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Issue record

Farms, fishing and rural communities

In short

Davis's campaign backs rural hospitals, family farms and high-speed internet. Buckhout's campaign would cut rules on farmers, fishermen and the seafood industry; Bailey's lists no position on the pages checked. On the record, Davis's rural hospital bill sits in committee, and his farm transitions text passed the House inside a farm bill that is not law. Spending laws for 2024 and 2026 fund 29 local projects he requested, about $25.8 million.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Don Davis

Would support rural hospitals and family farms and expand reliable high-speed internet.

Laurie Buckhout

Would cut regulations on farmers, fishermen and the seafood industry.

Tom Bailey

No position found. Searched his 2026 Ballotpedia survey answers; he has no campaign website (the one on his 2018 FEC filing does not load). His campaign Facebook page loads only up to a login wall; the public posts reached do not cover this.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Don Davis: Matches stated direction

    He introduced bills on rural emergency hospital pay and farm transitions; the hospital bill sits in committee and the farm text passed the House in the farm bill.

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    His campaign says he is working to support rural hospitals and strengthen family farms. In July 2025 he introduced a bill, with Republican Jack Bergman, to have Medicaid pay rural emergency hospitals as outpatient hospitals; it has not left committee. In December 2025 he introduced the Farm Transitions Act, with Republican Zach Nunn, to restart a federal commission on passing farms to the next generation. That bill sits in subcommittee, but its text passed the House on April 30, 2026 as section 12401 of the farm bill, which he voted for. The farm bill awaits the Senate. Limit: The hospital bill shows intent, not a result, and the farm bill is not law. The broadband part was not tested.

  2. official action

    Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

    Lists name him as requester of 14 fiscal 2026 projects, about $12.6 million, and 15 fiscal 2024 projects, about $13.1 million, including water/sewer work. Sole credit is not shown.

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    His campaign says he has helped secure millions in infrastructure investments for eastern North Carolina. The fiscal 2026 spending laws fund 14 local projects that name him as the requesting House member, $12.6 million in all. The House Appropriations Committee's tables for the final fiscal 2024 bills list 15 more, $13.1 million. There are none for 2025; that year's funding law said the 2024 earmark lists had no legal effect on its money. The projects include sewer, water and wastewater work in Nashville, Pasquotank County, Garysburg, Sharpsburg, Tarboro and Hertford County, street and road repairs in Grimesland and Williamston, and an emergency communications tower in Henderson. Limit: Being the requesting member shows he asked for the money, not that he won it alone. Some of these projects, such as police equipment, fire trucks and community centers, are not roads or pipes.

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Sources23 source records

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  1. Eastern North Carolina Firsthttps://www.votedondavis.com/delivering-new-page

    Don Davis for NC · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His six priority sections: cost of living, jobs, education, rural infrastructure, military and veterans, and a practical approach. The text sits in collapsed panels on the page.

    candidate statement

    For: Don Davis: campaign position; Don Davis: Matches stated direction; Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  2. Issueshttps://www.lauriebuckhoutforcongress.com/issues

    Laurie Buckhout for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Eight sections: economy, border, farmers and fishermen, the Second Amendment, the military, veterans, technology and AI, digital assets. One sentence about Democrats in general is not checked.

    candidate statement

    For: Laurie Buckhout: campaign position

  3. Tom Bailey (North Carolina)https://ballotpedia.org/Tom_Bailey_(North_Carolina)

    Ballotpedia · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Carries his own answers to Ballotpedia's 2026 candidate survey, submitted February 15, 2026. Lists a campaign Facebook page (tombaileyforushouse) and no campaign website. Used only for his own words. The Facebook page loads only up to a login wall.

    candidate statement

    For: Tom Bailey: campaign position

  4. COMMITTEE TO ELECT TOM BAILEY (C00686212)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00686212/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Bailey's only FEC committee. It filed for the 2018 cycle and lists tombaileyushousenc.com, which did not resolve on October 1, 2026.

    fec filing

    For: Tom Bailey: campaign position

  5. H.R. 4277 (119th), Rural Emergency Hospital Financial Stability Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4277

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced July 2, 2025 by Davis with Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) as original cosponsor. Referred to committee; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction

  6. H.R. 4277, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr4277ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Would treat rural emergency hospitals as outpatient hospitals for Medicaid payment.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction

  7. H.R. 6385 (119th), Farm Transitions Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6385

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced December 3, 2025 by Davis with Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) as original cosponsor. In subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction

