Biography
Press Office


Home   /   News / News List
  • Congressman McHenry Announces $20,087 Homeland Security Grant to Boger City Fire Department

    Nov 24, 2008  - Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry announced a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant of $20,087 to a local fire department in the Tenth Congressional District. The grant will go to the Boger City Fire Department in Lincoln County, and comes in the eleventh round of this year’s Assistance... More
  • Congressman McHenry Announces Homeland Security Grants for Two Cleveland County Fire Departments

    Nov 24, 2008  - Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry announced $53,343 in U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grants to local fire departments in Cleveland County. The grants will go to the Grover Rural Volunteer Fire Department in the amount of $31,588 and to the Number Seven Township Volunteer Fire Departme... More
  • Disaster Assistance Available to all 10 Counties in Tenth District

    Nov 10, 2008  - Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry announced that all 10 counties comprising the Tenth District have qualified for federal loan assistance stemming from the drought and excessive heat experienced in 2008. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that there were sufficient agricultur... More
  • McHenry Recognized by Manufacturers

    Oct 23, 2008  - Today, the office of Congressman Patrick McHenry announced that the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) presented the Congressman with its Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence.  NAM is the nation’s largest industrial trade association representing small and large manufacturers in... More
  • Congressman McHenry Announces Grant for Newton Police Department

    Oct 22, 2008  - Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry announced a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant in the amount of $14,000 to the City of Newton Police Department in Catawba County. The grant comes through the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP) which helps to ensure that law enfor... More
  • McHenry Announces Funding for “Smart Containers”

    Oct 22, 2008  - Congressman Patrick McHenry today announced that Granite Falls-based Mariner Container Corporation has received $1.6 million in federal funding to begin producing "Smart Containers" as part of a Department of Defense subcontract. Working closely with Mariner, Congressman McHenry made the request to ... More
  • Congressman McHenry Announces Grant for Lenoir Police Department

    Oct 21, 2008  - Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry announced a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant in the amount of $8,000 to the City of Lenoir Police Department in Caldwell County. The grant comes through the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP) which helps to ensure that law enfor... More
  • McHenry Votes to Extend Jobless Benefits

    Oct 7, 2008  - Congressman Patrick McHenry announced today that he voted to extend benefits for jobless workers.  The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (H.R. 6867) would extend benefits by an extra 7 weeks in all states and an additional 13 weeks in states like North Carolina who have unemployment rates... More
  • McHenry Votes Against Bailout

    Oct 3, 2008  - Congressman Patrick McHenry issued the following statement regarding his third vote against taxpayer-funded bailouts: “This is without question one of toughest votes I have taken in my four years in Congress.  I continue to believe that action is needed to stabilize our financial markets but t... More
  • McHenry Statement on Wall Street Bailout

    Sep 29, 2008  - Congressman Patrick McHenry issued the following statement regarding the Wall Street bailout proposal. “Over the past two weeks, my focus has been on the significant turmoil facing our financial and capital markets and the potential threat it poses to the people of Western North Carolina.  Fro... More
  District Office: P.O. Box 1830, 87 4th St. NW Suite A, Hickory, NC 28603 Telephone: 828.327.6100 Fax: 828.327.8311
DC Office: 224 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Telephone: 202.225.2576 Fax: 202.225.0316