Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 10:30am

Today we remember the many innocent lives lost on this day, 11 years ago. This is a time to reflect. The terrorist attacks shook us to the core, but they also strengthened our determination.

We must never forget the brave men and women who responded on that day – the police, firefighters and emergency personnel. Nor must we ever forget the men and women in uniform overseas fighting to keep us safe here at home.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those we lost on that day. They are with the American troops overseas right now, and they are here in North Carolina – with the men and women of my community, district and state including our veterans and active member of the military.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 4:40pm

Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan is bad for North Carolina and bad for America.

On March 29, 2012, Paul Ryan, aided and abetted by my opponent, Patrick McHenry, passed a budget in the U.S. House of Representatives that betrayed every man, woman and child in North Carolina.

The Ryan/McHenry budget would have destroyed Medicare, cut agriculture by $60 billion, cut taxes for the super rich and increased the budget deficit by $3 trillion dollars. That would have hurt every person and business in North Carolina. (Republican Fiscal Year 2013 budget offered by Paul Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin. Vote on March 29, 2012)

By choosing Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney has embraced the most extreme posture of the most extreme parts of the Tea Party Republicans.

Bizarrely, Patrick McHenry even found a way to be more extreme than Ryan and his fellow Tea Party Republicans. On the same day he voted for the Ryan budget, McHenry voted for a budget that would have, among other things, raised the Social Security retirement age to 70. More than 100 of his fellow Republicans, including Paul Ryan, did not vote for this budget … but Patrick McHenry did.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 10:38am

Asheville, NC – Today the Sierra Club announced their endorsement of Rep. Patsy Keever, Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District.

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Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 3:52pm

Today the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Affordable Care Act and demonstrated how political leanings can be set aside to resolve the vital issues confronting Americans.

It is a good sign for our nation that a conservative chief justice, appointed by a Republican president, joined with more moderate members of the court to uphold the Affordable Care Act.

Congressman Patrick McHenry, and others who opposed the ACA, should now accept the ruling and join with Democrats, Moderates and Independents to adopt new federal policies that create jobs for North Carolina.

Just imagine what we could accomplish if we all stood together to create jobs by ending federal policies that export American jobs to Mexico, India and China. That’s the approach I will take in Congress. I will work with Democrats, Independents and Republicans to create jobs for the people of North Carolina.

Let me just share with you some of the benefits that Americans have already enjoyed under the Affordable Care Act:

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 3:42pm

Can you believe that Karl Rove and GOP front organizations plan to spend more than $1 billion during this year’s election to advance their extreme agenda? Just last week we saw the power of unlimited corporate cash in Wisconsin’s recall election in which the Democratic candidate for governor was outspent by a whopping 10 to 1 margin.

That’s why eleven of my fellow North Carolina state legislators and I have proposed a resolution calling on Congress to ban unlimited corporate cash in elections. However, the Republican leadership in Raleigh is ignoring our resolution and refusing to even debate it.

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Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 4:09pm

Thanks to you we won big in the primary on May 8th. Now we have a chance to expand our grassroots campaign with the help of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. We need YOU to vote for Patsy in the DCCC’s 2012 Grassroots Champion challenge.

It’s easy to vote for Patsy, just follow these quick steps:

1) Click here to go to the DCCC’s website
2) Complete the form
3) Write in “Patsy Keever (NC-10)”
4) Click “Submit Form”

It’s that easy!

Vote Today
Please Cast your vote today. The first round of voting ends at midnight on June 5th, 2012. Only the top 6 vote getters will move to the final round.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 10:23am

Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, endorsed Patsy Keever, candidate for the U.S. House in North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District.

“The House of Representatives needs more people like Patsy Keever who are willing to fight for working families and Progressive values,” said Rep. Grijalva. “She is a champion of a strong public school system and will fight for the educational investments we need to make our workforce stronger.”

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Friday, April 20, 2012 - 1:35pm

Asheville, NC – Rep. Patsy Keever, candidate for the U.S. House in North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District, has been endorsed by Democracy for America (DFA).

“Patsy has a strong record serving the people in North Carolina,” said Jim Dean, Chair of Democracy for America. "Patsy believes the best way to strengthen the economy is through job creation for North Carolina’s middle class and through providing the proper job training necessary to compete in today's job market. She's got a strong vision for her community, and I'm proud to endorse Patsy for North Carolina's 10th district.”

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 12:48pm

Today I signed a Clean Campaign Pledge, and I asked all the Democratic candidates in the race to join me. I think voters are tired of mudslinging and attack ads. While I don’t believe my opponents in this race would participate in such despicable tactics, the Clean Campaign Pledge gives all of us an opportunity to promise that we will talk about the issues.

To read the entire Clean Campaign Pledge, click here. Below is an excerpt from the pledge:

As Democratic primary candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District, we hereby agree that the people of this district deserve a positive campaign. They deserve a campaign on the issues most important to them – not one full of cheap, divisive attacks.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 3:35pm

Are you as outraged by the Republicans’ radical assault on women as I am? Then let’s do something about it!

We’ve watched in disbelief as Republican extremists in Congress have attempted to undermine our hard-won rights, voting time after time to do away with measures that protect women’s health. There are so many of these fanatical attempts that I won’t try to list them all, but here are a few of the most disgusting:

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