as the implementation of educational and training programs.  The AFG Program offers grants for activities under Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) in order to reach high-risk groups and mitigate incidences of deaths and injuries caused by fire and fire-related hazards.  As the Chair, and now ranking member, of the subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Homeland Security, Rep. Price has been the leading supporter of first responder grant programs in Congress. Since 2001, the AFG program has provided approximately $5.6 billion in grants to first responder organizations to obtain much-needed emergency response equipment, protective gear, firefighting and emergency response vehicles, and training. During FY2013, AFG is expected to award $320 million to first responder organizations in need of support.  \u00a0  # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-spearheads-letter-opposing-atlantic-drilling", "PRICE SPEARHEADS LETTER OPPOSING ATLANTIC DRILLING", "2014-08-07", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. Today, Representatives David Price (NC-04) and Rush Holt (NJ-12), along with Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-03) and Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11), released a letter urging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to exclude planning areas in the Atlantic Ocean from the upcoming 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. Their letter, which is cosigned by 32 additional members of Congress, points out that the area is rightfully excluded from the current 2012-2017 Five-Year Program and that significant federal, state, and local resources have been expended to improve environmental integrity and economic opportunities along the Atlantic coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, located within the Department of the Interior, oversees assessments of the oil, gas and other mineral resource potential for the Outer Continental Shelf. Cosigners of the letter included Representatives Brown (FL) Capuano, Carney, Castor, Cicilline, Clark, DeLauro, Deutch, Frankel, Hastings (FL), Keating, Kennedy, Kuster, Langevin, Lynch, McGovern, Meng, Michaud, Moran, Neal, Norton, Pallone, Pascrell, Pingree, Sarbanes, Shea-Porter, Scott (VA), Sires, Tierney, Tonko, Van Hollen, Wasserman Schultz. The complete letter follows. August 7, 2014 Dr. Walter Cruickshank Acting Director Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 1849 C Street, NW  Washington DC 20240 Dear Dr. Cruickshank: We are writing in response to the initial Request for Information on the preparation of the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (Five-Year Program). As members of Congress with an interest in the health and economic vitality of the Atlantic Ocean, we would like to specifically request that all planning areas in the Atlantic be excluded from the 2017-2022 Five-Year Leasing Program. Under the current 2012-2017 Five-Year Program the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) determined that lease sales in the Atlantic would not be appropriate due to the lack of infrastructure to support oil and gas exploration and development, as well as spill preparedness and response. Complex issues relating to potentially conflicting uses, including those of the Department of Defense, were also factors in making the determination under the current Five-Year Program. We believe that the circumstances that informed the exclusion of Atlantic planning areas under the existing Five-Year Program remain unchanged. Additionally, significant federal, state, and local resources have been expended in an effort to improve the health of Atlantic fisheries, protect endangered and threatened species that rely on the Atlantic Ocean and coast, and ensure the continued economic vitality of coastal areas through recreation and tourism. We believe that allowing oil and gas development in the Atlantic would be inconsistent with and contrary to these ongoing efforts. We are not opposed to offshore energy development in the Atlantic when that development is done carefully, sustainably, and protects critical coastal and marine environments and industries. We commend BOEM for its effort to lease and permit offshore wind energy projects along the Atlantic seaboard. The development of wind energy resources in the Atlantic will support jobs, generate revenues, and provide much needed clean, sustainable energy without threatening existing jobs and economic activity that would be endangered by oil and gas activities in the Atlantic. Advances in tidal and marine hydrokinetic power may similarly provide opportunities to harvest the energy potential of our oceans without subjecting our coasts and the marine environment to the threats associated with offshore oil and gas production. Furthermore, climate change and ocean acidification have already begun to stress the Atlantic environment and ecosystem. Sea level rise and extreme weather events, exacerbated by warmer air and ocean temperatures, already threaten coastal communities. The massive destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy emphasized these risks and demonstrated the fragility of our coasts. We appreciate the work that BOEM has done to help our communities rebuild, but are concerned that these rebuilding efforts could be severely undermined by offshore oil and gas leasing. The Atlantic Ocean and the individuals that depend on this area, whether for their livelihoods or as recreational users, should not also be forced to contend with the threats of a major oil spill, or for that matter the widespread industrial development that would be necessary for developing an oil and gas industry in the Atlantic. While states bordering the North Atlantic Planning Area are united in their opposition to offshore oil and gas drilling, we understand that elsewhere in the Atlantic there is likely to be interest in proceeding with oil and gas exploration and development. We believe that an analysis of drilling in the Atlantic should be holistic: ocean currents and marine species do not recognize artificially drawn planning boundaries, and the consideration of any individual Atlantic planning area should also include an analysis of the potential effects on neighboring planning areas and throughout the entire ocean ecosystem. We appreciate the efforts of the Department of the Interior to improve the safety and oversight of offshore drilling, but we are simply unwilling to accept the tremendous risks of an oil spill in the Atlantic, which would vastly outweigh any potential gains from drilling. We again thank you for excluding Atlantic leasing from the 2012-2017 program and ask that you consider our strong opposition to future leasing in the Atlantic through all stages of development of the 2017-2022 Five-Year Program. Sincerely,  # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040128/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1609", "PRICE SPEARHEADS LETTER OPPOSING ATLANTIC DRILLING", "2014-08-07", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2013 Today, Representatives David Price (NC-04) and Rush Holt (NJ-12), along with Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-03) and Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11), released a letter urging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to exclude planning areas in the Atlantic Ocean from the upcoming 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. Their letter, which is cosigned by 32 additional members of Congress, points out that the area is rightfully excluded from the current 2012-2017 Five-Year Program and that significant federal, state, and local resources have been expended to improve environmental integrity and economic opportunities along the Atlantic coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, located within the Department of the Interior, oversees assessments of the oil, gas and other mineral resource potential for the Outer Continental Shelf.\n\n\tCosigners of the letter included Representatives Brown (FL) Capuano, Carney, Castor, Cicilline, Clark, DeLauro, Deutch, Frankel, Hastings (FL), Keating, Kennedy, Kuster, Langevin, Lynch, McGovern, Meng, Michaud, Moran, Neal, Norton, Pallone, Pascrell, Pingree, Sarbanes, Shea-Porter, Scott (VA), Sires, Tierney, Tonko, Van Hollen, Wasserman Schultz.\n\n\tThe complete letter follows.\n\n\tAugust 7, 2014\n\n\tDr. Walter Cruickshank\n\n\tActing Director\n\n\tBureau of Ocean Energy Management\n\n\t1849 C Street, NW  \n\tWashington DC 20240\n\n\tDear Dr. Cruickshank:\n\n\tWe are writing in response to the initial Request for Information on the preparation of the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (Five-Year Program). As members of Congress with an interest in the health and economic vitality of the Atlantic Ocean, we would like to specifically request that all planning areas in the Atlantic be excluded from the 2017-2022 Five-Year Leasing Program.\n\n\tUnder the current 2012-2017 Five-Year Program the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) determined that lease sales in the Atlantic would not be appropriate due to the lack of infrastructure to support oil and gas exploration and development, as well as spill preparedness and response. Complex issues relating to potentially conflicting uses, including those of the Department of Defense, were also factors in making the determination under the current Five-Year Program.\n\n\tWe believe that the circumstances that informed the exclusion of Atlantic planning areas under the existing Five-Year Program remain unchanged. Additionally, significant federal, state, and local resources have been expended in an effort to improve the health of Atlantic fisheries, protect endangered and threatened species that rely on the Atlantic Ocean and coast, and ensure the continued economic vitality of coastal areas through recreation and tourism. We believe that allowing oil and gas development in the Atlantic would be inconsistent with and contrary to these ongoing efforts.\n\n\tWe are not opposed to offshore energy development in the Atlantic when that development is done carefully, sustainably, and protects critical coastal and marine environments and industries. We commend BOEM for its effort to lease and permit offshore wind energy projects along the Atlantic seaboard. The development of wind energy resources in the Atlantic will support jobs, generate revenues, and provide much needed clean, sustainable energy without threatening existing jobs and economic activity that would be endangered by oil and gas activities in the Atlantic. Advances in tidal and marine hydrokinetic power may similarly provide opportunities to harvest the energy potential of our oceans without subjecting our coasts and the marine environment to the threats associated with offshore oil and gas production.\n\n\tFurthermore, climate change and ocean acidification have already begun to stress the Atlantic environment and ecosystem. Sea level rise and extreme weather events, exacerbated by warmer air and ocean temperatures, already threaten coastal communities. The massive destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy emphasized these risks and demonstrated the fragility of our coasts. We appreciate the work that BOEM has done to help our communities rebuild, but are concerned that these rebuilding efforts could be severely undermined by offshore oil and gas leasing. The Atlantic Ocean and the individuals that depend on this area, whether for their livelihoods or as recreational users, should not also be forced to contend with the threats of a major oil spill, or for that matter the widespread industrial development that would be necessary for developing an oil and gas industry in the Atlantic.\n\n\tWhile states bordering the North Atlantic Planning Area are united in their opposition to offshore oil and gas drilling, we understand that elsewhere in the Atlantic there is likely to be interest in proceeding with oil and gas exploration and development. We believe that an analysis of drilling in the Atlantic should be holistic: ocean currents and marine species do not recognize artificially drawn planning boundaries, and the consideration of any individual Atlantic planning area should also include an analysis of the potential effects on neighboring planning areas and throughout the entire ocean ecosystem.\n\n\tWe appreciate the efforts of the Department of the Interior to improve the safety and oversight of offshore drilling, but we are simply unwilling to accept the tremendous risks of an oil spill in the Atlantic, which would vastly outweigh any potential gains from drilling. We again thank you for excluding Atlantic leasing from the 2012-2017 program and ask that you consider our strong opposition to future leasing in the Atlantic through all stages of development of the 2017-2022 Five-Year Program.\n\n\tSincerely,\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-introduces-bill-to-provide-immediate-medical-leave-for-new", "Butterfield Introduces Bill to Provide Immediate Medical Leave for New VA Employees with Service-Connected Disabilities", "2014-08-06", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) has introduced H.R. 5323, the Medical Leave for Veterans Act. The bill seeks to ensure that newly-hired returning veterans with service-connected disabilities who are full-time Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees are able to receive the medical care they need without having to take unpaid leave. \nUnder current law, full-time Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees accrue a total of 104 hours, or 13 days, of annual sick leave. While unused annual sick leave may be carried over from year to year, first-year full-time VA employees start their careers in the federal workforce with a zero sick leave balance. This lack of initial leave for full-time VA workers in their first year on the job is particularly onerous for those who are also disabled veterans. \nI am pleased to introduce this important bill with Representatives Jones, Lynch, and Price that will enable disabled veterans working for the VA to receive the care they need and have earned, Congressman G. K. Butterfield said. Too often disabled veterans must take unpaid leave during their first year of public service to attend medical appointments or physical therapy due to service-connected disability. This bill will benefit veterans working at VA facilities in Durham, Elizabeth City, Goldsboro, Greenville, and throughout North Carolina. I urge my colleagues to pass this bill to enable employees of the VA who are veterans to access the care they need without sacrificing their livelihoods.  \nSpecifically, Butterfield's bill would:\n \nProvide first-year VA employees with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or greater with 104 hours of Medical Leave for Veterans for the purposes of undergoing medical treatment for their disability. \n\tRequire the Secretary of the VA to implement a system for certification for such leave.\n\tLimit any unused Medical Leave for Veterans from being carried over to the following year.\n\tProvide medical leave to all first-year VA veteran employees with service-related disability, including non-combat related injuries. It also covers employees as defined in chapters 73 or 74 of title 38, U.S.C., and includes physicians, dentists, registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists. \n \nIf passed, the Veterans Medical Leave Act would take effect one year after enactment, and require the VA to issue regulations within six months of enactment.\nThe bill is cosponsored by Representatives Walter Jones (NC-03), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), and David Price (NC-04), and compliments H.R. 5229 which impacts title 5 federal employees, but not title 38 VA employees, with service-connected disabilities. \nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov  \n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919114226/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=823", "Butterfield Introduces Bill to Provide Immediate Medical Leave for New VA Employees with Service-Connected Disabilities", "2014-08-06", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) has introduced H.R. 5323, the Medical Leave for Veterans Act.\u00a0 The bill seeks to ensure that newly-hired returning veterans with service-connected disabilities who are full-time Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees are able to receive the medical care they need without having to take unpaid leave.\u00a0  Under current law, full-time Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees accrue a total of 104 hours, or 13 days, of annual sick leave.\u00a0 While unused annual sick leave may be carried over from year to year, first-year full-time VA employees start their careers in the federal workforce with a zero sick leave balance.\u00a0 This lack of initial leave for full-time VA workers in their first year on the job is particularly onerous for those who are also disabled veterans.\u00a0  \u201cI am pleased to introduce this important bill with Representatives Jones, Lynch, and Price that will enable disabled veterans working for the VA to receive the care they need and have earned,\u201d Congressman G. K. Butterfield said.\u00a0 \u201cToo often disabled veterans must take unpaid leave during their first year of public service to attend medical appointments or physical therapy due to service-connected disability.\u00a0 This bill will benefit veterans working at VA facilities in Durham, Elizabeth City, Goldsboro, Greenville, and throughout North Carolina.\u00a0 I urge my colleagues to pass this bill to enable employees of the VA who are veterans to access the care they need without sacrificing their livelihoods.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  Specifically, Butterfield\u2019s bill would:    Provide first-year VA employees with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or greater with 104 hours of \u201cMedical Leave for Veterans\u201d for the purposes of undergoing medical treatment for their disability.  Require the Secretary of the VA to implement a system for certification for such leave.  Limit any unused \u201cMedical Leave for Veterans\u201d from being carried over to the following year.  Provide medical leave to all first-year VA veteran employees with service-related disability, including non-combat related injuries.\u00a0 It also covers employees as defined in chapters 73 or 74 of title 38, U.S.C., and includes physicians, dentists, registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists.\u00a0    If passed, the Veterans Medical Leave Act would take effect one year after enactment, and require the VA to issue regulations within six months of enactment.  The bill is cosponsored by Representatives Walter Jones (NC-03), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), and David Price (NC-04), and compliments H.R. 5229 which impacts title 5 federal employees, but not title 38 VA employees, with service-connected disabilities.\u00a0  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-announces-critical-grant-funding-north-carolina", "PRICE ANNOUNCES CRITICAL GRANT FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA", "2014-08-04", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Representative David Price (NC-04) announced today that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will receive $3,562,511 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. This funding is critically important to vulnerable children and families across North Carolina and is another example of the positive impacts of the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Price said. Home visitation programs are proven to improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce incidents of domestic violence and child neglect, while ensuring school readiness and achievement for thousands of children across our State. The MIECHV Program, created by the Affordable Care Act, works with states to develop and implement locally-managed, voluntary, evidence-based home visiting programs for pregnant women and families and helps parents of children from birth to age five. Families that elect to participate in local home visiting programs receive advice, guidance and other help from health, social service and child development professionals. Over time, families and home visitors build partnerships and work together to improve health and development; prevent child injuries, child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment, and reduce emergency department visits; improve school readiness and achievement; reduce crime, including domestic violence; and improve family economic self-sufficiency.  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040334/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1608", "PRICE ANNOUNCES CRITICAL GRANT FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA", "2014-08-04", "2014", "2014-08", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Representative David Price (NC-04) announced today that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will receive $3,562,511 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program.\n\n\t\u201cThis funding is critically important to vulnerable children and families across North Carolina and is another example of the positive impacts of the Affordable Care Act,\u201d Rep. Price said. \u201cHome visitation programs are proven to improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce incidents of domestic violence and child neglect, while ensuring school readiness and achievement for thousands of children across our State.\u201d\n\n\tThe MIECHV Program, created by the Affordable Care Act, works with states to develop and implement locally-managed, voluntary, evidence-based home visiting programs for pregnant women and families and helps parents of children from birth to age five.\u00a0 Families that elect to participate in local home visiting programs receive advice, guidance and other help from health, social service and child development professionals.\u00a0 Over time, families and home visitors build partnerships and work together to improve health and development; prevent child injuries, child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment, and reduce emergency department visits; improve school readiness and achievement; reduce crime, including domestic violence; and improve family economic self-sufficiency.\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-remarks-border-security-legislation", "PRICE REMARKS ON BORDER SECURITY LEGISLATION", "2014-07-31", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) delivered the following remarks on the House floor during consideration of H.R. 5230, Supplemental Appropriations to Address the Southwest Border Crisis.  Mr. Speaker I rise in strong opposition to this misconceived and woefully under-resourced legislation. For a while it looked like we might do better than this. As the Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, I was pleased to take part in a recent delegation to Central America ably led by Chairwoman Kay Granger. But as successive versions of the Republican bill have surfaced over the past two weeks, in an apparent quest for votes among Republicans, they have reflected less and less of what we learned on that trip. The bill under consideration provides less than $1 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Justice far below the President's request, what is being considered by the Senate, or what is required to deal with the crisis on our borders and beyond. The bill only provides funding for anticipated needs for the remainder of the fiscal year, a mere two months. I would object to that less if the majority had any plans for actually completing our appropriations bills before the end of September, but we all know that they do not. Indeed, it appears unlikely that our Homeland Security Appropriations bill will make it to the House floor. The approach taken in this legislation shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the issue before us. This is not a border security crisis; it's a humanitarian crisis. We don't need to deploy the National Guard or surge our border capacity, because we are not failing to catch individuals as they cross. In fact, they are turning themselves in! Now, we do have some agreement on the need to expedite consideration of the claims of these minors for asylum or other forms of relief. But at $12.9 million, the House bill falls short of even the Administration's modest request for more immigration judges. Instead of focusing on an area of agreement -- more immigration judges to adjudicate claims -- the majority relies upon a questionable and controversial rewriting of the Wilberforce law, enacted in 2008 to deal with child trafficking. My own view is that the Cuellar-Cornyn proposal incorporated in the bill both fails to address deficiencies in our present screening of Mexican youth for signs of torture or fear of persecution, and risks transferring these deficiencies to the treatment of Central American children. In any event, it is not wise to complicate or delay consideration of the emergency supplemental request with an authorization bill that requires more deliberation. There have been some recent signs of progress down at the border. Over the past few weeks, the average daily apprehensions of unaccompanied children were approaching 400; over the past few weeks, such apprehensions have dropped to an average of well under 200. But that does not mean the crisis is over. We could easily see another spike in apprehensions in the coming weeks. We need a bill that not only provides resources to DHS but one that reflects our values, providing care for these unaccompanied minors through adequate funding for HHS as well. Faith leaders of all traditions across the country are calling on Congress to provide the social and health services these children desperately need. Perhaps the greatest failing of this legislation is that it fails to move us toward any viable, long-term strategy to address the causes of the current crisis. Beyond any funding we appropriate to help manage the flow of unaccompanied children or families over the next several months, we are setting ourselves up for similar crises in the future if we aren't willing to invest in a long-term strategy to help Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador -- the three countries that are the source of the vast majority of unaccompanied minors -- stabilize their economies; modernize their institutions; and reduce the level of violence and the grip of the drug cartels and street gangs. Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today seriously addresses neither the short- or long-term needs, and much of what it does appropriate is irrelevant to the current crisis. I urge a resounding NO vote.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140802212129/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1607", "PRICE REMARKS ON BORDER SECURITY LEGISLATION", "2014-07-31", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2013 Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) delivered the following remarks on the House floor during consideration of H.R. 5230, Supplemental Appropriations to Address the Southwest Border Crisis.  \u00a0  Mr. Speaker I rise in strong opposition to this misconceived and woefully under-resourced legislation.  For a while it looked like we might do better than this. As the Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, I was pleased to take part in a recent delegation to Central America ably led by Chairwoman Kay Granger. But as successive versions of the Republican bill have surfaced over the past two weeks, in an apparent quest for votes among Republicans, they have reflected less and less of what we learned on that trip.  The bill under consideration provides less than $1 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Justice \u2013far below the President\u2019s request, what is being considered by the Senate, or what is required to deal with the crisis on our borders and beyond.  The bill only provides funding for anticipated needs for the remainder of the fiscal year, a mere two months. I would object to that less if the majority had any plans for actually completing our appropriations bills before the end of September, but we all know that they do not. Indeed, it appears unlikely that our Homeland Security Appropriations bill will make it to the House floor.  The approach taken in this legislation shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the issue before us. This is not a border security crisis; it\u2019s a humanitarian crisis. We don\u2019t need to deploy the National Guard or surge our border capacity, because we are not failing to catch individuals as they cross. In fact, they are turning themselves in!  Now, we do have some agreement on the need to expedite consideration of the claims of these minors for asylum or other forms of relief. But at $12.9 million, the House bill falls short of even the Administration\u2019s modest request for more immigration judges.  Instead of focusing on an area of agreement -- more immigration judges to adjudicate claims -- the majority relies upon a questionable and controversial rewriting of the Wilberforce law, enacted in 2008 to deal with child trafficking. My own view is that the Cuellar-Cornyn proposal incorporated in the bill both fails to address deficiencies in our present screening of Mexican youth for signs of torture or fear of persecution, and risks transferring these deficiencies to the treatment of Central American children. In any event, it is not wise to complicate or delay consideration of the emergency supplemental request with an authorization bill that requires more deliberation.  