Press Releases
September 18, 2024
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today announced that the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded five grants to counties in North Carolina’s 11th District to enhance law enforcement capabilities and promote greater trust between police and communities, a critical component to public safety and preventing crime.
September 17, 2024
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today introduced a resolution to reassert the U.S. House of Representatives’ authority over the U.S. Senate for legislation affecting taxation and appropriations under the Origination Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
September 10, 2024
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today introduced the Stop Bankrupting Our Country Act to limit annual spending increases by the U.S. federal government.
August 16, 2024
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) announced that the Department of Justice has awarded $100,000 to the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office.
August 2, 2024
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today introduced the Show Me the Science Act to require federal agencies to publish the data that they use to inform decisions behind new rules.
August 1, 2024
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made two awards to Asheville Regional Airport for AVL Forward, the airport’s landmark infrastructure project to build a new airport terminal for Western North Carolina.
July 31, 2024
On Saturday, Aug. 17, U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) will host a Military Service Academy Day for high school students in North Carolina’s 11th District.
July 30, 2024
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today introduced the Economic Opportunity for Distressed Communities Act to designate all Superfund and brownfield areas as Opportunity Zones to encourage the redevelopment and revitalization of these environmentally challenged properties.
July 23, 2024
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) issued the following statement after the U.S. House passed two bills that he introduced, the National Dam Safety Program Amendment Act and the Low-Head Dam Inventory Act, as part of H.R.8812, the Water Resources Development Act of 2024:
July 8, 2024
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards, a member of the House Appropriations State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee (NC-11), issued the following statement after his visit to the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - and Poland: