Press Releases 12/10/2020
Tillis Releases Text of Bipartisan Legislation to Fight Illegal Streaming by Criminal Organizations
Text would end piracy that costs U.S. economy nearly $30 billion per year and would only apply to commercial, for-profit piracy services, not individuals
Press Releases 12/9/2020
Tillis, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill Empowering Victims of Porn Industry Exploitation to Sue Host Websites
I am proud to co-introduce this legislation with Senator Hawley that would allow the victims of these videos to sue pornographic websites for distributing and profiting from videos that are posted without consent.
Press Releases 12/9/2020
Tillis and 36 Senate Republicans File Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reaffirm Religious Liberty Still Exists in a Pandemic
36 Republican Senators recently announced they are submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s religious liberty lawsuit, Danville Christian Academy v. Beshear.
Press Releases 12/3/2020
Tillis Co-sponsored Legislation to Provide ALS Disability Insurance Sooner Passes Senate
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease affecting the ability of the brain to control muscle movements.
Press Releases 12/1/2020
VIDEO: Tillis Pushes For Additional COVID Relief
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, questioned Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on the CARES Act and the need for an additional COVID relief bill.
Press Releases 11/25/2020
Tillis Urges Pentagon to Test Servicemembers, Military Families for COVID-19
In a letter to the DOD, the two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee cite the risk of military personnel and families unknowingly contracting and spreading coronavirus, and the impact it could have on national security.
Press Releases 11/18/2020
VIDEO: Tillis Thanks Military Servicemembers and Veterans on Senate Floor
But for all veterans, for all military families, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you've done and all that you continue to do.
Press Releases 11/17/2020
Senate Passes Tillis Bill to Support Mental Health Treatment for Incarcerated Individuals
I want to thank my colleagues in the Senate for unanimously passing this bill and encouraging partnerships between law enforcement and mental health providers to address mental illness in our criminal justice system.
Press Releases 11/10/2020
Tillis, Blumenthal Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Help Veterans With Legal Claims Against VA
This bill ensures that veterans have the information they need to receive justice, whether they were treated by a VA employee or a contractor, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to get this bill signed into law.
Press Releases 10/26/2020
Tillis Speaks in Support of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation to the Supreme Court
I think Judge Amy Coney Barrett is going to go down in history as one of the great justices on the Supreme Court. It is a shame that this is a divided decision.