There have been some recent signs of progress down at the border.\u00a0 Over the past few weeks, the average daily apprehensions of unaccompanied children were approaching 400; over the past few weeks, such apprehensions have dropped to an average of well under 200.\u00a0 But that does not mean the crisis is over.\u00a0 We could easily see another spike in apprehensions in the coming weeks.  We need a bill that not only provides resources to DHS but one that reflects our values, providing care for these unaccompanied minors through adequate funding for HHS as well. Faith leaders of all traditions across the country are calling on Congress to provide the social and health services these children desperately need.\u00a0  Perhaps the greatest failing of this legislation is that it fails to move us toward any viable, long-term strategy to address the causes of the current crisis. Beyond any funding we appropriate to help manage the flow of unaccompanied children or families over the next several months, we are setting ourselves up for similar crises in the future if we aren't willing to invest in a long-term strategy to help Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador -- the three countries that are the source of the vast majority of unaccompanied minors -- stabilize their economies; modernize their institutions; and reduce the level of violence and the grip of the drug cartels and street gangs.\u00a0  Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today seriously addresses neither the short- or long-term needs, and much of what it does appropriate is irrelevant to the current crisis. I urge a resounding NO vote.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-statement-on-house-republicans-passage-of-a-resolution", "Butterfield Statement on House Republicans Passage of a Resolution Authorizing Speaker Boehner to Sue the President of the United States", "2014-07-30", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today issued the following statement after the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a resolution, H. Res. 676, to allow Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans to sue President Obama for using executive authority to delay implementation of the employer mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act:\nNever before in the history of the United States Congress has there been institutional litigation' between two equal branches of government. Passage of this resolution and initiation of a lawsuit without Senate authorization is an overreach of power by House Republicans that threatens the integrity of our federal government and erodes the checks and balance system we have long cherished in this country. \nRepublicans are using this misguided and politically motivated resolution to continue to discredit President Obama. Every day that President Obama has occupied the oval office, Republicans have attacked him, his ideas, and those in his cabinet. They have denied the American people a well-functioning government with political stunts like this, the government shutdown, and sequestration.\nRepublicans fail to understand that the House, as an institution, as a subset of the Congress cannot by itself enforce a legislative enactment. It must be bicameral. Otherwise, in the future, the House or the Senate acting alone could allege a constitutional violation and get their day in Court. If a President is unhappy with the House or the Senate, she could just allege a constitutional violation and have the Courts settle that dispute as well.\nThis nonsensical resolution will also give Speaker Boehner unbridled discretion and an open tab to incur legal costs that will add to the deficit Republicans incessantly bemoan.\nRepublicans have long opposed the employer mandate. Pursuing this lawsuit that would undermine the enforcement of the employer mandate only highlights their hypocrisy. I hope that Americans will see through and reject this is as a thinly veiled and ill-advised strategy to set the stage for an impeachment proceeding should Republicans gain a majority in the Senate next year. This is a very sad day in the House. They have reached a new low.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov  \n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-butterfield-johnson-highlight-49th-anniversary-of-medicare-medicaid", "Reps. Butterfield, Johnson highlight 49th Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid", "2014-07-30", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Today, Reps. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) and Hank Johnson (D-GA) marked the 49th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid. President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law on July 30, 1965.\nForty-nine years ago, Democrats created Medicare and Medicaid; over nearly half a century, we have sustained them; now and into the future, we will protect them, stated Rep. Butterfield.\nThis spring, Republicans once again passed a House GOP budget that ends Medicare as we know it and turns this sacred initiative into a privatized voucher plan, increasing future health costs for seniors.\nOn the 49th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare, I will stand with our seniors and recommit to rejecting plans that will end Medicare as we know it and increase costs, said Rep. Butterfield.\nDemocrats have also been working to strengthen Medicare, Rep. Johnson said. The Affordable Care Act contains several provisions to improve Medicare. The ACA provides free Medicare coverage for key preventive services and it also has created significant savings for many seniors by providing discounts on their drugs for those in the Medicare Part D donut hole' coverage gap.\nSince the Affordable Care Act was enacted, people with Medicare in Georgia have saved $327 million on prescription drugs. So far in 2014 alone, more than 47,000 individuals in Georgia saved $39 million, or an average of $835 per enrollee. In North Carolina, people with Medicare have saved $359 million on prescription drugs. So far in 2014 alone, 56,000 individuals in North Carolina saved $41 million, or an average of $741 per enrollee.\nFurthermore, there is lots of other good news about how the ACA has benefited Medicare enrollees:\n Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the life of the Medicare Trust Fund has been extended by 13 years. The provisions of the ACA have played a critical role in helping to extend the Trust Fund.\n\tThe growth rate in Medicare spending per person has fallen dramatically  falling from an annual average growth rate per person of 6.3 percent in 2000-2008 to 2.0 percent in 2009-2012.\n\tLower Medicare spending means lower cost sharing and lower premiums for Medicare enrollees. For example, after having grown rapidly under President George W. Bush, the Medicare Part B premium did not increase at all in 2014  remaining at the 2013 level  and it is projected it will remain again at the 2013 level in 2015.\n Democrats are also proud of the health security being provided to millions of Americans by the Medicaid program, Rep. Butterfield added. \nMore than 60 million Americans are currently enrolled in Medicaid. In addition, for those states that have chosen to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the ACA has made a tremendous difference already. According to a study by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund, in states that expanded Medicaid, the uninsured rate for poor adults has dropped from 28 percent to 17 percent, whereas in states that have refused to expand Medicaid, the uninsured rate for low-income adults has only dropped from 38 percent to 36 percent.\nAs we celebrate the anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, I am determined to continue to strengthen them, Rep. Johnson said. Over the last 49 years, Democrats have fought vigorously to enact Medicare and Medicaid and protect them and we will not stop.\nwww.facebook.com/MedicaidExpansionCaucus  \n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919114430/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=822", "Butterfield Statement on House Republicans Passage of a Resolution Authorizing Speaker Boehner to Sue the President of the United States", "2014-07-30", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today issued the following statement after the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a resolution, H. Res. 676, to allow Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans to sue President Obama for using executive authority to delay implementation of the employer mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act:\n\n\t\u201cNever before in the history of the United States Congress has there been \u2018institutional litigation\u2019 between two equal branches of government.\u00a0 Passage of this resolution and initiation of a lawsuit without Senate authorization is an overreach of power by House Republicans that threatens the integrity of our federal government and erodes the checks and balance system we have long cherished in this country.\u00a0\n\n\t\u201cRepublicans are using this misguided and politically motivated resolution to continue to discredit President Obama.\u00a0 Every day that President Obama has occupied the oval office, Republicans have attacked him, his ideas, and those in his cabinet.\u00a0 They have denied the American people a well-functioning government with political stunts like this, the government shutdown, and sequestration.\n\n\t\u201cRepublicans fail to understand that the House, as an institution, as a subset of the Congress cannot by itself enforce a legislative enactment.\u00a0 It must be bicameral.\u00a0 Otherwise, in the future, the House or the Senate acting alone could allege a constitutional violation and get their day in Court.\u00a0 If a President is unhappy with the House or the Senate, she could just allege a constitutional violation and have the Courts settle that dispute as well.\n\n\t\u201cThis nonsensical resolution will also give Speaker Boehner unbridled discretion and an open tab to incur legal costs that will add to the deficit Republicans incessantly bemoan.\n\n\t\u201cRepublicans have long opposed the employer mandate.\u00a0 Pursuing this lawsuit that would undermine the enforcement of the employer mandate only highlights their hypocrisy.\u00a0 I hope that Americans will see through and reject this is as a thinly veiled and ill-advised strategy to set the stage for an impeachment proceeding should Republicans gain a majority in the Senate next year.\u00a0 This is a very sad day in the House.\u00a0 They have reached a new low.\u201d\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919114632/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=820", "Reps. Butterfield, Johnson highlight 49th Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid", "2014-07-30", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Reps. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) and Hank Johnson (D-GA) marked the 49th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid.\u00a0 President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law on July 30, 1965.\n\n\t\u201cForty-nine years ago, Democrats created Medicare and Medicaid; over nearly half a century, we have sustained them; now and into the future, we will protect them,\u201d stated Rep. Butterfield.\n\n\tThis spring, Republicans once again passed a House GOP budget that ends Medicare as we know it and turns this sacred initiative into a privatized voucher plan, increasing future health costs for seniors.\n\n\t\u201cOn the 49th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare, I will stand with our seniors and recommit to rejecting plans that will end Medicare as we know it and increase costs,\u201d said Rep. Butterfield.\n\n\t\u201cDemocrats have also been working to strengthen Medicare,\u201d Rep. Johnson said.\u00a0 \u201cThe Affordable Care Act contains several provisions to improve Medicare.\u00a0 The ACA provides free Medicare coverage for key preventive services and it also has created significant savings for many seniors by providing discounts on their drugs for those in the Medicare Part D \u2018donut hole\u2019 coverage gap.\u201d\n\n\tSince the Affordable Care Act was enacted, people with Medicare in Georgia have saved $327 million on prescription drugs. So far in 2014 alone, more than 47,000 individuals in Georgia saved $39 million, or an average of $835 per enrollee. In North Carolina, people with Medicare have saved $359 million on prescription drugs. So far in 2014 alone, 56,000 individuals in North Carolina saved $41 million, or an average of $741 per enrollee.\n\n\tFurthermore, there is lots of other good news about how the ACA has benefited Medicare enrollees:\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the life of the Medicare Trust Fund has been extended by 13 years.\u00a0 The provisions of the ACA have played a critical role in helping to extend the Trust Fund.\n\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The growth rate in Medicare spending per person has fallen dramatically \u2013 falling from an annual average growth rate per person of 6.3 percent in 2000-2008 to 2.0 percent in 2009-2012.\n\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lower Medicare spending means lower cost sharing and lower premiums for Medicare enrollees.\u00a0 For example, after having grown rapidly under President George W. Bush, the Medicare Part B premium did not increase at all in 2014 \u2013 remaining at the 2013 level \u2013 and it is projected it will remain again at the 2013 level in 2015.\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t\u201cDemocrats are also proud of the health security being provided to millions of Americans by the Medicaid program,\u201d Rep. Butterfield added.\u00a0\n\n\tMore than 60 million Americans are currently enrolled in Medicaid.\u00a0 In addition, for those states that have chosen to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the ACA has made a tremendous difference already. According to a study by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund, in states that expanded Medicaid, the uninsured rate for poor adults has\u00a0 dropped from 28 percent to 17 percent, whereas in states that have refused to expand Medicaid, the uninsured rate for low-income adults has only dropped from 38 percent to 36 percent.\n\n\t\u201cAs we celebrate the anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, I am determined to continue to strengthen them,\u201d Rep. Johnson said.\u00a0 \u201cOver the last 49 years, Democrats have fought vigorously to enact Medicare and Medicaid and protect them and we will not stop.