This week, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) welcomed representatives from the Tenth District Chambers of Commerce to Washington, D.C. for a series of meetings with White House officials, members of Congress, and economic development experts. Representatives from all ten Tenth District Chambers of Commerce were invited to the Second Annual Chamber fly-in, which provides local business, governm... Read more »
Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) signed a petition designed to force an up or down vote on the SAVE Act, a border security and immigration enforcement bill with 141 co-sponsors that is being blocked by Democrat leadership. “For 126 days, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat leadership have blocked, stalled, and delayed this bipartisan bill. It’s long past time the federal government secured ... 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 »
Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) announced that he will host a Homeownership Promotion and Foreclosure Prevention Seminar on January 7 at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.Millions of Americans will be impacted by the nationwide downturn in the housing sector. According to the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, more than 45,000 small busin... Read more »
Congressmen Patrick McHenry (R-NC) today announced the U.S. Congress approved $97,000 in funding for the Appalachian State University Center at the Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (CCC&TI) located in Hudson, NC. The funding is included in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2008 (H.R. 2764), which passed the House July 19, 2007. The Appalachian Center, which offers t... Read more »
Congressman Patrick McHenry today announced the U.S. House of Representatives approved $146,000 in funding for the North Carolina Center for Engineering Technologies, a workforce development program based in Hickory. The funding was included in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2008 (H.R.2764). “An educated workforce is essential for economic growth, and this funding will provide a b... Read more »
Congressman McHenry has sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Agriculture Chuck Conner urging him to improve the quality of crop insurance available to Tenth District farmers from the Department of Agriculture.Under current guidelines, the Department of Agriculture offers insurance benefits to farmers whose crops are totally dead. However, many Western North Carolina farmers haven... Read more »
Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) today voted against Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-MA) Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (HR 3915).Based on a NC law that has proven harmful to families seeking to purchase homes, HR 3915 is intended to limit home financing options available to consumers.“The housing market is facing tough times, and this bill will only make things worse for families who ... Read more »
Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) today issued the following statement following his vote to pass the Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 (HR 3920), which reauthorizes and expands the Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. “TAA is a critically important program for Western North Carolina,” said Congressman McHenry. “North Carolina has more TAA certified wor... Read more »
