Press Releases 08/6/2015
Tillis Continues Pressure On Administration To Drop Potential TPP Tobacco Carve Out
Press Releases 08/5/2015
Tillis, Blumenthal Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Veterans' Use of GI Bill Benefits, Stop Use on Unaccredited Education Programs
Press Releases 08/3/2015
Tillis To Carter: Air Force Attempts To Undermine Effectiveness of 440th Airlift Wing Are Unacceptable
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently wrote to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter expressing concern over comments made by some Air Force senior leaders instructing commanders at Fort Bragg’s Pope Airfield to “open up the clearing house to undermine the personnel structure” of the 440th Airlift Wing.
Press Releases 07/30/2015
Tillis Denounces Potential TPP Tobacco Carveout
“I hope our trade negotiators will work hard to ensure that American values are upheld in the final agreement they bring before Congress. And that goes for language in the entire agreement – even that which appears in annexes and footnotes.”
Press Releases 07/30/2015
Tillis, Burr Applaud Passage Of Highway Bill With Provisions To Improve North Carolina’s Infrastructure
The designation of the highways would advance the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Strategic Transportation Corridors Vision, which aims to provide North Carolina with a network of high priority corridors that will become part of the Interstate system once they are fully built and upgraded to interstate standards.
Press Releases 07/29/2015
Tillis Calls For An End to Veteran Homelessness
Today, the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a hearing regarding the persistent homeless veterans population that continues to plague 40,000-45,000 of the men and women who served our nation in honor. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), attended the hearing, and after a discussion with panelists form the Veterans Health Administration, the VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, called for solutions to eliminate the current bureaucratic barriers to find both short- and long-term strategies to end veteran homelessness.
Press Releases 07/29/2015
Tillis Questions Administration Officials On Iran Deal
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) questioned Chairman Dempsey as to why the United States would have confidence in Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions when the regime is the world’s top state sponsor of terrorism and continues to threaten and make incendiary rhetoric toward the United States and its allies, even after the Administration reached a nuclear weapons deal with Iran.
Press Releases 07/22/2015
Tillis Condemns Concessions Made in Iran Deal
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke on the Senate floor to discuss the Obama Administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran and why, despite President Obama’s assurances, the deal will be bad for the American people and will pave the way for Iran to become a nuclear power in the near future.
Press Releases 07/21/2015
Tillis: Administration Violated The Public Trust By Rushing The Iran Deal To The U.N.
“The Obama administration has violated the public trust by giving Iran the green light to pursue its nuclear weapon ambitions and then rushing to the United Nations to lift economic sanctions on Iran before even bothering to seek the approval of Congress.
Press Releases 07/16/2015
Tillis Applauds Passage Of Bipartisan Every Child Achieves Act