\u201d\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\twww.facebook.com/MedicaidExpansionCaucus\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919121912/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=819", "Reps. Lynch, Farenthold, Cummings, and Butterfield Introduce Legislation To Support Wounded Warriors In The Federal Workforce", "2014-07-29", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Congressman Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), and Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) introduced H.R. 5229, the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014. This bipartisan legislation would provide federal employees, who are also disabled veterans, with 104 hours of \u201cWounded Warrior leave\u201d during their first year in the federal workforce so that they may seek medical treatment for their service-connected disabilities without being forced to take unpaid leave or forego their appointments altogether. Rep. Lynch and Rep. Farenthold respectively serve as the Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and the Census, Rep. Cummings is Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Butterfield is a senior member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.\n\n\tUnder current law, full-time federal employees accrue four hours of sick leave for each bi-weekly pay period for a total maximum of 104 hours, or 13 days, of annual sick leave.\u00a0 However, federal employees in their first year on the job begin their federal government careers with a zero sick leave balance.\u00a0 As a result, disabled veterans who have recently entered the federal workforce often do not have sufficient sick leave to attend medical appointments to treat their service-connected disabilities on a regular basis.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\t\u201cThe lack of initial sick leave for new federal workers places a significant burden on our disabled veterans during their first year of federal employment,\u201d said Congressman Stephen F. Lynch. \u201cOur Wounded Warrior federal employees who are just starting out in the federal workforce are often faced with the difficult choice of having to take unpaid leave to attend their V.A. appointments or miss their medical visits. The Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014 \u00a0provides vital federal leave for our heroic and dedicated wounded warriors so that they are able to take the time they need to address their disabilities, while continuing their much appreciated service to our country,\u201d added Lynch.\u00a0\n\n\tIn particular, theWounded Warriors Leave Act of 2014 would provide first-year federal employees with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or greater with 104 hours of \u201cWounded Warriors leave\u201d for the purposes of undergoing medical treatment for their disability.\u00a0 In order for eligible federal employees to make use of such leave, the bill would simply require employees to submit certification to their agency as prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.\u00a0 Given that these dedicated federal workers will have accumulated up to 104 hours of traditional federal sick leave by the beginning of their second year on the job, this legislation would also provide that any unused \u201cWounded Warriors leave\u201d would not be carried over to the following year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\t\u201cWhile we can never fully repay the debt incurred by the men and women who put their lives on the line to protect our freedom, I am proud to support this legislation that would provide disabled veterans that enter the federal workforce the opportunity to seek medical treatment for their service-connected disabilities without being forced to take unpaid leave,\u201d Chairman Blake Farenthold said.\n\n\t\u201cThese wounded warriors want to keep serving their country and the American people.\u00a0 This legislation\u00a0will help with their transition by providing a bank of leave in their first year of federal employment that they can use for medical treatments\u00a0while continuing their public service,\u201d Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings stated.\n\n\t\u201cI am pleased to introduce this important piece of legislation with Representatives Lynch, Farenthold, and Cummings that will help disabled veterans in public service to receive the care they need and have earned,\u201d Congressman G. K. Butterfield said.\u00a0 \u201cVeterans with service-connected disabilities deserve to be able to attend VA appointments or physical therapy without having to take unpaid leave during their first year on the job. This bill will immediately help veterans in public service across North Carolina and at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City.\u201d\u00a0\n\n\tH.R. 5229 has been endorsed by the Federal Managers Association, the American Federation of Government Employees, and the National Treasury Employees Union.\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-joins-mayor-adam-o-neal-for-final-leg-of-his-300-mile-walk", "Butterfield Joins Mayor Adam ONeal for Final Leg of His 300-mile Walk from Belhaven, NC to Washington, DC", "2014-07-28", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) joined Mayor Adam O'Neal during the final leg of his near 300-mile walk from Belhaven, NC to Washington, DC. Republican Mayor O'Neal began his walk two weeks ago to protest the state's refusal to expand Medicaid following the closing of the only hospital in the Belhaven region. Congressman Butterfield, co-chair of the new State Medicaid Expansion Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, applauded O'Neal's efforts to bring attention to Medicaid expansion.\nButterfield said, Mayor O'Neal's support for Medicaid expansion shows that this is a non-partisan issue. Poor democrats and republicans alike need health insurance. Health care should be a right for all, not a privilege for the few. It must be made available to every American regardless of their income status. The state's refusal to expand is an injustice not only to the 500,000 North Carolinians it affects, but also to the millions of Americans nationwide being denied expansion in their states. I applaud Mayor O'Neal for his courage and activism, and hope more Republicans will put aside party differences to do what's right.\nTo see images and footage from today's walk, click on pictures and video.\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919122116/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=818", "Butterfield Joins Mayor Adam O'Neal for Final Leg of His 300-mile Walk from Belhaven, NC to Washington, DC", "2014-07-28", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) joined Mayor Adam O\u2019Neal during the final leg of his near 300-mile walk from Belhaven, NC to Washington, DC.\u00a0 Republican Mayor O\u2019Neal began his walk two weeks ago to protest the state\u2019s refusal to expand Medicaid following the closing of the only hospital in the Belhaven region.\u00a0 Congressman Butterfield, co-chair of the new State Medicaid Expansion Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, applauded O\u2019Neal\u2019s efforts to bring attention to Medicaid expansion.\n\n\tButterfield said, \u201cMayor O\u2019Neal\u2019s support for Medicaid expansion shows that this is a non-partisan issue.\u00a0 Poor democrats and republicans alike need health insurance.\u00a0 Health care should be a right for all, not a privilege for the few.\u00a0 It must be made available to every American regardless of their income status.\u00a0 The state\u2019s refusal to expand is an injustice not only to the 500,000 North Carolinians it affects, but also to the millions of Americans nationwide being denied expansion in their states.\u00a0 I applaud Mayor O\u2019Neal for his courage and activism, and hope more Republicans will put aside party differences to do what\u2019s right.\u201d\u00a0\n\n\tTo see images and footage from today\u2019s walk, click on pictures and video.\u00a0\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-applauds-former-nc-supreme-court-justice-patricia-timmons", "Butterfield Applauds Former NC Supreme Court Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson on Appointment to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights", "2014-07-25", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today applauded the appointment of former North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. As a Commissioner, Justice Timmons-Goodson will join the 8-member panel in informing the development of national civil rights policy and in enhancing enforcement of federal civil rights laws.\nJustice Patricia Timmons-Goodson possesses the experience, judgment and integrity to advance the mission of the Commission in developing sound civil rights policy and overseeing enforcement of civil rights laws, Butterfield said. From counseling clients about fair housing to advocating for the restoration of rights of ex-felons, Justice Timmons-Goodson has been committed to protecting civil and human rights throughout her entire career. As a former civil rights attorney and judge, I'm confident that there is no person more capable or fair to join this important commission.\nJustice Timmons-Goodson began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in North Carolina, where she prosecuted cases both in District and Superior Courts. Subsequently, she was appointed to serve as District Court Judge by former North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt to preside over criminal, domestic, juvenile, and civil cases. She went on to become an Associate Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, where she served on a 12-member intermediate appellate court that ruled on nearly 1500 appeals. Most recently, Justice Timmons-Goodson served as the first African American female Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, and the first African American to serve on the court since Butterfield's term.\nJustice Timmons-Goodson completed her undergraduate and law degrees at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned an L.L.M. from Duke University School of Law.\nThe Civil Rights Act of 1957 created the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Since then, Congress has reauthorized or extended the legislation creating the Commission several times; the last reauthorization being in 1994 by the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994.\nEstablished as an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding federal agency, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' mission is to inform the development of national civil rights policy and enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws. The Civil Rights Commission pursues its mission by studying alleged deprivations of voting rights and alleged discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice. The Commission plays a vital role in advancing civil rights through objective and comprehensive investigation, research, and analysis on issues of fundamental concern to the federal government and the public.\n\nhttps://Butterfield.House.Gov\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-announces-increased-grant-funding-north-carolina-0", "PRICE ANNOUNCES INCREASED GRANT FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA", "2014-07-25", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. Representative David Price (NC-04), the Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, announced today that North Carolina will receive $17,574,469 in grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an increase of more than $1.1 million over the previous year. This grant funding is critically important to North Carolina and our communities because it will allow first responders to prepare for and respond to manmade and natural disasters, Rep. Price said. We know firsthand that investments in preparedness can save huge sums of relief and recovery money when disasters strike. Rep. Price, the former chair of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, has been a champion of first responder funding. The Fiscal Year 2014 DHS Appropriations bill provided a total of $1.5 billion under FEMA's State and Local Grants, an increase of $34 million from Fiscal Year 2013. The breakdown in funding includes: $9,085,469 under the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program.$5,489,000 under the State Homeland Security Grant Program, a 15 percent increase in funding.$3,000,000 for Charlotte under the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140726183145/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1592", "PRICE ANNOUNCES INCREASED GRANT FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA", "2014-07-25", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2013 Representative David Price (NC-04), the Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, announced today that North Carolina will receive $17,574,469 in grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an increase of more than $1.1 million over the previous year.  \u201cThis grant funding is critically important to North Carolina and our communities because it will allow first responders to prepare for and respond to manmade and natural disasters,\u201d Rep. Price said. \u201cWe know firsthand that investments in preparedness can save huge sums of relief and recovery money when disasters strike.\u201d  Rep. Price, the former chair of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, has been a champion of first responder funding. The Fiscal Year 2014 DHS Appropriations bill provided a total of $1.5 billion under FEMA\u2019s State and Local Grants, an increase of $34 million from Fiscal Year 2013.  The breakdown in funding includes:    $9,085,469 under the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program.  $5,489,000 under the State Homeland Security Grant Program, a 15 percent increase in funding.  $3,000,000 for Charlotte under the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)    ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140920062212/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=816", "Butterfield Applauds Former NC Supreme Court Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson on Appointment to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights", "2014-07-25", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today applauded the appointment of former North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.\u00a0 As a Commissioner, Justice Timmons-Goodson will join the 8-member panel in informing the development of national civil rights policy and in enhancing enforcement of federal civil rights laws.