  8. H.R. 6385, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr6385ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Would reauthorize the Commission on Farm Transitions-Needs for 2050, which studies how farms pass to the next generation.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction

  9. H.R. 7567 (119th), Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The House farm bill. Passed the House 224-200 on April 30, 2026 (Roll Call 154); received in the Senate May 19, 2026; not law. Congress.gov lists H.R. 6385 as a related bill.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction

  10. H.R. 7567, engrossed in Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr7567eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 12401, Commission on Farm Transitions--Needs for 2050, makes the same amendments to section 12609 of the 2018 farm law as H.R. 6385 section 2, clause for clause. It differs in the Act named, a 2031 end date instead of 2029, and one added advisory-committee clause. Section 6302 is titled Promoting Precision Agriculture, the name of Davis's H.R. 1985.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction

  11. Roll Call 154, H.R. 7567, April 30, 2026 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage, 224-200. Davis: Yea, one of 14 Democrats voting Yea. The Clerk's file returned HTTP 403 to the desk's script on October 1, 2026; the vote was read from Congress.gov's house-vote record of the same roll call (119th Congress, session 2, vote 154).

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction

  12. Fiscal 2024 community project fundinghttps://appropriations.house.gov/fiscal-year-2024-community-project-funding

    House Appropriations Committee · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    The committee's page of tables for projects included in the final fiscal 2024 bills, one for each subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  13. Fiscal 2024 Agriculture community project funding, final table (document)

    House Appropriations Committee · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Four projects list Davis (NC) as House requester: Lincoln Heights community center ($950,000), Spaulding Family Resource Center ($1,000,000), Roper Fire Department ($720,000) and Robersonville water meters ($1,000,000).

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  14. Fiscal 2024 Commerce-Justice-Science community project funding, final table (updated March 6, 2024) (document)

    House Appropriations Committee · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Five police and detention projects list Davis (NC): Greenville, Halifax County, Elizabeth City, Ayden and Plymouth, $3,353,000 in all.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  15. Fiscal 2024 Interior-Environment community project funding, final table (updated March 6, 2024) (document)

    House Appropriations Committee · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Two EPA water projects list Davis (NC): Nashville sewer extension and Pasquotank County water plant, $959,752 each.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  16. Fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD community project funding, final table (updated March 6, 2024) (document)

    House Appropriations Committee · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Four projects list Davis (NC): Grimesland street repaving ($1,116,279), Henderson emergency communications tower ($2,175,000), Elizabeth City shipyard purchase ($400,000) and Columbia boardwalk repairs ($500,000).

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  17. Public Law 119-4, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ4

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 15, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Division A, section 1111: earmark language for fiscal 2024 has no legal effect on the funds this division appropriates.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  18. Public Law 119-37, continuing and full-year appropriations for fiscal 2026https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ37/PLAW-119publ37.htm

    Congress.gov · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Enacted from H.R. 5371 on November 12, 2025. Section 4 points to the explanatory statement printed in the Senate section of the Congressional Record on or about November 9, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  19. Congressional Record, November 9, 2025: explanatory statement for the 2026 Agriculture act (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 9, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Statement for Division B of the bill that became Public Law 119-37. Seven rural community facility projects list Davis (NC), $7,030,000 in all (pages S8063-S8064).

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  20. Public Law 119-74, consolidated appropriations for fiscal 2026https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ74/PLAW-119publ74.htm

    Congress.gov · Published Jan 23, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Enacted from H.R. 6938 on January 23, 2026. Section 4 points to the explanatory statement printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 7, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  21. Congressional Record, January 8, 2026: explanatory statement for the 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science and Interior acts (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Enacted as Public Law 119-74. Two Justice Department projects (Ahoskie and Hertford County, $992,000) and four EPA water and sewer projects (Garysburg, Sharpsburg, Tarboro, Hertford County, $1,092,000 each) list Davis (NC).

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  22. Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ75

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 3, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted from H.R. 7148 on February 3, 2026. Sections 6223, 6224 and 6701 carry the titles and most of the text of H.R. 4317 sections 2, 3 and 4 (about four in five of its ten-word runs appear in the law).

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim

  23. Congressional Record, January 22, 2026: explanatory statement for the 2026 Transportation-HUD act (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Enacted in Public Law 119-75. One project lists Davis (NC): Williamston road repair, $250,000 (page H1840).

    official legislative record

    For: Don Davis: Matches stated record claim