Staff Blog
This past week, we witnessed an undercover, barbaric video where Planned Parenthood was caught selling body parts of aborted babies. I have joined several of my colleagues in speaking out against Planned Parenthood'’s evil and depraved actions and fully support congressional investigation into the organization.
Iran is the world’s leader in state sponsored terrorism! As a member of Congress, I will stand against any Iranian agreement that doesn’t completely strip Iran of all nuclear capability. In the words of the Prime Minister of Israel, “this is a bad mistake of historic proportion.â€
As a pastor, I have seen sickness, disease and stood by the bedside when the last breath is taken. My wife is a nurse practitioner. My brother is blind with a disease where more research is needed. I have great compassion for future research and is why I signed onto a letter requesting proper funding of NIH.
TPA stands for Trade Promotion Authority and is often called "fast track." TPA is a process to negotiate trade agreements and is not a trade agreement on its own.
Three main components of TPA:
Tonight the House passed HR 2577, the Transportation, Housing, & Urban Development Appropriations Act. This bill that funds the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Departments, as well as other agencies is in line with the FY 2016 budget passed earlier this year and holds spending almost $10 billion below the President’s budget request.
As the House will likely vote on granting Trade Promotion Authority this week, I am inclined to agree with Sen. Ted Cruz, Sec. Condoleeza Rice, Charles Krauthammer and others on TPA. In fact, 1.2 Million Jobs are dependent on trade in North Carolina.
It is an honor to announce Chris Ganser as North Carolina's Sixth Congressional District's Community Hero of the Month! Chris is a stage three colon cancer survivor and has used his own personal story and passion for fitness and life to inspire others and bring awareness to colorectal cancer.
On Friday, May 29, 2015, the President signed S.178 the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 into law, which includes Rep. Walker’s first bill, the Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 (H.R. 460).