\n\n\t\u201cJustice Patricia Timmons-Goodson possesses the experience, judgment and integrity to advance the mission of the Commission in developing sound civil rights policy and overseeing enforcement of civil rights laws,\u201d Butterfield said.\u00a0 \u201cFrom counseling clients about fair housing to advocating for the restoration of rights of ex-felons, Justice Timmons-Goodson has been committed to protecting civil and human rights throughout her entire career.\u00a0 As a former civil rights attorney and judge, I\u2019m confident that there is no person more capable or fair to join this important commission.\u201d\n\n\tJustice Timmons-Goodson began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in North Carolina, where she prosecuted cases both in District and Superior Courts.\u00a0 Subsequently, she was appointed to serve as District Court Judge by former North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt to preside over criminal, domestic, juvenile, and civil cases.\u00a0 She went on to become an Associate Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, where she served on a 12-member intermediate appellate court that ruled on nearly 1500 appeals.\u00a0 Most recently, Justice Timmons-Goodson served as the first African American female Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, and the first African American to serve on the court since Butterfield\u2019s term.\u00a0\n\n\tJustice Timmons-Goodson completed her undergraduate and law degrees at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned an L.L.M. from Duke University School of Law.\n\n\tThe Civil Rights Act of 1957 created the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.\u00a0 Since then, Congress has reauthorized or extended the legislation creating the Commission several times; the last reauthorization being in 1994 by the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994.\n\n\tEstablished as an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding federal agency, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights\u2019 mission is to inform the development of national civil rights policy and enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws.\u00a0 The Civil Rights Commission pursues its mission by studying alleged deprivations of voting rights and alleged discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice.\u00a0 The Commission plays a vital role in advancing civil rights through objective and comprehensive investigation, research, and analysis on issues of fundamental concern to the federal government and the public.\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-statement-situation-gaza", "PRICE STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN GAZA", "2014-07-24", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Price Issues Statement on Situation in Gaza  Washington, D.C. Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) issued the following statement regarding the continued violence in Gaza and Israel, now in its third week of armed hostilities.  I am deeply troubled by the ongoing violence in Gaza, the tragic loss of life on both sides, and the deepening grievances and hatreds that will take decades to heal. I strongly support the efforts by Secretary Kerry and those in the international community working to effect an immediate cease-fire. I firmly believe that Israel has a right to defend its citizens from rocket attacks perpetrated by militant elements that oppress and endanger the very people they claim to protect. I also know that history is replete with examples of belligerent responses to aggressionhowever justifiedthat achieve little lasting change. I believe that Israel's interests will ultimately be served best by a response that is both measured and proportionate, with every possible effort made to prevent civilian casualties. This latest escalation only further underscores the need to resume negotiations toward a permanent, two-state solution that secures enduring peace and security for Israel and Palestinians alike.  # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140726183350/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1591", "PRICE STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN GAZA", "2014-07-24", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Price Issues Statement on Situation in Gaza  \u00a0  Washington, D.C.\u2013 Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) issued the following statement regarding the continued violence in Gaza and Israel, now in its third week of armed hostilities.  \u00a0  \u201cI am deeply troubled by the ongoing violence in Gaza, the tragic loss of life on both sides, and the deepening grievances and hatreds that will take decades to heal. I strongly support the efforts by Secretary Kerry and those in the international community working to effect an immediate cease-fire. I firmly believe that Israel has a right to defend its citizens from rocket attacks perpetrated by militant elements that oppress and endanger the very people they claim to protect. I also know that history is replete with examples of belligerent responses to aggression\u2014however justified\u2014that achieve little lasting change. I believe that Israel\u2019s interests will ultimately be served best by a response that is both measured and proportionate, with every possible effort made to prevent civilian casualties. This latest escalation only further underscores the need to resume negotiations toward a permanent, two-state solution that secures enduring peace and security for Israel and Palestinians alike.\u201d  \u00a0  # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-butterfield-johnson-launch-new-state-medicaid-expansion-caucus", "Reps. Butterfield, Johnson Launch New State Medicaid Expansion Caucus", "2014-07-23", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Congressmen G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Hank Johnson (GA-04), along with more than 30 House colleagues, announced the formation of the State Medicaid Expansion Caucus during a press conference earlier today. Although the caucus will work to amplify all Medicaid-related issues, they will emphasize the need for recalcitrant states to expand Medicaid via floor speeches, op-eds, social media posts, briefings and events.\nExpanding Medicaid will ensure access to health care for millions of low-income Americans, said Johnson. It will bring the security of health insurance to working people who are struggling to make ends meet. But it will also bring billions of dollars into each states economy as people go to work providing care and beneficiaries see improved health outcomes. The people who will benefit from expanding Medicaid are no less deserving of health care than anyone else.\nTwenty four states' decision to not accept billions of dollars in federal support defies logic and will prove catastrophic for the very people the Medicaid program is intended to help, Butterfield said. The public is demanding action in states that have not expanded and members of the State Medicaid Expansion Caucus are tired of inaction. We will continue to press this issue until all 50 states have expanded Medicaid.\nThe members were joined by representatives from healthcare advocacy groups, including: Families USA; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Coalition on Human Needs; the Catholic Health Association of the United States; and the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.\nVisit here to learn more about the new State Medicaid Expansion Caucus. To view Congressman Butterfield's floor speech announcing its launch click here.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140920191622/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=815", "Reps. Butterfield, Johnson Launch New State Medicaid Expansion Caucus", "2014-07-23", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressmen, colleagues to raise awareness on the budgetary, economic, health and moral reasons for states to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\tWASHINGTON, D.C.\u2013 Congressmen G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Hank Johnson (D-GA), along with more than 30 House colleagues, announced the formation of the State Medicaid Expansion Caucus during a press conference earlier today.\u00a0 Although the caucus will work to amplify all Medicaid-related issues, they will emphasize the need for recalcitrant states to expand Medicaid via floor speeches, op-eds, social media posts, briefings and events.\n\n\t\u201cExpanding Medicaid will ensure access to health care for millions of low-income Americans, said Johnson.\u00a0 \u201cIt will bring the security of health insurance to working people who are struggling to make ends meet.\u00a0 But it will also bring billions of dollars into each states economy as people go to work providing care and beneficiaries see improved health outcomes.\u00a0 The people who will benefit from expanding Medicaid are no less deserving of health care than anyone else.\u201d\n\n\t\u201cTwenty four states\u2019 decision to not accept billions of dollars in federal support defies logic and will prove catastrophic for the very people the Medicaid program is intended to help,\u201d Butterfield said.\u00a0 \u201cThe public is demanding action in states that have not expanded and members of the State Medicaid Expansion Caucus are tired of inaction.\u00a0 We will continue to press this issue until all 50 states have expanded Medicaid.\u201d\n\n\tThe members were joined by representatives from healthcare advocacy groups, including: Families USA; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Coalition on Human Needs; the Catholic Health Association of the United States; and the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.\n\n\tVisit here to learn more about the new State Medicaid Expansion Caucus.\u00a0 To view Congressman Butterfield\u2019s floor speech announcing its launch click here.\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140920031157/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=814", "Reps. Butterfield and Johnson Launch State Medicaid Expansion Caucus", "2014-07-21", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2013 On Wednesday, July 23, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Rep. G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), along with more than 25 House colleagues, will announce the formation of the State Medicaid Expansion Caucus.\n\n\tMembers of the Caucus will highlight the need for recalcitrant states to expand Medicaid through floor speeches, op-eds, social media posts, discussions with their colleagues and constituents.\u00a0 The members will be joined by representatives from healthcare advocacy groups, including: Families USA; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Coalition on Human Needs; the Catholic Health Association of the United States; Satcher Health Leadership Institute; Center for Health Care Strategies\u2019 and the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.\n\n\tWHO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04); Rep. G. K. Butterfield (NC-01); caucus members; health advocacy groups\n\n\tWHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 News conference announcing the creation of the State Medicaid Expansion Caucus\n\n\tWHEN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 10 a.m.\n\n\tWHERE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Capitol Visitor Center, Congressional Meeting Room South, CVC 217\n\n\tMEMBERS:\u00a0\u00a0 Johnson (GA, Co-Chair), Butterfield (Co-Chair), Wilson (FL), Sewell (AL), Hastings (FL), Garcia (FL), Grayson, Pocan, Brown (FL), Schwartz (PA), Scott (GA), Lewis (GA), Grijalva (AZ), Bishop (GA), Jackson Lee, Cohen, Green (TX), Clyburn, Castor (FL), Wasserman Schultz, Pingree, Murphy (FL), Connolly (VA)\n\n\tCONTACT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Email Kim Atterbury (Butterfield) or Andy Phelan (Johnson) at smec@mail.house.gov\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-introduces-bill-to-name-rich-square-post-office-after-chief", "Butterfield Introduces Bill to Name Rich Square Post Office after Chief Joseph E. White, Jr.", "2014-07-18", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) introduced legislation to name the U.S. Post Office in Rich Square the Chief Joseph E. White, Jr. Post Office Building. In 2000, Chief White, a twenty-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and a twenty-year law enforcement veteran in Northampton County, was killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop. \nChief Joseph White, Jr. was a patriot, community leader, and a local hero, Butterfield said. He personified love, decency and selflessness throughout his 40 year career as a public servant. His service to our nation and to Northampton County should always be remembered and should not be taken lightly. We can pay our tribute to his life and legacy by renaming the Rich Square Post Office in his honor.\nBorn and raised in Ahoskie, Chief White joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 18 and served for 20 years before retiring. After his naval career, Chief White entered law enforcement where he served as Northampton County deputy sheriff, a corrections officer, and as Chief of Police for both the Woodland and Rich Square Police Departments.\nThroughout his life, Chief White was heavily involved in his community and family. He was a Deacon and Sunday school teacher, as well as a volunteer firefighter for the Woodland Fire Department.\nOn July 16, 2000, while serving as Chief of Police for the Rich Square Police Department, Chief White was shot and killed five months before his retirement after he stopped a vehicle during an investigation of a possible drive-off at a local gas station.\nThe bill, H.R. 5142, is cosponsored by Representatives Renee Ellmers (NC-02), Walter Jones (NC-03), David Price (NC-04), Howard Coble (NC-06), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Richard Hudson (NC-08), Robert Pittenger (NC-09), Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and Mark Meadows (NC-11).\nThe post office facility is located at 113 West Jackson Street, Rich Square, N.C.\n  \n\thttps://Butterfield.House.Gov  \n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140719114700/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=813", "Butterfield Introduces Bill to Name Rich Square Post Office after Chief Joseph E. White, Jr.", "2014-07-18", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) introduced legislation to name the U.S. Post Office in Rich Square the \u201cChief Joseph E. White, Jr. Post Office Building.\u201d\u00a0 In 2000, Chief White, a twenty-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and a twenty-year law enforcement veteran in Northampton County, was killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop.