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What is Patriotism?
Sep 11, 2009
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What Is Patriotism? By Congressman Patrick McHenry According to Webster’s, patriotism is “love for and devotion to one’s country.” But that simple definition is woefully inadequate. Patriotism inspires us. It unites us. It fills our hearts with pride and optimism. And sometimes it brings us to tears...
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McHenry tackles health care, immigration
Aug 27, 2009
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MOORESVILLE - At his town hall meeting here two weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry told the hundreds of people who came but couldn't get in that he would hold another one soon. On Wednesday he made good on that promise, but only about 200 people showed up for what Mooresville Mayor Bill Thunberg c...
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Town hall meeting draws crowd, health care a big topic
Aug 20, 2009
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SHELBY - What a difference a year makes. Fourteen people in 2008 to a packed auditorium Thursday night at Cleveland Community College. U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry's yearly town hall meeting went through one relocation prior to its occurrence. But it appears it could have used at least one more. The Mi...
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Gaston residents quiz McHenry on national health care bill
Aug 19, 2009
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CHERRYVILLE - Chuck Costner doesn't think his father would be alive today if America had nationalized health care. His father, Charles Sr., had triple-bypass surgery at Gaston Memorial Hospital last August -- two days after he went to his doctor and complained of dizziness. In countries with sociali...
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Health care, jobs hot topics
Aug 19, 2009
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FOREST CITY - Health-care reform and jobs were key topics as 10th District U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry held a town hall meeting Tuesday night. The session drew a standing-room only crowd to the Cool Springs Administration Building. McHenry estimated perhaps 250 in attendance. McHenry, a Republican, fi...
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McHenry Announces Second Town Hall Meeting in Iredell County
Aug 18, 2009
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Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry announced that he will hold a second Iredell County town hall meeting on Wednesday, August 26th at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be at the Charles Mack Citizens Center in the Moore, Burlington, and Lowrance Meeting Rooms, 215 North Main Street in Mooresville, NC. The ...
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McHenry town hall crowd tame
Aug 17, 2009
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MORGANTON - It was a smaller and mostly subdued crowd that turned out at the town hall-style meeting U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry held at CoMMA on Monday night. The crowd was much smaller than those who turned out for similar meetings in Hickory and Mooresville but still larger than in year's past. Som...
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Citizens make their voices heard at town hall meeting
Aug 14, 2009
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Speaking before an audience of approximately 400 constituents Thursday night at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir, U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., touched on a range of topics, including the federal stimulus, President Barack Obama and, of course, health care reform. McHenry, who is curren...
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Location Change for McHenry’s Town Hall Meeting in Burke County
Aug 14, 2009
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Due to the larger than expected attendance at prior town halls, the office of Congressman Patrick McHenry has changed the location for the Monday, August 17th town hall meeting in Morganton. The new location will be: 6:00 p.m. The COMMA City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium 401 South College Street...
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McHenry to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Rutherford County
Aug 14, 2009
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Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry announced that he will hold a town hall meeting on Tuesday, August 18th at 6:00 p.m. in the School Board Chambers of Rutherford County Schools Offices, 382 West Main Street in Forest City. At the town hall meeting, Congressman McHenry will give an update on recent ...
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