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Here’s today’s update: New Hanover County Regional Medical Center has announced modified visitor restrictions first implemented in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak.  Beginning Tuesday, August 25, NHRMC will allow hospitalized patients to identify one person over the age of 18 who may visit the patient between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The designated person… Read more »

Here’s Monday’s COVID-19 update: As we begin a new week, here is a snapshot of the virus in the counties that make up the 7th District: Bladen County: 674 cases, 9 deaths Brunswick County: 1,358 cases, 23 deaths Columbus County: 1,040 cases, 50 deaths Duplin County: 2,060 cases, 49 deaths Johnston County: 3,618 cases, 49 deaths … Read more »

There is no secret effort to prevent the processing of mail-in or absentee ballots, or any other activity designed to disrupt the election. Read more »

Here is today’s COVID-19 update: Some important, encouraging news: the Food and Drug Administration announced it has issued an emergency use authorization for a new COVID-19 saliva test that doesn’t require invasive nasal swabs and returns results much faster – in as little as three hours in many cases.  Use of this new test could dramatically… Read more »

Here is today’s update on both the hurricane recovery process and the COVID-19 outbreak: Read more »

President Trump announced this past weekend his decision to take a series of executive actions to bring relief to American families suffering due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Read more »

Here’s an update on the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias. Read more »

First, an update on potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, presently off to the southeast of Puerto Rico, from the National Weather Service in Wilmington: Stay tuned for more information as the system’s track becomes more clear and we determine if it is likely to impact North Carolina. Here’s today’s COVID-19 update: I joined Vice President Mike Pence for a… Read more »

Here’s today’s update: I joined President Trump for a visit to Fujifilm Diosynth in Morrisville, Wake County, this afternoon.  The company is manufacturing a vaccine for biotech company Novavax, which has been awarded $1.6 billion as part of Operation Warp Speed — an initiative by the President and his administration to develop, test, produce and distribute a… Read more »

First, here are two important items taking place in Washington you should be aware of: Yesterday, President Trump and Attorney General Barr announced the expansion of Operation Legend, a sustained and coordinated effort by federal law enforcement to fight violent crime in some of America’s largest and most dangerous cities.  The effort, first launched earlier this month… Read more »