\u00a0  \u201cChief Joseph White, Jr. was a patriot, community leader, and a local hero,\u201d Butterfield said.\u00a0 \u201cHe personified love, decency and selflessness throughout his 40 year career as a public servant.\u00a0 His service to our nation and to Northampton County should always be remembered and should not be taken lightly.\u00a0 We can pay our tribute to his life and legacy by renaming the Rich Square Post Office in his honor.\u201d  Born and raised in Ahoskie, Chief White joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 18 and served for 20 years before retiring.\u00a0 After his naval career, Chief White entered law enforcement where he served as Northampton County deputy sheriff, a corrections officer, and as Chief of Police for both the Woodland and Rich Square Police Departments.  Throughout his life, Chief White was heavily involved in his community and family.\u00a0 He was a Deacon and Sunday school teacher, as well as a volunteer firefighter for the Woodland Fire Department.  On July 16, 2000, while serving as Chief of Police for the Rich Square Police Department, Chief White was shot and killed five months before his retirement after he stopped a vehicle during an investigation of a possible drive-off at a local gas station.  The bill, H.R. 5142, is cosponsored by Representatives Renee Ellmers (NC-02), Walter Jones (NC-03), David Price (NC-04), Howard Coble (NC-06), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Richard Hudson (NC-08), Robert Pittenger (NC-09), Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and Mark Meadows (NC-11).  The post office facility is located at 113 West Jackson Street, Rich Square, N.C.  \u00a0  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-comments-highway-trust-fund-extension", "PRICE COMMENTS ON HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXTENSION", "2014-07-15", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - Rep. David Price (D-NC) issued the following statement today after voting in support of a bill extending the Highway Trust Fund. Today in the House, I voted for H.R. 5021, which would provide $10.8 billion to restore solvency to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), and would extend funding for our federal surface transportation programs through May 2015. Without taking action, the HTF balance would reach zero by August and the authorization would expire on September 30, putting hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk and hindering future transportation investments. \"While I am pleased that Congress is moving to prevent any immediate default of the HTF, I am disappointed that the bill simply kicks the can down the road. America's transportation infrastructure network requires a long-term federal commitment. Once this short-term Highway Trust Fund crisis is resolved, I hope that Congress will work to pass a long-term authorization bill that provides certainty for cities, States and businesses and ensures that our surface transportation system facilitates jobs and economic growth and delivers the long-term assets needed to keep the U.S. economy functioning and provide mobility to all Americans. # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140718042521/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1590", "PRICE COMMENTS ON HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXTENSION", "2014-07-15", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - Rep. David Price (D-NC) issued the following statement today after voting in support of a bill extending the Highway Trust Fund.  \u201cToday in the House, I voted for H.R. 5021, which would provide $10.8 billion to restore solvency to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), and would extend funding for our federal surface transportation programs through May 2015. Without taking action, the HTF balance would reach zero by August and the authorization would expire on September 30, putting hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk and hindering future transportation investments.  \"While I am pleased that Congress is moving to prevent any immediate default of the HTF, I am disappointed that the bill simply kicks the can down the road. America\u2019s transportation infrastructure network requires a long-term federal commitment. Once this short-term Highway Trust Fund crisis is resolved, I hope that Congress will work to pass a long-term authorization bill that provides certainty for cities, States and businesses and ensures that our surface transportation system facilitates jobs and economic growth and delivers the long-term assets needed to keep the U.S. economy functioning and provide mobility to all Americans.\u201d  # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-leahy-introduce-legislation-hold-american-contractors-overseas", "PRICE, LEAHY INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HOLD AMERICAN CONTRACTORS OVERSEAS ACCOUNTABLE UNDER U.S. LAW", "2014-07-14", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman David Price (D-N.C.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) renewed their partnership on bicameral legislation to provide accountability for American contractors and government employees working abroad. The Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA), which the lawmakers introduced Monday, would close a gap in current law and ensure that government employees and contractors working overseas can be prosecuted for criminal acts they commit abroad. The two lawmakers have worked together on the legislation for years. Similar legislation passed the House in 2007. The legislation allows the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute government contractors and employees for certain crimes committed overseas. Tragedies like the 2007 killing of unarmed civilians in Baghdad by private security contractors with Blackwater underscore the need for clear jurisdiction and trained investigative and prosecutorial task forces able to hold wrongdoers accountable. Four Blackwater guards involved in the Nisour Square shooting are currently on trial. Although the number of American military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan has been reduced in recent years, our commitment to the rule of law has not, and closing the accountability gap for U.S. contractors operating overseas is more urgent than ever, Representative Price said. We have seen the peril of allowing firms such as Blackwater to operate in a legal no-man's landa few bad actors can put our international relationships at risk and undermine the missions we ask our military and diplomatic personnel to complete. The bottom line is: if contractors working on behalf of the United States commit crimes abroad, DOJ should be able to prosecute them. The Blackwater trial is only just now under way, seven years after this tragedy, and the defendants continue to argue in court that the U.S. government does not have jurisdiction to prosecute them, Senator Leahy said. This bill would also provide greater protection to American victims of crime, as it would lead to more accountability for crimes committed by U.S. government contractors and employees against Americans working abroad. CEJA also lays the groundwork to expand U.S. preclearance operations in Canada  which would enhance national security and facilitate commerce and tourism with our largest trading partner. The United States currently stations U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers in select locations in Canada to inspect passengers and cargo bound for the United States before they leave Canada, and Leahy has long called for an expansion of land, rail, marine and air preclearance operations that would greatly benefit the U.S. economy. CEJA would ensure that the U.S. has legal authority to hold our own officials accountable if they engage in wrongdoing, and thereby help pave the way to finalizing the expanded Canada preclearance agreement. Other provisions in the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act include: Expand criminal jurisdiction over certain crimes committed by United States employees and contractors overseas;Direct the Justice Department to create new investigative task forces to investigate, arrest and prosecute contractors and employees who commit serious crimes overseas;Require the Attorney General to report annually to Congress about the offenses prosecuted under the statute and the use of new investigative resources The text of the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act is available online. # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-petri-introduce-bipartisan-ncaa-financial-transparency-bill", "PRICE, PETRI INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN NCAA FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY BILL", "2014-07-14", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "price.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  As highlighted by USA Today, Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Tom Petri (R-WI) have introduced the bipartisan Standardization of Collegiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures (SCORE) Act (HR 5100) to open the books on the financing of college athletics. The SCORE Act would promote greater transparency in college athletics by standardizing and making public the financial information that institutions of higher education report annually on their athletics programs. The bill would also require athletic conferences, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and any entity that hosts a postseason tournament (such as the new College Football Playoff) to report detailed financial information publicly. College sports are one of America's proudest traditions, but the current system isn't working equally well for all participants, Rep. Price said. Congress and the American public at-large are engaged in a conversation about how we can promote fair competition, protect student-athletes, and lessen the burden athletics place on the wallets of students and parents. We believe constructive, realistic reforms depend on a clear understanding of the financial pressures and benefits of intercollegiate athletics. This bipartisan bill would allow for the first apples-to apples' comparison of athletic revenues and spending across universities, conferences and the NCAA. It is a modest, but long overdue, first step toward a healthy, productive discussion of the role that money plays in college sports. Sporting events are an exciting part of the college experience for millions of students across the country, said Rep. Petri. And that excitement carries on for alumni and fans in the form of millions of dollars in economic activity associated with these sports. At a time when outstanding student loan debt is over $1 trillion, it makes sense for the public to have an idea about how colleges and universities account for and use revenue from ticket sales, advertising, and contracts. This legislation requires only the disclosure of information that is already collected by the schools and stored by the NCAA, and it will provide helpful insight on the financial impact of college sports. As fans of college athletics know, sustained success in sports can raise the profile of a university nationally, contribute to the university's educational mission, and offer a deeper community value beyond revenue and wins and losses. However, at a time when the rising cost of college is a major concern for American families and the federal government, the existing system has implications for university finances which need to be considered. Lower-resource schools must depend more heavily on institutional funds, student fees, and taxpayer dollars, while higher-resource programs can afford to increase athletics spending disproportionately. But the pressure to invest in athletics is felt across the board. Introduction of the SCORE Act comes amid increased public and legal scrutiny of the NCAA, and as more money than ever is being generated by college athletics due to television contracts and the expansion of athletic conferences. The NCAA men's basketball tournament generates nearly $740 million annually. The new four-team College Football Playoff is expected to generate nearly $470 million in revenue this season. However, according to NCAA financial reports published in 2013, only 23 programs out of all 125 Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools reported positive net generated revenue in 2012. Since 2004, no more than 25 schools have reported positive net generated revenue in any given year. Athletic departments that are not self-sustaining pose an increasingly greater risk to the financial health of the overall university as schools are pressured to invest increasingly scarce resources in athletics. The SCORE Act would require conferences and the NCAA to provide detailed information on corporate sponsorships, television contracts and royalties associated with the sporting events managed by the conferences and the NCAA. It would, for example, require schools report, by sport, financial information on ticket sales, third-party corporate support, salaries, team travel, fundraising, merchandise, concessions, broadcast rights, game and medical expense, the use of government support, student fees, and contributions. See the attached bill for a full list of reporting categories.  Almost all of the revenue and expenditure information colleges and universities would be required to report under the SCORE Act is already gathered by the NCAA. The NCAA created this reporting requirement after a 2005 NCAA task force of 50 college presidents identified financial transparency and lack of comparable data between peer institutions as a major concern. While the reports public universities convey to the NCAA are generally available in some form via Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests, NCAA reports conveyed by private universities are not. The SCORE Act would make standardized informationfrom public and private schoolspublic and easily accessible, as the Knight Commission urged in 2010. SCORE ACT SUMMARY The Price-Petri SCORE Act would: 1. Make public standardized athletic department revenue and expenditure information all universities currently report to the NCAA. Making public these reports creates little to no new administrative burden on schools. 2. Require the NCAA to make public, for the first time, a standardized revenue and expenditure report. 3. Require athletic conferences to make public, for the first time, a standardized revenue and expenditure report. 