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House committee advances bill calling on SEC to allow default e-delivery The House Financial Services Committee advanced a series of bills Wednesday aimed at revising different aspects of the SEC, including one that would direct the agency to propose rules allowing regulated entities to electronically deliver required documents to investors by default. The Improving Disclosure for… Read more »

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies visits Raleigh church alongside Rep. Wiley Nickel A Raleigh church got a surprise visit Sunday from one of the most powerful members of congress. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies (D-NY) attended Watts Chapel Missionary Baptist Church alongside Representative Wiley Nickel (D-NC). Rep. Nickel said the Minority Leader was already in town for… Read more »

Rep. Nickel Launches Carolina Hurricanes Playoff Challenge Today, U.S. Representative Wiley Nickel (NC-13) launched a Carolina Hurricanes playoff challenge ahead of the Hurricanes first round playoff series against the New York Islanders. Representative Nickel, a longtime Hurricanes fan and father of a Junior Canes player, challenged his fellow freshmen class and Problem Solvers… Read more »

EPA announces water infrastructure investment at Clayton site … Regan was joined by other federal and local leaders on the tour, including Congressman Wiley Nickel. "This is a big deal for North Carolina's 13th district and a big deal in Clayton to see federal investments in clean water," Nickel said. …   Read more »

House bill would allow investment firms to deliver documents to investors electronically A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill in the House allowing investment companies to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. The Improving Disclosure for Investors Act is sponsored by U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Bryan Steil (R-WI),… Read more »

Rep. Nickel Holds Briefing on Domestic Violence Last week, U.S. Representative Wiley Nickel (NC-13) held a domestic violence awareness and prevention briefing with actress and activist Thora Birch and advocates on Capitol Hill. Nickel and Birch were joined by U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and advocates from the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV),… Read more »

Three Reps join ‘Problem Solvers Caucus’ in US House Three freshmen U.S. Reps. have joined the Problem Solvers Caucus in Congress.  Democrats Don Davis (NC-01) and Wiley Nickel (NC-13) and Republican Chuck Edwards (NC-11) officially joined the group, which now has over 60 members of both parties. Twenty-four new members joined the caucus this term.  “I’m excited to join… Read more »

For Wiley Nickel, ‘never again,’ is a personal declaration  In one of his first floor speeches as a House member early last month, Rep. Wiley Nickel, a freshman Democrat from North Carolina, took a moment to acknowledge the victims of a deadly shooting that had recently occurred outside a Jerusalem synagogue on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The incident in late… Read more »

House Democrats push back against GOP bill to abolish IRS, impose national sales tax Three Democrats in the U.S. House introduced a measure to push back against a controversial Republican tax proposal that would abolish the IRS, eliminate income taxes and impose a national sales tax. House Republicans introduced the Fair Tax Act in January shortly after Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, was… Read more »

Rep. Wiley Nickel Holds First Town Hall As Member Of Congress APEX – Thursday night, U.S. Representative Wiley Nickel (NC-13) held his first town hall as a member of the 118th Congress at the Apex Town Hall Council Chambers. Representative Nickel answered an array of questions from the audience ranging from economic opportunity and entrepreneurship to affordable housing and lowering… Read more »