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Butterfield, Price Issue Statement on Samuel Oliver-Bruno's Denied Petition for Deferred Deportation
DURHAM, N.C. - On Monday, November 26, 2018, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) and Congressman David Price (D-NC-04) released the following statement after receiving notice from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that Samuel Oliver-Bruno’s petition for deferred deportation has been denied by the U.S.
DURHAM, N.C. - On Friday, November 23, 2018, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) and Congressman David Price (D-NC-04) released the following statement regarding the sudden arrest of Samuel Oliver-Bruno by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials while he was following instructions to visit the local U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement on the passing on Monday of William A. “Billy” Marsh, Jr., a renowned civil rights attorney in Durham, North Carolina:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement on the passing of prominent news anchor and Durham native, Ervin Lee Hester, Sr.:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement on the passing of world renowned physician and Duke University School of Medicine professor, Dr. Brenda Estelle Armstrong:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve as Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement on the passing of Sallie Baldwin Howard, a longtime educator and community leader and the namesake of the Sallie B. Howard School for the Arts & Education:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement ahead of Hurricane Florence’s landfall:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) and Congressman David Price (D-NC-04) today issued the following joint statement in response to news that the U.S.
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