4. Require the College Football Playoff, or any other entity hosting a postseason competition, to make public, for the first time, a standardized revenue and expenditure report. USA Today: House bill on Financial Reporting Targets College SportsBy Steve Berkowitz7-14-14 Congressional interest in college sports continued growing Monday evening, when two members of the House introduced a bill that would require wide-ranging, easily accessible financial reporting not only by schools, but also by the NCAA, conferences, bowl games and the new College Football Playoff. The new bill essentially would result in the U.S. Department of Education making available for all schools  including private schools  the detailed, sport-by-sport revenue and expense data they report to the NCAA every year. The NCAA, which is shielded from open-records laws because it is a private, non-profit organization, does not make the figures available on a school-by-school basis in order to get private schools to participate in this reporting. This is the third time in less than a year that a bill relating to college athletics has been introduced in Congress. The new bill also comes in the wake of a Senate committee hearing last week on a variety of college sports topics, including financial transparency, and a House committee hearing in May related to the effort to unionize scholarship football players at Northwestern. Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) has titled his bill the Standardization of Collegiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures (SCORE) Act, and it is being co-sponsored by Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.). Petri is a senior member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, which could help the bill's chances of getting committee consideration. That committee held the May hearing during which there was party-line disagreement about the prospect of college athletes' unions, but bipartisan criticism of the NCAA's and Division I schools' approach to addressing athlete concerns that triggered the effort at Northwestern. \"I've followed this for a long time and I've asked myself what, if any, is an appropriate federal role in college and university athletics,\" Price said in an interview with USA TODAY Sports. \"Why now? The most succinct way I can put it is that I think it is time and it's important now to open the books on the financing of college athletics.  \"The larger context now is all the rising concern over the cost of college in general and a pretty large set of questions within that has to do with what part athletics plays in this  to what extent the athletic budgets are part of a larger phenomenon or a larger problem. And then it's pretty clear also that reform is in the air.  There's a lot of discussion about various aspects of university athletics. I'm not taking all that on here. What I am doing is trying to figure out what kind of information base is it desirable for the public to have that will offer a basis for sound judgment, for sound analysis and will offer a kind of resource for whatever reform proposals people may make down the road.\" Asked about his optimism for the bill, Price said: \"That's a good question in the current Congress, the way things go here.\"  According to a Library of Congress website, more than 9,000 bills have been introduced in this Congress and fewer than 200 have been passed by both chambers. Of those, fewer than 130 have become law. But Price said: \"I have a good Republican co-sponsor and we are intending to  talk with the relevant committee people about what kind of hearing we might get. I'm going to push on that.\"  USA TODAY Sports annually compiles a school-by-school database of Division I public schools' finances by collecting their NCAA reports through individual open-records requests. Asked about private schools' ability to shield these data, Price said: \"That needs to change. I think these NCAA requirements, with a couple of exceptions, are quite comprehensive  and they should be accessible, and that's true for publics and privates. I certainly don't feel any hesitancy about requiring that.\" Price also expressed no reservation about making a requirement that could impact his home state's flagship school, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which is in his district. UNC allows its coaches to have private deals outside of their employment contracts with, among others, shoe-and-apparel companies and local broadcasters. Citing state open-records laws, it declines to make public these arrangements or the amounts involved  which may appear as third-party compensation on the school's reports to the NCAA. \"Our intention is to give a full account of the compensation these coaches and other athletic personnel are getting,\" Price said, \"and I think we've got it covered.\" The Education Department annually collects and makes public a variety of school-by-school athletics data for public schools and private schools under the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA), but those figures are not as detailed as those collected by the NCAA. They do not include total compensation figures for individual coaches or for athletic-facility debt payments and they do not allow schools to report an annual expense total that exceeds its annual revenue, so no schools are shown with annual operating deficits.  The EADA data are not available in a way that \"permits very good analysis,\" Price said. Price's bill also creates a new set of annual revenue-and-expense disclosures for the NCAA, conferences, bowl games and the College Football Playoff by saying no school receiving federal funding can \"be a member of any intercollegiate athletic association or participate in an national intercollegiate athletics competition organized by any person, unless such association or person\" meets a series of reporting requirements on a sport-by-sport, event-by-event or  as applicable  a contract-by-contract basis. These various entities would have to provide the Education Department \"executive compensation schedules\" and make reports involving at least 13 revenue categories, including broadcast and media rights revenue, and at least 13 expense categories. Many of these entities are organized as non-profit organizations, which results in disclosure of some of these figures on federal tax return forms. But the bill's requirements are more detailed and could result in more up-to-date reporting. Current IRS rules allow non-profits to routinely extend their filing deadlines until 10 months after the end of the applicable fiscal year. The IRS also requires that compensation figures cover an organization's most recently completed calendar year, often resulting in those figures being 18 months old  or older -- by the time they are reported. The two bills concerning college athletics and the treatment of college athletes that have been introduced by members of the House were referred to the Education and Workforce Committee. Last August, Rep. Charles Dent (R-Penn.) and Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) introduced a bill with provisions that include increased due process for NCAA athletic programs accused of misconduct, and making four-year scholarships mandatory for athletes participating in contact/collision sports. In November, Rep. Tony Crdenas (D-Calif.) introduced legislation that would require colleges with high-revenue sports programs to provide their athletes with a package of benefits, including financial aid when an athletic scholarship is lifted for reasons other than misconduct or academic failure. # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140718042852/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1589", "PRICE, PETRI INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN NCAA FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY BILL", "2014-07-14", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 As highlighted by USA Today, Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Tom Petri (R-WI) have introduced the bipartisan Standardization of Collegiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures (SCORE) Act (HR 5100) to open the books on the financing of college athletics. The SCORE Act would promote greater transparency in college athletics by standardizing and making public the financial information that institutions of higher education report annually on their athletics programs. The bill would also require athletic conferences, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and any entity that hosts a postseason tournament (such as the new College Football Playoff) to report detailed financial information publicly.  \u201cCollege sports are one of America\u2019s proudest traditions, but the current system isn\u2019t working equally well for all participants,\u201d Rep. Price said. \u201cCongress and the American public at-large are engaged in a conversation about how we can promote fair competition, protect student-athletes, and lessen the burden athletics place on the wallets of students and parents. We believe constructive, realistic reforms depend on a clear understanding of the financial pressures and benefits of intercollegiate athletics. This bipartisan bill would allow for the first \u2018apples-to apples\u2019 comparison of athletic revenues and spending across universities, conferences and the NCAA. It is a modest, but long overdue, first step toward a healthy, productive discussion of the role that money plays in college sports.\u201d  \u201cSporting events are an exciting part of the college experience for millions of students across the country,\u201d said Rep. Petri. \u201cAnd that excitement carries on for alumni and fans in the form of millions of dollars in economic activity associated with these sports. At a time when outstanding student loan debt is over $1 trillion, it makes sense for the public to have an idea about how colleges and universities account for and use revenue from ticket sales, advertising, and contracts. This legislation requires only the disclosure of information that is already collected by the schools and stored by the NCAA, and it will provide helpful insight on the financial impact of college sports.\u201d  As fans of college athletics know, sustained success in sports can raise the profile of a university nationally, contribute to the university\u2019s educational mission, and offer a deeper community value beyond revenue and wins and losses. However, at a time when the rising cost of college is a major concern for American families and the federal government, the existing system has implications for university finances which need to be considered. Lower-resource schools must depend more heavily on institutional funds, student fees, and taxpayer dollars, while higher-resource programs can afford to increase athletics spending disproportionately. But the pressure to invest in athletics is felt across the board.  Introduction of the SCORE Act comes amid increased public and legal scrutiny of the NCAA, and as more money than ever is being generated by college athletics due to television contracts and the expansion of athletic conferences. The NCAA men\u2019s basketball tournament generates nearly $740 million annually. The new four-team College Football Playoff is expected to generate nearly $470 million in revenue this season. However, according to NCAA financial reports published in 2013, only 23 programs out of all 125 Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools reported \u201cpositive net generated revenue\u201d in 2012. Since 2004, no more than 25 schools have reported positive net generated revenue in any given year. Athletic departments that are not self-sustaining pose an increasingly greater risk to the financial health of the overall university as schools are pressured to invest increasingly scarce resources in athletics.  The SCORE Act would require conferences and the NCAA to provide detailed information on corporate sponsorships, television contracts and royalties associated with the sporting events managed by the conferences and the NCAA. It would, for example, require schools report, by sport, financial information on ticket sales, third-party corporate support, salaries, team travel, fundraising, merchandise, concessions, broadcast rights, game and medical expense, the use of government support, student fees, and contributions. See the attached bill for a full list of reporting categories.   Almost all of the revenue and expenditure information colleges and universities would be required to report under the SCORE Act is already gathered by the NCAA. The NCAA created this reporting requirement after a 2005 NCAA task force of 50 college presidents identified financial transparency and lack of comparable data between peer institutions as a major concern. While the reports public universities convey to the NCAA are generally available in some form via Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests, NCAA reports conveyed by private universities are not. The SCORE Act would make standardized information\u2014from public and private schools\u2014public and easily accessible, as the Knight Commission urged in 2010.  SCORE ACT SUMMARY  The Price-Petri SCORE Act would:  1. Make public standardized athletic department revenue and expenditure information all universities currently report to the NCAA. Making public these reports creates little to no new administrative burden on schools.  2. Require the NCAA to make public, for the first time, a standardized revenue and expenditure report.  3. Require athletic conferences to make public, for the first time, a standardized revenue and expenditure report.  4. Require the College Football Playoff, or any other entity hosting a postseason competition, to make public, for the first time, a standardized revenue and expenditure report.  USA Today: House bill on Financial Reporting Targets College Sports By Steve Berkowitz 7-14-14  Congressional interest in college sports continued growing Monday evening, when two members of the House introduced a bill that would require wide-ranging, easily accessible financial reporting not only by schools, but also by the NCAA, conferences, bowl games and the new College Football Playoff.  The new bill essentially would result in the U.S. Department of Education making available for all schools \u2014 including private schools \u2014 the detailed, sport-by-sport revenue and expense data they report to the NCAA every year. The NCAA, which is shielded from open-records laws because it is a private, non-profit organization, does not make the figures available on a school-by-school basis in order to get private schools to participate in this reporting.  This is the third time in less than a year that a bill relating to college athletics has been introduced in Congress. The new bill also comes in the wake of a Senate committee hearing last week on a variety of college sports topics, including financial transparency, and a House committee hearing in May related to the effort to unionize scholarship football players at Northwestern.  Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) has titled his bill the Standardization of Collegiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures (SCORE) Act, and it is being co-sponsored by Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.). Petri is a senior member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, which could help the bill's chances of getting committee consideration. That committee held the May hearing during which there was party-line disagreement about the prospect of college athletes' unions, but bipartisan criticism of the NCAA's and Division I schools' approach to addressing athlete concerns that triggered the effort at Northwestern.  \"I've followed this for a long time and I've asked myself what, if any, is an appropriate federal role in college and university athletics,\" Price said in an interview with USA TODAY Sports. \"Why now? The most succinct way I can put it is that I think it is time and it's important now to open the books on the financing of college athletics. \u2026  \"The larger context now is all the rising concern over the cost of college in general and a pretty large set of questions within that has to do with what part athletics plays in this \u2014 to what extent the athletic budgets are part of a larger phenomenon or a larger problem. And then it's pretty clear also that reform is in the air. \u2026 There's a lot of discussion about various aspects of university athletics. I'm not taking all that on here. What I am doing is trying to figure out what kind of information base is it desirable for the public to have that will offer a basis for sound judgment, for sound analysis and will offer a kind of resource for whatever reform proposals people may make down the road.\"  Asked about his optimism for the bill, Price said: \"That's a good question in the current Congress, the way things go here.\"   According to a Library of Congress website, more than 9,000 bills have been introduced in this Congress and fewer than 200 have been passed by both chambers. Of those, fewer than 130 have become law. But Price said: \"I have a good Republican co-sponsor and we are intending to \u2026 talk with the relevant committee people about what kind of hearing we might get. I'm going to push on that.\"   USA TODAY Sports annually compiles a school-by-school database of Division I public schools' finances by collecting their NCAA reports through individual open-records requests.  Asked about private schools' ability to shield these data, Price said: \"That needs to change. I think these NCAA requirements, with a couple of exceptions, are quite comprehensive \u2013 and they should be accessible, and that's true for publics and privates. I certainly don't feel any hesitancy about requiring that.\"  Price also expressed no reservation about making a requirement that could impact his home state's flagship school, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which is in his district. UNC allows its coaches to have private deals outside of their employment contracts with, among others, shoe-and-apparel companies and local broadcasters. Citing state open-records laws, it declines to make public these arrangements or the amounts involved \u2014 which may appear as third-party compensation on the school's reports to the NCAA.  \"Our intention is to give a full account of the compensation these coaches and other athletic personnel are getting,\" Price said, \"and I think we've got it covered.\"  The Education Department annually collects and makes public a variety of school-by-school athletics data for public schools and private schools under the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA), but those figures are not as detailed as those collected by the NCAA. They do not include total compensation figures for individual coaches or for athletic-facility debt payments and they do not allow schools to report an annual expense total that exceeds its annual revenue, so no schools are shown with annual operating deficits.   The EADA data are not available in a way that \"permits very good analysis,\" Price said.  Price's bill also creates a new set of annual revenue-and-expense disclosures for the NCAA, conferences, bowl games and the College Football Playoff by saying no school receiving federal funding can \"be a member of any intercollegiate athletic association or participate in an national intercollegiate athletics competition organized by any person, unless such association or person\" meets a series of reporting requirements on a sport-by-sport, event-by-event or \u2013 as applicable \u2013 a contract-by-contract basis.  These various entities would have to provide the Education Department \"executive compensation schedules\" and make reports involving at least 13 revenue categories, including broadcast and media rights revenue, and at least 13 expense categories. Many of these entities are organized as non-profit organizations, which results in disclosure of some of these figures on federal tax return forms. But the bill's requirements are more detailed and could result in more up-to-date reporting. Current IRS rules allow non-profits to routinely extend their filing deadlines until 10\u00bd months after the end of the applicable fiscal year. The IRS also requires that compensation figures cover an organization's most recently completed calendar year, often resulting in those figures being 18 months old \u2013 or older -- by the time they are reported.  The two bills concerning college athletics and the treatment of college athletes that have been introduced by members of the House were referred to the Education and Workforce Committee.  Last August, Rep. Charles Dent (R-Penn.) and Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) introduced a bill with provisions that include increased due process for NCAA athletic programs accused of misconduct, and making four-year scholarships mandatory for athletes participating in contact/collision sports.  In November, Rep. Tony C\u00e1rdenas (D-Calif.) introduced legislation that would require colleges with high-revenue sports programs to provide their athletes with a package of benefits, including financial aid when an athletic scholarship is lifted for reasons other than misconduct or academic failure.  # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140718043054/http://price.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1588", "PRICE, LEAHY INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HOLD AMERICAN CONTRACTORS OVERSEAS ACCOUNTABLE UNDER U.S. LAW", "2014-07-14", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "David Price", "P000523", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman David Price (D-N.C.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) renewed their partnership on bicameral legislation to provide accountability for American contractors and government employees working abroad. The Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA), which the lawmakers introduced Monday, would close a gap in current law and ensure that government employees and contractors working overseas can be prosecuted for criminal acts they commit abroad. The two lawmakers have worked together on the legislation for years. Similar legislation passed the House in 2007.\n\n\tThe legislation allows the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute government contractors and employees for certain crimes committed overseas. Tragedies like the 2007 killing of unarmed civilians in Baghdad by private security contractors with Blackwater underscore the need for clear jurisdiction and trained investigative and prosecutorial task forces able to hold wrongdoers accountable. Four Blackwater guards involved in the Nisour Square shooting are currently on trial.\n\n\t\u201cAlthough the number of American military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan has been reduced in recent years, our commitment to the rule of law has not, and closing the accountability gap for U.S. contractors operating overseas is more urgent than ever,\u201d Representative Price said. \u201cWe have seen the peril of allowing firms such as Blackwater to operate in a legal no-man\u2019s land\u2014a few bad actors can put our international relationships at risk and undermine the missions we ask our military and diplomatic personnel to complete. The bottom line is: if contractors working on behalf of the United States commit crimes abroad, DOJ should be able to prosecute them.\u201d\n\n\t\u201cThe Blackwater trial is only just now under way, seven years after this tragedy, and the defendants continue to argue in court that the U.S. government does not have jurisdiction to prosecute them,\u201d Senator Leahy said. \u201cThis bill would also provide greater protection to American victims of crime, as it would lead to more accountability for crimes committed by U.S. government contractors and employees against Americans working abroad.\u201d\n\n\tCEJA also lays the groundwork to expand U.S. preclearance operations in Canada \u2013 which would enhance national security and facilitate commerce and tourism with our largest trading partner. The United States currently stations U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers in select locations in Canada to inspect passengers and cargo bound for the United States before they leave Canada, and Leahy has long called for an expansion of land, rail, marine and air preclearance operations that would greatly benefit the U.S. economy. CEJA would ensure that the U.S. has legal authority to hold our own officials accountable if they engage in wrongdoing, and thereby help pave the way to finalizing the expanded Canada preclearance agreement.\n\n\tOther provisions in the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act include:\n \n\t\n\t\tExpand criminal jurisdiction over certain crimes committed by United States employees and contractors overseas;\n\t\t\u00a0\n\t\n\t\tDirect the Justice Department to create new investigative task forces to investigate, arrest and prosecute contractors and employees who commit serious crimes overseas;\n\t\t\u00a0\n\t\n\t\tRequire the Attorney General to report annually to Congress about the offenses prosecuted under the statute and the use of new investigative resources\n \n\n\tThe text of the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act is available online.\n\n\t# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/butterfield-wilson-county-early-voting-plan-will-disenfranchise-voters", "Butterfield: Wilson County Early Voting Plan will Disenfranchise Voters", "2014-07-11", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Wilson, NC  Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) sent a letter to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) asking they approve an early voting plan that does not restrict voters' access to the polls. Yesterday, the Wilson County Board of Elections approved an early voting plan that excludes Sunday voting and does not provide for any early voting sites outside of the City of Wilson. This misguided decision was made at a public meeting where residents were denied the right to comment prior to the Board voting. \nButterfield wrote, I am extremely concerned about the latest actions taken by the Board because they will ultimately disenfranchise voters and stifle electoral participation. \nPublic support for Sunday voting was clearly demonstrated at yesterday's Board meeting where two dozen residents attempted to voice support but Board Chairman Robert Brown did not let them speak prior to the vote. Residents of Wilson County were rightfully outraged with their inability to offer public comment during Thursday's meeting. \nRestricting voter access amounts to voter suppression, not voter protection. Because the vote of the Wilson County Board of Elections was not unanimous, the ultimate fate of the plan will be decided by the North Carolina Board of Elections. \nButterfield's letter to the North Carolina State Board of Elections follows.  \n\t--\nJuly 11, 2014\n\n\n\nMr. Joshua B. Howard\nChairman\nNorth Carolina State Board of Elections\n441 North Harrington Street\nRaleigh, North Carolina 27603\n\nDear Chairman Howard:\n\nI write regarding the public meeting held by the Wilson County Board of Elections (Board) on Thursday, July 10, 2014. I am extremely concerned about the latest actions taken by the Board because they will ultimately disenfranchise voters and stifle electoral participation.\nThe Board, with a 2  1 vote, approved the plan establishing hours and locations for early voting for the November 2014 general election. The plan passed by the Board would add another polling place inside the Wilson city limits bringing the total number of polling places inside the city limits to three with none located in the county. Forty percent of the population of Wilson County lives outside the city limits which will surely be an impediment to their desire to participate in early voting. The plan also excluded Sunday voting. This action will further limit voter participation, particularly among African Americans and senior citizens. I believe this move is the result of recent actions by the General Assembly to make it more difficult to vote.\nWilson County has a history of Sunday voting including as recently as the 2012 general election and is widely supported by Wilson County residents. Public support for Sunday voting was clearly demonstrated at yesterday's Board meeting where two dozen residents attempted to voice support but Board Chairman Robert Brown did not let them speak prior to the vote. Residents of Wilson County were rightfully outraged with their inability to offer public comment during Thursday's meeting.\nI understand that because the Board's vote was not unanimous, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) is compelled to render a decision on the plan. I have been informed that Board member Chip Futrell, who was the dissenting vote to yesterday's plan, will request to speak at the NCSBE meeting on this issue and present an alternative plan for Wilson County. I respectfully request you permit him to formally address the NCSBE so that the residents of Wilson County will have every opportunity to voice their opinion and have the opportunity to exercise their constitutional right to vote for their candidates of choice.\nRestricting voter access amounts to voter suppression, not voter protection. I ask that you not participate in this obvious plan to limit voter participation in Wilson County. I request that you enact a fair plan for early voting that will make voting accessible for all citizens.\n\nThank you very much.\n\n Very truly yours,\n G. K. Butterfield\nMember of Congress\n\n\ncc: Ms. Rhonda K. Amoroso\n\n Mr. Joshua D. Malcolm\n\n Mr. Paul J. Foley\n\n Ms. Maja Knicker\n\n Ms. Kim Westbrook Strach\n\n Mr. Robert D. 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