Pat Harrigan

Christian, Husband, Girl Dad, Green Beret, West Point Grad, Business Owner, and Proudly Representing #NC10 in Congress 🇺🇸 #ncpol

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

This week's update:

🏛️ Why the House floor has stalled and why the NDAA can't wait.
🚁 New legislation to get Chinese drones out of American skies and rebuild U.S. manufacturing.
🎖️ A crackdown on fraud in the VA's overseas healthcare program.
🚔 A wanted foreign terrorist arrested in NC-10 and what it says about border security.
🏗️ Nearly $1 billion for western North Carolina's recovery from Hurricane Helene.

Watch for the full breakdown ⬇️

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

Western North Carolina has spent the last year proving what resilience looks like. Families rebuilt. Small businesses reopened. Communities came together.

This announcement of $908 million in transportation funding will help repair critical roads, bridges, and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Helene and move that recovery effort forward.

The people of Western North Carolina never quit. They deserve a government that doesn’t quit on them either.

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[Rocky Harrigan @RockyHarrigan]

Happy Birthday & Happy Father’s Day. ❤️

P, If I could give you one thing, it would be the chance to see yourself through my eyes for just a moment. It is one of the greatest pleasures of this life to have you in mine. 🥰 @PatHarriganNC @RepPatHarrigan

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

I’ve been blessed with many opportunities in life, to serve my country, build a business, and represent North Carolina in Congress. But none of them compare to being a father.

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads who show up every day, lead their families with faith and purpose, and set the example for the next generation. God bless you and your families.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

Great to spend time with conservatives from across North Carolina at the @NCGOP Convention and join a discussion with @ComfortablySmug and @simmonsncgop.

I always appreciate hearing directly from the grassroots activists, volunteers, and local leaders who are working every day to keep North Carolina strong. Thank you to everyone who came out and shared their perspective on the future of our state and country.

[Concerned Veterans for America @ConcernedVets]

As veteran representation in Congress declines, so does the firsthand experience of those who’ve answered the nation’s call to serve.

@PatHarriganNC on why America needs more veteran voices in Washington.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

Last week was a good week for our troops and a bad week for our adversaries. I got five common sense wins into this year's #FY27NDAA, from making sure our troops can fix their own gear in the field, to kicking Chinese fiber out of our defense networks, to banning foreign enemies from buying location data to track our soldiers in active war zones.

Plus some big wins back home in #NC10! It's all in the video, have a great Sunday.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

When I served as a Green Beret, I learned a simple lesson, if a piece of equipment breaks, you fix it. You don’t wait for bureaucracy, paperwork, or a contractor thousands of miles away while a mission hangs in the balance.

That’s why I fought to include Military Right to Repair in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act.

For too long, qualified servicemembers have been blocked from repairing and maintaining mission-critical equipment because of unnecessary contractor restrictions. That hurts readiness, increases costs, and puts our warfighters at a disadvantage.

My amendment changes that.

This is a major win for military readiness, a win for taxpayers, and most importantly, a win for the men and women we ask to defend this country.

I’ll continue fighting to ensure our warfighters have the tools they need to accomplish the mission and come home safely.

[Connor O'Brien @connorobrienNH]

After a lot of back and forth, Goodlander and Harrigan’s right-to-repair amendment is adopted by voice vote.

No one attempted to challenge it by seeking a roll call vote.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

Memorial Day is not about politics. It’s about remembering the Americans who gave everything so the rest of us could live free.

We honor courage. We honor duty. We honor the families who carry that sacrifice long after the battlefield goes quiet.

America remains the greatest nation on Earth because generations of brave men and women were willing to defend it at any cost. We owe them more than words. We owe them remembrance, gratitude, and a country worthy of their sacrifice.

Today, we remember and honor.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

Brave Americans have died for that flag and everything it represents.

So when an elected official, who is now running for Congress, turns their back on the Pledge of Allegiance, not once, but as a habit, I don't need to hear the explanation. The gesture says everything.

We can disagree on policy. That's the entire point of a government built from representatives of vastly different constituencies. Disagreement is healthy. Contempt for the country you were elected to serve is not.

There's a floor here, and it isn't complicated: if you hold public office in the United States, you owe the country basic respect.

That flag belongs to every American. And to every Veteran buried under one.

My colleagues on both sides of the aisle should be willing to say so plainly. Are you?

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

Sacramento Councilwoman Mai Vang turns back on flag, rejects Pledge Of Allegiance:

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

The VA's Special Monthly Compensation benefit for catastrophically disabled veterans hasn't been meaningfully increased in decades. Not adjusted for inflation. Not updated for cost of living. Just frozen, while the men and women who lost limbs, eyesight, and cognitive function serving this country watched everything around them get more expensive.

This week, I voted yes on the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act because that's not acceptable. It raises monthly compensation for our most severely disabled veterans, supports surviving families of those killed in action or who died from service-connected illness, and expands VA Home Loan eligibility to thousands of National Guard and Reserve members who've earned it. It also accomplishes these wins while not adding to our national deficit.

These aren't entitlements. They're obligations we made when those men and women raised their right hand.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

Ten issues, one week, and I want you to know exactly where I stand on all of them.

Iran, energy, veterans healthcare, North Carolina tobacco farmers, trucking safety, and $16.5 million put back in the hands of #NC10 families.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

Enjoying our Friday night at JR’s Rodeo!

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

Happy Mother’s Day to two incredible women in my life, my mom and my wife.

Today, we celebrate all the mothers across North Carolina who sacrifice every day to care for and guide their families.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

From praising the Secret Service’s incredible work at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, to sounding the alarm on what the partial government shutdown is doing to our agents, to introducing the Nuclear Rate Stabilization Act.

Here’s my full weekly update. ⬇️

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

Rocky Harrigan stopped by the Freedom Truck on the National Mall, where the mobile museums that have been traveling across the country are now carrying the story of America to our nation’s capital.

In less than a month, Rededicate 250 will bring Americans from every state to give thanks, honor 250 years of freedom, and stand together as one nation under God. @RockyHarrigan and her husband @PatHarriganNC will be there, and they invite you to join them.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

This week, Congress faced a question that cuts to the heart of what it means to be American, how do we keep this nation safe without sacrificing the very freedoms we are fighting to protect?

The debate over FISA 702 is far from over, and the stakes could not be higher.

[Pat Harrigan @PatHarriganNC]

Wishing a happy anniversary to my wife Rocky. I am a lucky man.

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

And splashdown!

America is back in the business of sending astronauts to the Moon and bringing them home safely.
Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy did an outstanding job. These talented astronauts inspired the world and represented their space agencies and nations as humanity’s ambassadors to the stars.

This was a test mission, the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion, pushing farther into the unforgiving environment of space than ever before, and it carried real risk. They accepted that risk for all we stood to learn and for the exciting missions that follow, as we return to the lunar surface, build a Moon base, and prepare for what comes next.

And they were not alone. The entire NASA workforce, our commercial and international partners, and the hopes and dreams of people all over the world were with them. The astronauts know it, and you should too. This mission would not have been possible without you.

Congratulations. Artemis II, mission accomplished.