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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) announced the awarding of $671,000 in funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to the Mid-East Commission. These funds were made available by the CARES Act and will be used to provide loans to small businesses and entrepreneurs negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON, DC – On July 13, 2020, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Majority Whip James E.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement congratulating former state lawmaker, Representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield, on her confirmation to the North Carolina Employment Security Board of Review:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement on the decisions handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding President Trump’s tax and financial records:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement on the awarding of $2,572,242 in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to the Family Resource Center South Atlantic. The grant funding will go towards the Pathway Home program, which focuses on assisting justice-involved individuals in gaining meaningful employment.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement on the awarding of $400,000 in funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments. These funds were made available by the CARES Act and will be used to help local economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Butterfield voted in favor of passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, a bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, change the culture of law enforcement and build trust between law enforcement and our communities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement on $1,425,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the construction of a taxi lane at the Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, North Carolina.
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COFIELD – A railroad renovation project worth in excess of $11 million is being praised for not only for helping Hertford County’s largest industry become more competitive in the marketplace, but for improving the local economy as a whole.
By Lindell John Kay
Staff Writer
Friday, November 25, 2016
The U.S. Transportation Department has provided final approval of designating U.S. 264 as an interstate between Zebulon and Greenville through southern Nash County.
U.S. Reps. G.K. Butterfield and Walter Jones sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx last week asking that the federal government approve the N.C. Department of Transportation’s request to designate portions of U.S. 264 as a future interstate highway.
WASHINGTON — Two congressmen from North Carolina are praising the bipartisan passage of a bill that would allow patients access to certain medications in an emergency situations.
Hurricane Matthew might have been the death knell for many Eastern North Carolina farmers, according to federal officials touring devastated farms Thursday in Edgecombe County.
U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-1st District, said many farmers were already operating at a margin when the storm blew into town in early October.
WASHINGTON — Congress averted a government shutdown Wednesday as the Senate and then the House approved a short-term spending bill, allowing lawmakers to avoid a crisis and return home to campaign.
Shannon Keith
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Local officials are “delighted” that talks of designating U.S. 264 as a future interstate have shifted into the fast lane.
The opening of the Smithsonian's new African American History and Culture Museum brought out some big celebrities.
Actors Robert Di Nero, Angela Bassett, and Oprah Winfrey were all there. Winfrey, 'The Queen of Television,' was one of the museum's largest donors.