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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Local congressman's first bill passes House
HIGH POINT — Freshman Rep. Addison McDowell, R-6th District, has marked a milestone in his role as a congressman. The House of Representatives earlier this week passed McDowell's House Resolution 2351 to strengthen the U.S. Coast Guard's authority to combat drug trafficking and respond to fentanyl overdoses. The bill is McDowell's first sponsored legislation to pass on the House floor. 'Our Coast Guard is taking the fight straight to fentanyl traffickers off our coast, stopping dangerous drugs before they poison our communities,' said McDowell, who took office after winning in last November's general election. 'This bill gives them the muscle and authority they need to secure our maritime borders, prosecute traffickers hiding behind unmanned vessels, and save lives with immediate access to naloxone.' The legislation expands the Coast Guard's authority to prosecute cases involving unmanned vessels or drugs smuggled aboard without the crew's knowledge. The bill also requires naloxone and other lifesaving overdose treatments to be available wherever Coast Guard personnel serve to allow for quick response saving lives during overdoses. 'This bill gives our Coast Guard the tools they need to save lives and stop traffickers,' McDowell said.
Fox News
04-06-2025
- Business
- Fox News
GOP lawmaker vows to 'close' controversial Biden-era 'side door' on key issue
New legislation aims to set a limit on the number of immigration parolees allowed into the United States annually. The "Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act" would cap parole admissions into the U.S. at 3,000 people a year starting in fiscal year 2029. It would also "establish congressional findings" that parole for people trying to enter the country should only be conducted "case-by-case." It would also now allow those from "a country of concern" like Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria, and Russia to be given parole unless there is special permission granted by the Department of State. "Biden's open-border bureaucrats abused immigration parole to serve their free-lunch agenda—exposing the United States to one of the greatest national security vulnerabilities we've seen in years," North Carolina Republican Rep. Addison McDowell, the bill's sponsor, said in a statement on Wednesday. "When vetting procedures are ignored and the floodgates are opened, it's hard to believe it wasn't deliberate. They showed no regard for the American families left to deal with the fallout of their failed policies. My bill, the Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act, caps parole entries and closes the side door that's been exploited to bypass our borders," the Republican continued. McDowell's bill was inspired by the congressional U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations & Accountability's finding that 2.8 million individuals were given parole while former President Joe Biden was in office under the purview of former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "The systemic abuse of parole for aliens outside the United States is a threat to national security and future abuse should be prevented," the bill text states. The 2.8 million figure includes the roughly half a million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans admitted under a parole program that the Trump administration seeks to end. A recent stay by the Supreme Court indicates that they could ultimately be successful in the effort to end the CHNV parole program, as the Department of Homeland Security can deport people while the legal battle continues, DHS said in a news release. "Today's decision is a victory for the American people. The Biden Administration lied to America," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on May 30 about the Supreme Court's decision. "They allowed more than half a million poorly vetted aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members to enter the United States through these disastrous parole programs; granted them opportunities to compete for American jobs and undercut American workers; forced career civil servants to promote the programs even when fraud was identified; and then blamed Republicans in Congress for the chaos that ensued and the crime that followed," she added. The proposal comes as the House recently passed the reconciliation bill, which includes additional funding for immigration enforcement – and it's currently on the Senate side before it could hit President Donald Trump's desk.
05-05-2025
- Business
'Trust the president': Rep. Addison McDowell on possible tariff impacts
Rep. Addison McDowell, R-N.C., joined ABC News Live to discuss President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office and tariff policy. May 5, 2025
South China Morning Post
14-03-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Bill to block Chinese student visas is introduced in US Congress
Republicans in the US House of Representatives introduced a blunt and far-reaching bill on Friday that would block Chinese citizens from getting student visas, drawing backlash from Democrats in the chamber. Advertisement Representative Riley Moore of West Virginia was the original sponsor of the 'Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act', which would prevent Chinese nationals from getting any of three main types of student visas issued by the US. Cosponsors included Republican Representatives Addison McDowell of North Carolina, Andy Ogles of Tennessee, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Brandon Gill and Troy Nehls, both of Texas. The bill goes further than most previous legislation to restrict Chinese students, which have targeted narrower groups like Chinese graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and other 'STEM' fields. It would have to pass the full House and Senate, both Republican-controlled, before it could be signed into law. 'Every year we allow nearly 300,000 Chinese nationals to come to the US on student visas. We've literally invited the CCP to spy on our military, steal our intellectual property, and threaten national security,' Moore said on Friday. Advertisement 'It's time we turn off the spigot and immediately ban all student visas going to Chinese nationals.'
