Press Releases 03/31/2020
Tillis, Colleagues Send Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Calling on HHS To Help Rural Health Care Providers
This week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined 41 Senators and 81 members of Congress in sending a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the Trump administration urging them to provide immediate assistance to rural hospitals and clinics who are fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Press Releases 03/30/2020
Tillis Releases Information To Assist North Carolinians With Questions On Direct Checks, Small Business Assistance
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) posted resource guides on his website to assist North Carolina residents and small businesses who are seeking assistance during the coronavirus pandemic and are seeking additional information on the Phase III emergency relief and economic stabilization package he supported last week.
Press Releases 03/27/2020
Tillis Statement On the Governor Cooper’s Stay-At-Home Order
We are all in this together, and in order to protect the health of North Carolinians and get through this crisis as quickly as possible, we must all do our part to contain community spread over the next several weeks. I’ve had discussions with Governor Cooper about the challenge of protecting both the physical and economic health of the state, and the Governor made the difficult, but correct decision to issue a statewide stay-at-home order.
Press Releases 03/27/2020
Tillis Secures Expansion of H-2A Visa Applicants to Help America’s Farmers During Coronavirus Pandemic
While we work together as a nation to combat the coronavirus pandemic, we must ensure Americans have abundant access to food and give producers the workers they need to keep the supply chain strong.
Press Releases 03/26/2020
Tillis Co-Sponsored Bill to Reauthorize Older Americans Act Signed Into Law
Press Releases 03/25/2020
VIDEO: Tillis Supports Economic Relief Package, Direct Checks For Hardworking North Carolinians
The bill I supported will provide every individual in North Carolina who reported taxes in 2018, 2019, or revenue through social security, will be eligible for a one time check in the amount of $1,200 per adult, $500 per child, subject to certain limits at the upper scale of the income.
Press Releases 03/24/2020
VIDEO: Tillis Discusses His New Bill To Punish Price Gougers
“We’ve gotten reports from doctors, health care facilities, and individuals that they’re paying five to ten times for products today that they were a month ago. We think that it’s inappropriate so we [introduced] a bill that’s going to allow the federal government and state governments to more aggressively go after price gougers.”
Press Releases 03/24/2020
Tillis Introduces Bill to Punish Price Gougers Ripping-Off Americans During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Tillis’ Bill Will Fine And Punish Individuals and Businesses That Price Gouge Medical Masks, Hand Sanitizer and Other Essential Medical Supplies And Services
Press Releases 03/24/2020
Tillis, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Transfer Vulnerable Inmates to Home Confinement
In a letter to Attorney General William Barr and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal, the Senators pressed for the Justice Department and BOP, to release or transfer to home confinement the most vulnerable inmates as permitted under the FSA.
Press Releases 03/23/2020
Tillis Sends Letter to President Trump Supporting Governor Cooper’s Disaster Declaration Request
Thus far, there have been 297 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Our state has and continues to take unprecedented actions to combat the spread of the virus, protect public health, and mitigate the severity of its impact. The widespread impact of this disaster has exceeded the state and local governments’ capabilities.