Press Releases 07/23/2020
Tillis, Colleagues Urge Senate Leaders to Consider Clean Energy Jobs Impacted by Pandemic in Next COVID-19 Package
As we focus on getting the country back to work, we must include an industry that had already been putting Americans to work faster, and in more places, than the overall economy before the COVID pandemic hit. Clean energy job growth had outpaced the economy by 70 percent over the past five years. Further, this growth is truly nationwide, encompassing every state.
Press Releases 07/23/2020
Senate Passes NDAA that Includes Tillis’ Wins for North Carolina Servicemembers, Additional Measures to Improve Military Housing and Support COVID-19 Vaccine Research
Senator Tillis also secured the authorization of $215.8 million for North Carolina military installations in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. Since being elected in 2015, Senator Tillis has secured more than $3 billion for Fort Bragg, Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point, New River, and Seymour Johnson.
Press Releases 07/22/2020
Tillis and Gillibrand Urge Senate Leaders to Include Relief for Economic Development Organizations in Next COVID-19 Package
We acknowledge that COVID-19 continues to have a negative impact on state and local budgets, and that organizations eligible to receive EAA funding are experiencing cuts to staff and services that threaten our economic recovery.
Press Releases 07/21/2020
Tillis & Inhofe Introduce Legislation Increasing Scrutiny of Foreign Investment in Agricultural Businesses
Including the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of CIFIUS is long overdue. This legislation would remove unnecessary hurdles to include the USDA in these decisions and strengthen the security of America’s agricultural system.
Press Releases 07/21/2020
Tillis Co-Sponsored Legislation To Expand Protections for Military Families Impacted by COVID-19 Heads to President’s Desk
Passage of this legislation will provide the necessary protections they deserve, and I applaud the House’s passage of this commonsense legislation and look forward to the President signing it into law.
Press Releases 07/21/2020
Tillis Co-Sponsors Bipartisan Legislation to Punish Foreign Companies and Individuals Who Steal U.S. Technology
Congress needs to impose harsh penalties for these bad actors, and this bipartisan legislation will make progress to protecting American companies.
Press Releases 07/20/2020
Tillis and Blumenthal Push for Cyber-Security Funding to Protect COVID-19 Research in Next Relief Package
U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) expressing support for the inclusion of funding in the next stimulus package for cyber-security grants for small American companies engaged in COVID-19 research.
Press Releases 07/20/2020
Tillis, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Allow Americans to Sue China Over COVID-19 Pandemic
The American people deserve the right to hold the Chinese government accountable for its malicious actions, and I’m proud to join my colleagues in introducing this commonsense bill.
Press Releases 07/17/2020
Following Push by Tillis, FCC Establishes Better Data Collection Methods for Broadband Maps
Press Releases 07/14/2020
Tillis and Warner Lead Bipartisan Push for Cotton and Textile Industry Assistance in Next COVID-19 Relief Package
Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Mark Warner (D-VA) recently led a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urging the next round of COVID-19 assistance adequately address the magnitude of the losses felt throughout the cotton supply chain by cotton farmers, textile mills, and the cotton merchandising segment.
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