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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) issued the following statement regarding Senate Republicans’ actions today on healthcare:
“Today’s vote was not about America’s health care, but about scoring a political win for the Trump Administration.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Thomas Farr to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) and Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10) released the following statements after their bipartisan bill, H.R.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today issued the following statement after reports that Donald Trump, Jr.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement after Senate Republicans released their draft health care bill that will harm North Carolinians and millions across the country:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) and David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) introduced the Patients’ Access to Treatments Act (H.R. 2999), which will help improve access to specialty drugs for millions.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today issued the following statement on the United States Supreme Court’s decision regarding North Carolina’s legislative districts:
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement after receiving confirmation that Durham resident and Riverside High School graduate, Wendy Miranda-Fernandez was removed from the United States and returned to her home country of El Salvador:
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
The Federal Aviation Administration is investing $2.5 million in the Pitt-Greenville Airport to fund infrastructure improvements and upgrades at the airport, the facility’s executive director said.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to name the federal bankruptcy courthouse in Greenville in honor of U.S. Federal Judge Randy D. Doub.
U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, a Wilson Democrat who represents portions of Greenville and Pitt County, introduced the bill Nov. 5 and it received approval on Tuesday, Butterfield’s office reported in a news release.
On a beautiful summer evening, the gym at the Emily K Center in Durham was packed — not for a basketball game, but instead to learn about computer science or programming as a career path. Parents, guardians, and students from underrepresented communities explored programming, the jobs available to programmers, and the skills required to become one at the bilingual event Thursday night.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield was among the nearly 200 Democrats who staged a sit-in Wednesday to force a House vote on gun control measures.
LUMPKIN, Ga. (WNCN) – Rep. G. K. Butterfield traveled to Georgia to visit a Durham teen who was detained by immigration officials.
Butterfield, who represents the First District, visited with Wildin Acosta at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia.
The congressman, along with Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. of Georgia, spoke with Acosta for around 35 minutes.
Congressman Butterfield joins NC Policy Watch's News and Views With Chris Fitzsimon to discuss the judicial vacancy on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and Senate’s refusal to hold confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama’s court nominees.