Published January 16, 2020 Morning Consult By Patrick McHenry "Why Protecting Financial Institutions From Cyberattacks Is an Urgent Matter" Last year, the Financial Services Committee heard directly from the CEOs of America’s seven largest banks. When asked what kept these leaders up at night, a majority cited cyberattacks as the greatest risk they faced — not productivity growth, not political upheaval overseas, not an economic slowdown in China. Threats to cybersecurity topped their list. A r...
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Tenth District Congressman Patrick McHenry’s staff will hold office hours in Lincoln County on Friday, January 17th from 9 AM – 12 PM at Gaston College's Lincoln Campus in Room 104 of the Cochrane Science and Technology Building – 511 South Aspen Street in Lincolnton. Will Bowen, McHenry’s Regional Representative for Lincoln County, will be available to meet with constituents who have issues with federal agencies including Social Security, veterans affairs, and immigration. He will also be there...
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Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) released the following statement after his vote against H. Res. 798, which transmits the Articles of Impeachment against President Trump to the Senate: "Again today, the House is focused solely on my Democratic colleagues’ years long obsession: undoing the results of the 2016 election. While obvious from the beginning, Speaker Pelosi’s month long delay in transmitting the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate has confirmed the political goals behind Con...
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Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4458, the Cybersecurity and Financial System Resilience Act of 2019, a bill introduced by Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), the Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee.This legislation, which advanced out of the Committee with broad, bipartisan support in October, will ensure regulators are prioritizing cybersecurity efforts to combat the growing threat of cyberattacks to our financial system. Click here or on the image b...
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Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) released the following statement on House passage of H.R. 5430, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act: "Today’s passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a long overdue, bipartisan accomplishment. Here in the Tenth District, the much-needed improvements included in the USMCA will help to ensure that one of western North Carolina’s most important industries—textile manufacturing—is more competitive in the global marke...
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Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) released the following statement on his vote against H. Res. 755, Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors: “Over the past year, we’ve seen our Democratic colleagues put partisanship over the American people as they’ve focused on undoing the results of the 2016 election and removing President Trump from office. We had our first impeachment vote just five months after he was sworn in as our President....
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Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R, NC-10) introduced H.R. 5434, the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2019 or "RPM Act" which permanently blocks attempts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate modified motor vehicles used for racing. For decades, automotive enthusiasts have modified street vehicles into race cars used exclusively at closed race tracks. In early 2016, the EPA issued a proposed rule that would make it illegal for this practice to continue via t...
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Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) released the following statement on House passage of the bipartisan Conference Report to accompany S. 1790 – National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020: "Today’s vote is a big win for our troops and helps fulfill our responsibility in the House to provide for a strong national defense. Included in the NDAA is the biggest pay raise the brave men and women of the U.S. military have received in the last ten years. Additionally, today’s ...
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Last Thursday, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), the Ranking Republican of the House Financial Services Committee, and every Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee signed a letter to Chairwoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) expressing concern with the process by which documents, containing private American citizens’ personal financial information, may be transmitted to the House Judiciary Committee as part of the ongoing impeachment investigation. These documents were obtained th...
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Tenth District Congressman Patrick McHenry’s staff will hold office hours in Polk County on Friday, November 8th from 9 AM – 12 PM at the Womack Building – 40 Courthouse Street in Columbus. Roger Kumpf, McHenry’s Regional Director for Polk County, will be available to meet with constituents who have issues with federal agencies including Social Security, veterans affairs, and immigration. He will also be there to listen to any concerns that constituents have with federal policy or pending legisl...
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