Legislative Updates

Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly we met in committees or travelled to meetings almost every day, and we welcomed the new super cranes to the Port of Wilmington. Beginning Monday, I met with the House Select Committee on Strategic Transportation Planning and Long Term Funding Solutions.  We heard reports on the economic…

Again last week in the North Carolina General Assembly our Interim committees and Select committees were in full swing.  The first meeting of the House Select Committee on School Safety was held on Wednesday.  As a member of the committee, I was very interested in how we would proceed on this extremely important subject.  It…

In the North Carolina General Assembly last week committees were in full swing and some were making the news.  My only committee that was meeting in Raleigh was the Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform.  Representative Craig Horn was chairing this meeting.  Some in Brunswick County may remember that Representative Horn is the…

With the North Carolina General Assembly being officially out of session, all of our time is spent in committee meetings and events both in Raleigh and back in our home districts.  Last week I attended plenty of both, we met with our transportation oversight committee in Raleigh, and I had meetings with groups and individuals…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we were not in session, but we had many committee meetings in Raleigh, two of which I am a member, I had a chance to meet with the Speaker of the House, and I had time for meetings back home in the district. On Wednesday the House…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we passed the bill known as the “class size fix” for elementary schools, we continued to hold dozens of committee meetings, I was able to attend meetings back here in the district and candidate filing started all over the state. After filing for office Monday, I left…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we had a one day session with committee meetings and votes on the class size bill, we had movement in the Senate on the GenX/Emerging contaminants bill, and I was also able to attend some meetings in the district. Monday of last week we were informed that…

Last week the General Assembly almost shut down due to 6 inches of snow in Raleigh. However, I was able to bring some of it here to Brunswick County. Tuesday we had a distinguished visitor from the N.C. House education leadership, Representative Craig Horn of Union County.  Rep. Horn is Chairman of the House Education…

Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly we passed a major clean water bill in the House of Representatives, we had several oversight committees, including Transportation, and I opened the first local District Office in memory by a State Representative in Brunswick County. On Wednesday of last week, the General Assembly, both House and…

Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly was unusual for what was happening both inside and outside the legislative buildings.  Although I had only one meeting to attend, it seemed to take two days on the calendar.   On Wednesday the weather reports were warning of a serious snow and ice event for eastern…