Press Releases
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.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats join members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Congressional Black Caucus in pressing State Department for more information about handling of racial discrimination complaints
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- United States Representatives G.K.
House Democrats Strengthen ACA, While Trump Asks Supreme Court to Tear Law Down
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Butterfield joined House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (SC-06), members of the House Rural Broadband Task Force and House Democrats introduced H.R.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s attempt to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has given nearly 700,000 young people who were brought to the United States as children, known as "Dreamers," protection from deportation and the ability to remain in the United States.