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Dear Friend, two days post-disaster and the country is showing up for us.

Dear Friend, yesterday morning around 8:30 a.m., Hurricane Helene hit our beautiful mountains with a ferocity unmatched by any storm in our district’s history.

U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today announced that the National Park Service has awarded a competitive grant of nearly $4.5 million dollars toward land acquisition on Deaverview Mountain in Buncombe County for a future public park.

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Senate bill S. 656, the Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License (VA CDL) Act, by a unanimous voice vote.

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.

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.

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.