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Press ReleaseRepresentative Mike Hager
House Majority Whip
House District 112
Phone Number: 919-733-5749 N.C. House of Representatives
Room 304A Raleigh, NC 27603
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: August 20, 2014
Overview of Representative Mike HagersSecond Term
RALEIGHOnAugust 20, 2014, the North Carolina General Assembly
has officially adjourned for theremainder of the year. With the
past two legislative sessions behind us, Representative Mike Hager
hasdelivered on his promises. Taking a look back at his second term
with the North Carolina House ofRepresentatives, Rep. Hager has
assisted over 100 constituent concerns, creating more jobs and
loweringthe unemployment rate for House District 112.
When Rep. Hager first filed for office in 2010 the unemployment
rate in Rutherford County was 18.7%, itis now 8.7% for the month of
June 2014. The district has also become home to new companies such
asRichelieu Legwear International Inc., Sunrise USA, Trelleborg
Coated Systems, and Team Air Inc. Withsuch companies and the
expansion of existing companies, the district has seen over 550
jobs created sinceJanuary 2013; a $36 million investment over the
next four years.
In Rep. Hagers second term, the North Carolina General Assembly
has passed legislation to advance North
Carolina. Some bills to mention include:
- Tax Reform- lowered personal and corporate income tax, making
NC more attractive for job-creation
- Voter ID- with 72% of North Carolinians support- Regulatory
Reform- will get rid of red tape that chokes off economic growth
and raises prices- Amend Various Firearms Laws- protecting the
Second Amendment rights of North Carolinians
With the legislation passed over the 2013-14 term it has spiked
North Carolina to being ranked #5 forbusiness by CNBC, has created
over 64,500 new jobs just in 2013, and just two years ago North
Carolinahad the 5thworst unemployment in the United States but now
it is under the national average.
Serving as the House Majority Whip and Chairman of the Public
Utilities and Energy House Committeehas been a great opportunity
for Rep. Hager. It truly has been an amazing experience serving the
citizensin House District 112 and working alongside fellow
legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly,said Rep. Hager.
If re-elected, I will continue to keep my promise to my
constituents to keep moving theunemployment number down and
creating more jobs in our District and in North Carolina.
Rep. Hager was the lead sponsor on eleven bills that are now
law. Those bills include: House Bill 120:Building Codes, House Bill
119: Natural Gas Rate Adjustment Mechanism, House Bill 664: Cell
TowerDeployment Act, House Bill 710: Water Utility Recovery, House
Bill 1052: Adjust The Utility RegulatoryFee and House Bill 476:
Rewrite Underground Damage Prevention Act.
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