Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Ray Warren’s Raleigh Report

The following is N.C. Rep. Ray Warren’s weekly report from Raleigh.

The Raleigh Report

From the Office of Representative Ray Warren
May 22, 2008

I hope and pray that everyone had a wonderful and safe Memorial Holiday.  This is a special holiday for me as a veteran to remember the many soldiers who so valiantly fought for our country and our freedom.

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Pittenger resigns senate seat

RALEIGH - Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor Robert Pittenger announced today that he had sent a letter to the Governor announcing he was resigning from his State Senate seat effective today. 

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Hagan hosts immigration roundtable

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate Kay Hagan (D-Guilford) today hosted a roundtable with local sheriffs to discuss illegal immigration and the 287(g) enforcement program which trains sheriffs as deputies to immigration officers.  Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler (Cumberland County), Sheriff Dick Jenkins (Nash County), Sheriff Worth Hill (Durham County), Sheriff Hubert Peterkin (Hoke County), Sheriff Mac Manning (Pitt County) and Sheriff Wayne Gay (Wilson County) joined Kay to participate in the roundtable. 

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Friday, May 23, 2008

Burr visits Hickory on tour of western North Carolina

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Richard Burr will visit Burke, Catawba, Forsyth, Haywood, McDowell, Stokes and Swain counties between May 26 and May 29, 2008.  Burr will participate in two events for Memorial Day to honor those men and women in uniform who have sacrificed for our freedoms.  Burr will also speak at several events focusing on economic development in North Carolina.  Media wishing to schedule separate interviews with Senator Burr should contact Senator Burr’s press office at (202) 228-1616.

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Presidential Candidates Stronger on Tobacco Control than Bush, Advocates Say

By SEAN MUSSENDEN
Media General News Service
Thursday, May 22, 2008

WASHINGTON-Whoever wins the White House in November, anti-tobacco advocates say, one thing is clear: The next president will be an improvement over the current one.

Over the last eight years, President Bush has often sided with tobacco companies against legislation to curb smoking, they say.

“This administration hasn’t been particularly positive on a tobacco-control agenda,” said Paul Billings, vice president of national policy advocacy for the American Lung Association.

A Friendly BBQ Or A Grilling For Vice Presidential Wannabees?

By BILLY HOUSE
Media General News Service
Thursday, May 22, 2008

WASHINGTON—Just a Memorial Day weekend barbecue?
Or an early grilling by Sen. John McCain and campaign aides of potential vice presidential running mates?

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and at least two other Republicans who have been widely mentioned as contenders to fill out the Republican ticket this fall are headed to McCain’s ranch-compound near Sedona over Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

But exactly why?

Hagan to Dole: Actions speak louder than words

Kay Hagan, Democrat U.S. Senate candidate, issued the following news release Wednesday.

GREENSBORO, NC- In honor of National Police Week, Senator Elizabeth Dole spoke on the U.S. Senate floor remembering the efforts of police officers across the country, and particularly those in North Carolina, who have lost their lives in the line of duty. In honor of Elizabeth Dole saying one thing and doing another, Hagan campaign Communications Director Colleen Flanagan issued the following statement.

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Commentary: Let’s crown Hillary president of West Virginia

This is Media General Washington Bureau chief Marcia Mercer’s column from last week on Hillary Clinton’s overwhelming victory in West Virginia.

WASHINGTON - Let’s declare Hillary Clinton the president of West Virginia and get on with life.
While Republican John McCain is out there portraying himself as an environmentalist who’ll also win the war in Iraq by the end of his first term, Democrats Clinton and Barack Obama are fighting over working men and women through a fog of retro racial politics. It’s weird.
Clinton won a landslide, 41-point primary victory in West Virginia. Nice work by a dead woman walking. Shouldn’t she get something from her long slog?
As she and her husband told the voters there repeatedly, West Virginia is a state that needs a president. Why not Hillary?

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Hagan statement on oil and gas execs on Capital Hill

GREENSBORO, NC- State Senator and U.S. Senate Nominee Kay Hagan (D-Guilford) today released the following statement regarding oil executives on Capitol Hill testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee trying to explain the high price of gasoline, even as another record high of $132 a barrel was recording earlier today.