During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week, Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) questioned Matthew L. Lohmeier, nominee to be Under Secretary of Air Force, about aviation training capacity.

So it was bound to be explosive when ABC News reported Sunday that Qatar’s royal family would make a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet available to Trump as Air Force One, after which it would be donated to his presidential library foundation for his use after leaving office.

Freshman Republican congressman from North Carolina learned of his brother’s death while working as a staffer for Ted Budd.

The United States Senate and North Carolina Senator Ted Budd have collaborated with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to introduce a $1.4 billion dollar grant for Western NC disaster relief.

During a Senate Commerce Committee hearing last week, Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) spoke about artificial intelligence developers creating programs that are built on open-source models produced in China.

In an era of political partisanship which is marked by vitriol and name-calling, Ted Budd is a breath of fresh air. He can discuss hot-button issues without getting hot under the collar. He is respectful of people who disagree with his positions,

U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved North Carolina’s Action Plan for