Thread: Do-Nothing Congressman David Price-NC 4th

It's informative (and disappointing) to look at the legislation introduced by our Congressmen. This is what my Congressman has introduced in the past 2 years. I don't think this merits re-election! On top of this, he has just about the worst record on immigration issues of anyone in Congress.


1. H.CON.RES.92 : Supporting the designation, during spring 2006, of National Horticultural Therapy Week in order to improve the quality of life for all and increase opportunities for each individual positively connect with the natural world.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 3/10/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

2. H.CON.RES.306 : Encouraging The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Greece to continue negotiations to determine a mutually acceptable official name for the FYROM, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 11/17/2005) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

3. H.RES.198 : Congratulating the University of North Carolina men's basketball team for winning the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 4/6/2005) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

4. H.RES.699 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Entrepreneurship Week and encouraging the implementation of entrepreneurship education programs in elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education through the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 2/28/2006) Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 6/7/2006 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

5. H.RES.881 : Congratulating the National Hockey League Champions, the Carolina Hurricanes, on their victory in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 6/20/2006) Cosponsors (67)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 6/28/2006 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

6. H.J.RES.70 : Requiring the President to submit to Congress a plan for the withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 10/25/2005) Cosponsors (1
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/25/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

7. H.R.1579 : To amend title 3, United States Code, to extend the date provided for the meeting of electors of the President and Vice President in the States and the date provided for the joint session of Congress held for the counting of electoral votes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 4/12/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 4/12/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

8. H.R.1580 : To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the requirements for the disclosure of identifying information within authorized campaign communications which are printed, to apply certain requirements regarding the disclosure of identifying information within communications made through the Internet, to apply certain disclosure requirements to prerecorded telephone calls, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 4/12/2005) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 4/12/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

9. H.R.1801 : To establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter and remain in the field of teaching at public schools.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 4/21/2005) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 5/9/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

10. H.R.2009 : To suspend temporarily the duty on Tetraconazole.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 4/28/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/10/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

11. H.R.2010 : To reduce temporarily the duty on M-Alcohol.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 4/28/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/16/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

12. H.R.2011 : To require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 4/28/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House International Relations; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/21/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

13. H.R.2199 : To provide for compassionate payments with regard to individuals who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to the provision of a contaminated blood transfusion, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 5/5/2005) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/23/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

14. H.R.3852 : To require enhanced disclosure to consumers regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 9/21/2005) Cosponsors (2
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 10/17/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

15. H.AMDT.778 to H.R.5020 Amendment requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report on regulations governing covered contracts under the National Intelligence Program and, at the discretion of the Director of National Intelligence, the Military Intelligence Program.
Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 4/26/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 4/26/2006 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Price (NC) amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.

Kate, PRICE and WATT are the ONLY US Reps from NC with a worse record on illegal immigration than ETHERIDGE.

Cant judge Mr. Price by the bills he sponsors. Judge him by how he votes and who pays for his campaigns. He has a pocket of folk that think like him in orange and durham county. The others arent sure enough of what he stands for, but vote for him anyway because he is usually running against some big bad republican that just must be worse.

Worst part to me is that the local press wont give his opponent a forum to make it a fair campaign. Oh well, good thing most people think the press is fair. Especially when it comes to immigration.

Cant judge Mr. Price by the bills he sponsors. Judge him by how he votes and who pays for his campaigns.

I agree - the voting is the most important. But the legislation sponsored also shows initiative and priorities, or lack thereof. In Price's case, he has voted horribly on all imigration bills, including voting against HB 4437, the fence bill and most other border enforcement measures. He states that he supports the Senate 2611 amnesty bill even though he "does not support amnesty". He has largely been an obstructionist when it comes to securing our borders and taking any real productive approachs to deal with illegal immigration.

The 15 pieces of legislation he has sponsored over the past 2 years amount mostly to putting forth resolutions to congratulate one group or another - what a waste of Congressional time and our tax dollars! I just can't see paying him or other do-nothing politicians an average of $165,000 per year for such non-productive measures.

Kate -- My sarcasm isnt always obvious. I should have said you cant judge his bills because he isnt the type of personality to initiate anything. He follows party line. He even uses party slides in his town hall meetings. When he debated Acuff earlier this week (you can see the debate on Acuff's website), he read from a script that was mostly party notes. Will be interesting to see him and Acuff debate at UNC monday night (again you can see a link for info about the debate on Acuff's website).

Are these people qualified to do anything besides be a politician? I doubt it.

D.W.

Are these people qualified to do anything besides be a politician? I doubt it.

Most of them were at one time, but some have been in Congress so long that they've probably left a career far behind. Price has been in Congress 18 years.....he needs to be gone along with most incumbents. They spent about 3 months in this past year actively legislating. They do what they want, what's best for themselves, and ignore their constituents and what's best for this country. And we pay them $165K for this?

Went to the Price debate last night. He says he cant get anything done because Bush keeps him from getting anything done. Once the democrats gain control of the house he will be in a prominant position in the department of homeland security committee and will finally be able to implement his policies of amnesty and increased immigration. Havent seen a video of the debate yet, but will post when I do.

I sent Price an e-mail asking for his position on illegal immigration and gave him my thoughts on the subject. Never got an answer from him!
Vote Steve Acuff!!!

Doing nothing is what most of these politicos do best.