Laurie Buckhout for Congress

06/09/2026

A record Blue Marlin at Big Rock was just caught, weighing in at nearly 920 POUNDS!!

Congratulations to the Marlin Fever crew!

06/09/2026

I appreciated the opportunity to join the Tyrrell County Fire Department Board yesterday to discuss funding, budgets, and the critical equipment needs of our first responders.

The challenges facing this community didn’t appear overnight. After 143 years, local families, businesses, and first responders are still fighting for the resources and attention they deserve, and this community can’t afford another term of being overlooked.

06/09/2026

Looking forward to speaking at the NC GOP convention this weekend and spending time with patriots who are putting in the work to elect Republicans up and down the ballot! 🇺🇸

CONFIRMED SPEAKER 🚨🇺🇸

We are excited to announce US House District 1 Candidate, Laurie Buckhout, as a confirmed guest for the 2026 NCGOP State Convention

06/09/2026

We had a GREAT time at the Big Rock today! Originating in 1957, the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, based in Morehead City, is one of the oldest and largest sportfishing events in the United States. It's the "Super Bowl" of blue marlin fishing, and the Big Rock tournament has donated millions to charity over the years.

Local boat Savanna Leigh currently leads with a 439.2-pound blue marlin, and Ocracoke's Free Ranger sits in second place with a 436.2-pounder. It was a thrill to watch the boats come in and weigh the catch, and we ended the day with shrimpburgers at El's! 🦐

06/08/2026

When I had the chance to tour the Raleigh facility of Extivita Healthcare last week, I knew it would be an emotional and eye-opening experience. Every day, 44 veterans lose their battle with PTSD. Through the HBOT4Heroes program, Extivita is providing life-changing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and PTSD, giving them a second chance at life. What they are doing is extraordinary, and it is exactly the kind of innovative veteran care I will fight to support in Congress.

As a third-generation Army combat veteran, this mission is deeply personal. I have served alongside men and women who sacrificed everything for our country. Some died on the battlefield. Others were taken by the long-term effects of Agent Orange, burn pits, or the invisible wounds of war.

My grandfather served as an infantryman in World War II during the bloodiest campaign in American history. Like so many of his generation, he returned home carrying the burden of undiagnosed PTSD. I held my father’s hand as he died from cancer linked to Agent Orange exposure. My mother, an Army combat nurse, taught me about “battle fatigue” and combat trauma years before most Americans understood those realities. Later, I experienced war myself and watched fellow soldiers struggle with the lasting scars it leaves behind. I have lost friends and soldiers to PTSD and combat-related illnesses, and the pain of those losses never fades.

I was also deeply honored to meet one of my personal heroes, Major James Capers Jr. (retired USMC), who was undergoing treatment himself. Major Capers served in Vietnam and went from a sharecropper's son in South Carolina to becoming the first African-American Marine to receive a battlefield commission in a special forces unit. There are times you can only discuss your journey with someone else who has walked the road, and we connected deeply. As we finished talking, he surprised me with a signed copy of his memoir, Faith Through the Storm, which covers his journey through racism, combat, secret missions with Team Broadminded, the challenges of PTSD, and his unwavering faith.

I left Extivita inspired by the work being done there and more determined than ever to fight for those who have worn our nation's uniform. Our wounded warriors kept their promise to America. We must keep ours to them.

As your Congresswoman, veterans will always have a tireless advocate in me, and I will never stop fighting to ensure they have access to the care, treatment, and support they have earned through their service and sacrifice.

06/06/2026

“The eyes of the world are upon you.”

Eighty-two years later, we still remember the heroes who answered that call and carried the cause of freedom onto the shores of Normandy.

06/05/2026

These are the kinds of criminals who were allowed to enter and remain in our country because of the failed open-border policies championed by Don Davis and his radical Democrat friends.

Eastern North Carolina families deserve safe neighborhoods and secure communities.

Now law enforcement is doing the work to remove dangerous criminals and fixing the mess that Don Davis and Joe Biden created.

I will work to keep our border secure, enforce our laws, and put the safety of North Carolina families first.

https://www.dhs.gov/wow?combine=&field_country_of_origin_target_id=All&field_state_value=North+Carolina

06/04/2026

Proud to attend the AV-8B Harrier Sundown Ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point today as MCAS honored the aircraft and teams who have protected our freedom for so long.

I am committed to expanding our support for the active duty, retired, civilians and contractors who make up the MCAS Cherry Point family, and ensuring the Marines at the tip of freedom's spear are always ready to fight and win.

06/03/2026

Amazing day in Hyde and Beaufort Counties today, stopping in Swan Quarter to see Richard Newman and Chris' Grocery Store, and then joining local leaders for lunch at Fish Hooks Cafe in Belhaven.

Small, family-run businesses are the heart and soul of Eastern NC - I will consider it my duty to help them thrive.

06/03/2026

CANES!