Charlotte light rail murder gets national attention
National outrage grows after 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was brutally stabbed to death on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line on Aug. 22.
“Congress established the NEA in 1906 to support America’s teachers and strengthen our schools, but it has abandoned that mission in favor of a radical agenda.”- US Rep. Mark Harris, R-NC08.
NC Gov. Josh Stein was one of the nation’s governors who was briefed on a conference call Sunday by Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem about the elevated threat level after President Donald Trump’s air strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran on Saturday.
NOT raising taxes has been a principle which has defined the GOP and consistently been a core philosophy.
"The last thing on these folks’ minds right now is filing their taxes," US Rep. Tim Moore, R-NC14.
With President Donald Trump signing a wave of executive orders since he was sworn into office, Republicans are discussing ways to make his directives last permanently when after he completes his four-year term.
An initial version of the budget resolution has passed in the House.
“While 'NGOs' like Siembra NC brazenly encourage the obstruction of federal law and immigration enforcement, President Trump is doing exactly what he said he would: restoring law and order,” Harris told the Carolina Journal. “Congress must use every tool at our disposal to hold organizations like this accountable and ensure our communities are secure once again.”
Harris introduced legislation barring foreign criminals from seeking asylum in the US.
Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary Noem demanding an overhaul of FEMA.
This bill would make it a federal offense for doctors to send abortion drugs to women through the mail or provide them with the abortion drug, mifepristone, without a physical exam.
Freshman Congressman Harris appointed to sit on the House Agriculture Committee.