Press Releases
April 9, 2014
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Representative David Price (D-NC) today announced that he would cosponsor H.R. 4415, House companion legislation to the bipartisan Senate bill extending emergency unemployment benefits to nearly three million Americans. The bill is identical to legislation passed in the Senate with bipartisan support. It incorporates a provision, included in the Senate legislation by North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan, restoring benefits to North Carolinians who lost them when the General Assembly and Governor McCrory passed legislation cutting benefits below the level required to maintain federal support.
April 2, 2014
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Washington, D.C. – Representative David Price (D-NC) warned today that the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, ruling that aggregate 2-year contribution limits are unconstitutional, opens the door to a small number of millionaires and billionaires having an even more disproportional role in elections and democracy. Rep. Price and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) wrote an amicus brief to the Court urging it to uphold aggregate contribution limits to prevent corruption or the appearance of corruption.
April 1, 2014
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Washington, D.C. – Representative David Price (NC-04) issued the following statement this afternoon after the Obama Administration announced that 7.1 million Americans have enrolled in health insurance coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA open enrollment period ended March 31.
March 23, 2014
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I recently joined a dozen unemployed North Carolinians at Wake Technical Community College to discuss the state of our economic recovery. One of the participants told me that after he was laid off and his unemployment benefits ran out, he lost his house and his car. He now has to count each slice of bread to make his loaf last until he can afford to buy another. Sadly, in the great state of North Carolina, in the most prosperous nation on earth, his story is not an isolated one.
March 4, 2014
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative David Price (NC-04 announced longtime aide Asher Hildebrand as his new District Director. Hildebrand, who will be assuming the position on a full-time basis in May, has served as Rep. Price's Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff since 2009 and served previously on the congressman's staff from 2003 to 2007. He will be succeeding Beau Mills, who has served as District Director since 2009 and will be joining the Office of Federal Affairs at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
March 4, 2014
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Washington, D.C. – Representative David Price (NC-04), the Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement today after President Obama announced his 2015 Fiscal Year budget request.
February 21, 2014
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Washington, D.C. – Representative David Price (D-NC) issued the following statement today calling on his colleagues in Congress to strengthen and pass H.R. 3899, the Voting Rights Amendment Act. The bill would modernize the Voting Rights Act in response to the Supreme Court's sharply-divided decision striking down the law's Section 4. Section 4 of the VRA determined which areas of the country – including 40 counties in North Carolina – had to comply with Section 5, which prohibits any changes in voting requirements or in district lines that would discriminate based on race or color.
February 12, 2014
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Washington, D.C. – Days before talks on a permanent agreement between P5+1 countries and Iran are set to begin in New York City, 104 Members of the US House of Representatives sent President Obama a bipartisan letter supporting continued diplomatic engagement with Iran.
February 11, 2014
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Washington, D.C. – Representative David Price (D-NC) voted in favor of the debt ceiling bill House Republican leaders brought up for a vote in the House today. The bill suspends the debt ceiling until March 15, 2015, averting another damaging, manufactured crisis risking the full faith and credit of the United States. Rep. Price released the following statement:
February 11, 2014
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative David Price announced that his office will hold its first annual Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academic competition. Rep. Price invites all 4th District high school students to submit entries for the competition's "House App Contest."