Press Releases
May 23, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) today re-introduced the Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act ahead of Memorial Day to authorize the relocation of a memorial honoring nine Air Force crew members, who lost their lives during a training mission, from private land to public land. Congressman Don Davis (D-NC-01) is the co-lead of this bipartisan legislation, and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is leading the Senate companion bill.
May 14, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) hosted a reception to celebrate the student participants of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition in North Carolina’s 11th District.
May 13, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today led a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to reinstate the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
April 15, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today unveiled his report detailing recommendations to fix the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and accelerate Hurricane Helene recovery, which were submitted to the White House and the FEMA task force.
April 14, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) announced the Greenville-Spartanburg National Weather Service (NWS) team as his nominee for the 2025 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.
March 27, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) introduced the Helene Small Business Recovery Act, marking the the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Helene’s landfall, to facilitate small business owners’ access to federal aid for rebuilding after Hurricane Helene.
March 27, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today hosted a roundtable in partnership with the American Flood Coalition (AFC) to hear from Western North Carolina leaders on disaster recovery efforts on the six-month anniversary since Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 27, 2024.
March 24, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today re-introduced the Economic Opportunity for Distressed Communities Act to designate all Superfund and brownfield areas as Opportunity Zones to encourage the clean-up, redevelopment, and revitalization of hazardous waste sites.
March 17, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) announced today that his office is accepting submissions for the 2025 Congressional Art Competition from high school students living in North Carolina’s 11th district.
March 11, 2025
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) will be hosting an in-person town hall on Thursday, March 13 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at A-B Tech’s Ferguson Auditorium in Asheville, NC.