Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) announced that he and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) have invited the family of Keith Siegel to be their guests at the State of the Union Address...
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Budd, Tillis, Hudson Request Update on Fort Liberty’s Joint Deployment Warfighting Complex
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) sent a letter to the U.S. Army Secretary and Chief of Staff requesting updates and progress...
Budd-Kelly Bill to Track High-Altitude Balloons Passes Committee
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Mark Kelly’s (D-AZ) ‘Seeing Objects at Altitude Regularly’ (SOAR) Act passed out of the Senate Commerce Committee – a key step towards it...
Budd Statement on Release of DOD’s List of Chinese Military Companies Operating in the U.S.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) released a statement after the Department of Defense published the names of Chinese military companies operating directly or indirectly in the...
Budd Joins Coalition Demanding End to U.S. Aid to UNRWA Amid Hamas Ties
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a coalition letter led by Senators Pete Ricketts, Tim Scott (R-SC), and Jim Risch (R-ID) demanding, “an immediate and permanent prohibition” of...
Budd Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Biden to Strengthen Iran Sanctions Enforcement
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a bipartisan coalition letter led by Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to President Biden calling on him to enforce current...
Budd Slams Biden’s Iran Appeasement in New Op-Ed
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has written an opinion piece for the Washington Examiner slamming the Biden administration’s appeasement towards Iran in the wake of an Iranian-backed...
Budd, Colleagues Press DOD on Failure to Publish List of Chinese Military Companies Operating in the United States
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) led a group of seven Senators to send a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pressing the Pentagon, “to publish the names of “Chinese...
Budd Sends Message to Qatar: Time is Up on Hostages Crisis
Washington, D.C. — In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) delivered a sharp message to the government of Qatar, who hosts Hamas’ political office: “Our patience has run...
Budd, Ernst Publish Op-ed Marking 100 Days of Americans Held Hostage
Washington, D.C. — Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) have written an opinion piece for Fox News marking the 100th day of captivity for American hostages held by Hamas terrorists in...
Budd Returns from Middle East: Meets with NC Hostage Family & Qatari Prime Minister, Tours Oct. 7 Attack Site
Washington, DC — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has returned from a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation (CODEL) to the Middle East, which included stops in Israel, Egypt, Qatar, and Bahrain. The...
Budd Joins Coalition Demanding Accountability over DOD Chain of Command Breakdown
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a coalition letter led by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to Secretary of Defense Lloyd...
Senate Passes Final 2024 Defense Bill Including Budd-Secured Wins for NC
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Conference Report of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This is the final version of the annual defense bill and...
Budd Sends Holiday Message of Support to Gaza Hostage Families in Floor Speech
Washington, D.C. — In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) delivered a holiday message of support for the families of the hostages still being held in Gaza. Senator Budd also...
Budd Calls on Biden to Include Border Policy in National Security Bill
Washington, D.C. — In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) called on President Biden and Senate Democrats to include border security funding and policy changes in the proposed...
Budd, Murray Lead Bipartisan Bill Help Military Retain Skilled Nurses
Washington, D.C. — Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Patty Murray (D-WA) have introduced the Retain Educated Workers and Registered Nurses Developing (REWARD) Experience Act, which would empower the...
Budd, Scott, Colleagues Demand Answers on Latest Iran Sanctions Waiver
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a coalition letter led by Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Secretary...
Budd Calls on Qatar to Pressure Hamas to Release NC Hostage in Floor Speech
Washington, D.C. — In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) called on the government of Qatar to exert pressure on Hamas leaders living in Doha to immediately and...
Budd Statement on Release of First U.S. Hostages From Gaza, Renews Call to Release All Hostages, Including NC Native
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement after a third group of hostages was released from Gaza on Sunday, including 4 year-old American Avigail Mor Idan, and...
Budd Leads Majority of Senate GOP to Demand that DOD Rescind Abortion Travel Policy
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) led a group of 27 U.S. Senators in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin denouncing the department’s policy of paying the travel expenses...