Congressman Patrick McHenry announced today that, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an estimated 24% of Social Security Administration (SSA) and Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) beneficiaries in North Carolina who are eligible for economic stimulus payments have not received their checks because they have not filed a 2007 Federal income tax return. Taxpayers with an annual househo... Read more »
Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) issued the following statement at the conclusion of the House Budget Committee’s mark-up of the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. The Committee began its mark-up at 10:30 AM Wednesday and finished at 12:30 AM Thursday. During debate, Republicans offered thirty separate amendments to improve the plan on a range of federal issues. Twenty-nine of those thirty amendments w... Read more »
Congressman Patrick McHenry, a Cherryville Republican in his second term as the 10th District representative, strode through the halls of the new Robin Johnson House Wednesday, mingling with employees and patients while touring the 15,000 square-foot care facility located on a 20-acre site in Dallas. McHenry, flanked by Hospice Director Lee Bucci and Robin Johnson House manager Julie West, wanted... Read more »
I want to extend a sincere thank you to the nearly 700 people who attended the town hall meetings I held all across the Tenth District in August. The right of the people to openly and freely question their leaders and discuss solutions to common problems is the reason our democracy works so well. That is why I hold these meetings every August. Your thoughtful questions, comments, and advice – on i... Read more »
Congressman Patrick McHenry on Monday launched Congress’ first-ever Virtual Townhall, which netted participants representing all ten counties in North Carolina’s Tenth District. The Virtual Townhall uses cutting edge technology to provide an online forum for direct communication between Western North Carolina’s citizens and their member of Congress. Please click here to view Monday’s Virtual Townh... Read more »
Congressman Patrick McHenry today announced he will host a live, unprecedented Virtual Townhall on Monday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. Tenth District residents interested in participating can visit the Congressman’s website – http://mchenry.house.gov – at 7:30 p.m. next Monday and click the banner located across the top of the home page. "In addition to holding townhalls in every county in our district, ... Read more »
More than five months after taking control of Congress, Democrats in the House and Senate have made no progress on addressing any of the major issues confronting the United States, according to data published by the Legislative Information System. Despite their highly-touted “Six for ‘06” agenda, Democrats have failed to pass into law a single piece of substantive legislation. “So far the only Ame... Read more »
The United States Chamber of Commerce today presented Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) with its annual “Spirit of Enterprise” award for his strong voting record on critical business issues in the second session of the 109th Congress. “Rep. McHenry proved to be a valuable ally to the business community last year, supporting measures to stimulate job creation and spur economic growth,” said Tom Donohu... Read more »
Congressman Patrick McHenry today issued the following statement upon the House Democrats passing the largest tax increase in American history – $392.5 billion – as part of the largest federal budget in history, which checks in at $2.9 trillion. The 1993-1994 House Democrats held the previous record for raising taxes; they passed a $240 billion tax increase – which, interestingly, preceded the 199... Read more »
