This is the first meeting of the [committee] that was put together, ... Truly, until we had the federal grant in place, there was really no real purpose of meeting.

This is exactly what the proposed Act is meant to redress, ... People, and the organizations they created, who claim military awards and medals that they have not earned and have not been awarded should be punished and execrated by society.

Nowhere in Hubbard's record is there any mention of him going into combat, ... Hubbard lied about the medals he received and about his career in World War Two. The 'Stolen Valor Act of 2005' is written and proposed to redress exactly the kinds of claims Hubbard made.

Even though Hubbard is dead, his business still repeats his lies, ... and in my opinion the proposed Act should also punish businesses and organizations that repeat such falsehoods. It is a gross insult to American men and women who have actually been wounded and who have actually earned the medals and awards that frauds and con-artists falsely claim.

In rural Western North Carolina, we are putting together a system that is the future of tracking patient records electronically nationwide.

They didn't want an ad up there for a competing bank, so they put up their own ads on both sides.

It's a simple concept, but a complex system.

Let's put it this way: The billboard exceeds the allowable height and area for an on-premise sign, and there are probably other issues that will keep it from being approved. We'll see what the NCC and Cooper work out, but it'll probably be disapproved if they don't come to an agreement of some kind.