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...

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Sep 14, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Securing the Border
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...
Sep 7, 2023 | News, Press Releases
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...
Sep 6, 2023 | Education, News, Press Releases
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...
Sep 6, 2023 | Jobs and Economy, News, Press Releases
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...
Aug 16, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Transportation and Infrastructure
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...
Aug 7, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Supporting Our Troops
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...
Jul 28, 2023 | American Values, Jobs and Economy, News, Press Releases
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...
Jul 27, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Supporting Our Troops
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...
Jul 27, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Transportation and Infrastructure
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...
Jul 27, 2023 | Energy Dominance, News, Press Releases
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...
Jul 26, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Veterans
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...
Jul 24, 2023 | News, Opioid Crisis, Press Releases, Securing the Border
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...
Jul 24, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Second Amendment
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...
Jul 21, 2023 | Agriculture, Jobs and Economy, News, Op-Eds, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) and Americans for Prosperity North Carolina State Director Tyler Voigt wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal contending that Julie Su “would...
Jul 20, 2023 | Healthcare, News, Press Releases, Veterans
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) spoke on the Senate floor and called out the Department of Justice and the U.S. Navy for delays in processing veterans claims related to toxic water...
Jul 20, 2023 | Education, Jobs and Economy, News, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning (PELL) Act. He was joined by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL). The bill creates a Workforce Pell...
Jul 19, 2023 | Jobs and Economy, News, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Senators Ted Budd (R-NC), Todd Young (R-IN), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) have introduced the Small Business Technological Advancement Act. The legislation would...
Jul 19, 2023 | News, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a letter calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to protect agency whistleblowers who disclosed the...
Jul 19, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Supporting Our Troops
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) met with Ambassador Kristjan Prikk of Estonia. Senator Budd said in a statement: “I’d like to thank Ambassador Prikk for visiting with me today. I...
Jul 19, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Supporting Our Troops
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) met with Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba of the United Arab Emirates. Senator Budd said in a statement: “I’d like to thank Ambassador Otaiba for...