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  • COBLE TO ATTEND HIS 6TH PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
    Jan 13, 2009  - It will be the sixth presidential inauguration that U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) will attend next week, but for the first time, his Capitol Hill office will not be open he has announced today.  Congressman Coble said heightened security that will be in place has convinced him to close his Rayburn H... More
  • COBLE SAYS TRINITY TO GET FEDERAL FUNDS
    Dec 23, 2008  - The Randolph County community of Trinity will be able to complete the next phase of its city-wide sewer system thanks to a federal loan that U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) announced today.  Congressman Coble said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development agency has approved a loan o... More
  • FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN DAVIDSON AND ROWAN TO RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANTS COBLE ANNOUNCES
    Dec 11, 2008  - Sixth District fire departments in Davidson and Rowan counties will be receiving federal funds to improve safety and communications programs for their firefighters, U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) announced today.  Congressman Coble said that fire squads in Thomasville, Lexington and Kannapolis will r... More
  • COBLE ANNOUNCES AID FOR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS
    Nov 26, 2008  - It will be a special Thanksgiving for several 6th District fire departments because of federal grants and loans that soon will be coming their way, U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) announced today.  Congressman Coble said that fire departments in Alamance, Guilford, Randolph and Rowan counties have bee... More
  • Tickets for the Inauguration
    Nov 12, 2008  -  There has been an overwhelming response to attend the swearing-in of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, on January 20, 2009.  Thanks to everyone who has requested tickets through our office.  Each member of the House of Representatives will receive less than 200 tickets.  We hav... More
  • COBLE VOTES FOR FINANCIAL RECOVERY BILL
    Oct 3, 2008  - Changes in the legislation, changes in the state of the economy, and even changes in the emails and phone calls coming into his office, convinced U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) to change his vote to approve the financial recovery bill approved (263-171) by the House today.  Congressman Coble, wh... More
  • COBLE VOTES NO ON FINANCIAL SECTOR RECOVERY BILL
    Sep 29, 2008  - Saying he was responding to the vast majority of his constituents who opposed the financial-sector recovery bill, U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) voted no this afternoon against the bill, which went down to defeat.  “This was a bad deal from the beginning,” Rep. Coble stated, “and while improveme... More
  • HOUSE PASSES COBLE’S ANTI-COUNTERFEITING BILL
    Sep 28, 2008  - Meeting over the weekend to debate a financial-sector recovery bill, the House also voted Sunday to approve legislation coauthored by U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) to thwart the growing threat of counterfeit goods, particularly harmful to the furniture and textile industries.  The House voted 3... More
  • COBLE CALLS FOR MORE MONITORING OF CHINESE IMPORTS
    Sep 28, 2008  - The cochairmen of the Congressional Textile Caucus have convinced more than 70 of their colleagues to join them in urging the Bush Administration to extend and expand the monitoring of textile and apparel imports from China.  U.S. Reps. Howard Coble (R-NC) and John Spratt (D-SC) have sent a let... More
  • COBLE MEETS WITH HIGH POINT POSTAL
    Sep 26, 2008  - A U.S. Postal Service employee from High Point recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to be honored for going above and beyond the call of duty.  While in the nation’s capital, David Lundy had the opportunity to visit with his congressman, U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC).     ... More