Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored S. 2835, the Pay Our Military Act of 2023 and called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to bring it to the floor without...
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Budd Co-Sponsors Bill to Strengthen Oversight of U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreements
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored S. 2894, the Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act. The bill would strengthen oversight of science and...
Budd Co-Sponsors Bill to Stop Biden from Imposing Gun Control Through Public Health Emergency
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored S. 2911, the Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act. The bill would prohibit the President or a cabinet official from imposing gun...
Budd, Booker Bill to Increase Access to Oral Health Care Passes Committee
Washington, D.C. — Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) Action for Dental Health Act was included in the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act that passed out of the Senate...
Budd Introduces Bill to Cut Red Tape, Increase Worker Education Flexibility
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has introduced S. 2878, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act. The legislation modifies the Fair Labor Standards Act, to allow employers to offer...
Budd-Supported $39.4 Million Semiconductor Grant Awarded to NC State
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) applauded the announcement of a $39.4 million Department of Defense (DOD) grant award to North Carolina State University to help accelerate the...
Budd Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Higher Education From Chinese Influence
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored the Safeguarding American Education from Foreign Control Act. The bill would require American universities to report gifts of any value...
Budd Co-Sponsors Secure Our Border Act
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored the Secure Our Border Act. The legislation is the Senate companion to H.R. 2, the House immigration bill that passed on May 10, 2023. The...
Budd Co-Sponsors Bill to Ban Federal Mask Mandates
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has co-sponsored the Freedom to Breathe Act. The bill would prohibit any federal official, including the President, from issuing mask mandates on domestic...
Budd, Colleagues Introduce CRA to Overturn New Biden Student Loan Scheme
Washington, D.C. — Senators Ted Budd (R-NC), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX), and 14 Republican colleagues introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to...
Budd, Tillis, Ross, Foushee, & 110 Businesses Encourage USPS to Begin Mail Delivery Service to Entire RTP Campus
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), U.S. Representatives Deborah Ross (D-NC) and Valerie Foushee (D-NC), as well as 110 local businesses sent...
Budd, Bennet Introduce Bill to Streamline Broadband Projects
Washington, D.C. — Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) have introduced S. 2663, the Connecting Our Neighbors to Networks and Ensuring Competitive Telecommunications (CONNECT) Act. The...
Budd Joins Bipartisan Letter Calling on DOD to Increase Investment in Child Care
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, urging him to further invest in improving the Department of Defense’s (DOD) child care...
Budd, Lankford Lead Effort to Protect Religious Liberty of Federal Contractors
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and James Lankford (R-OK) led a coalition of 25 Senators to introduce a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to...
Senate Passes FY 2024 Defense Bill Including Budd-Secured Wins for NC
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted in...
Budd Introduces Backcountry Aviation Protection Act
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced S. 2675, the Backcountry Aviation Protection Act. The bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to add exceptions for...
Budd, Coons Lead Bipartisan Coalition Supporting Nuclear Energy
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) led a bipartisan coalition of 15 Senators to introduce a resolution declaring that: “The Senate is committed to embracing...
Budd, Cortez Masto Introduce Veterans Protection from Fraud Act
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the Veterans Protection from Fraud Act. The bill adds an enhancement of up to 10 years in prison for...
Budd Joins Letter Sounding Alarm on Mexican Cartel Exploitation of Illegal Tobacco Amid New Biden Regulations
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raising concerns over the Biden administration’s plans to restrict tobacco products for...
Budd Joins Letter Demanding Answers for Shipping Policies Targeting Second Amendment Rights
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a letter to major shipping companies regarding their policies discriminating against legal firearms and ammunition. Recently, several large...