United States Representative and Republican candidate for U.S. House in North Carolina's 8th district.
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ATF stopped enforcing specified NFA registration and approval requirements nationwide on October 9. Gun-rights groups welcome the policy as a constitutional victory; Everytown warns that it puts community safety at risk.
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Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
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An issue tracker recording where members of Congress and 2026 midterm candidates stand on the unauthorized Iran war, based on their votes on war-powers resolutions, campaign statements, and public remarks.
Role at the time: United States Representative, North Carolina's 8th district
Statement summary
In a PBS North Carolina interview, Rep. Mark Harris echoed the president's framing of the war as a detour that had to be taken to assure Iran would not have a nuclear weapon, saying that is it, period.
“the president has described it as a detour that we weren't necessarily looking to do, but it was a detour that had to be taken in order to assure that Iran was not going to have a nuclear weapon. I mean, that's just I mean, that's it. Period. They're not going to have a nuclear weapon full stop”
Harris endorsed the war as necessary to stop an Iranian nuclear weapon, a defense of the war.
Role at the time: U.S. Representative, North Carolina 8th district
Statement summary
Mark Harris voted Nay on H.Con.Res. 93, the House resolution directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
“On Agreeing to the Resolution: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.”
A nay vote opposed the resolution directing the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran, allowing U.S. military operations in the war to continue.
Role at the time: U.S. representative from North Carolina
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Mark Harris cosponsored the Flock-Off Act, H.R. 10221, which would bar federal funds for covered camera systems, including plate readers, subject to exceptions.
“no Federal funds may be obligated or expended, directly or indirectly, by the head of any Government agency or by any recipient or subrecipient of Federal funds (including any State, local, or Tribal government)”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Harris cosponsored a bill that would cut off federal money for covered camera systems, with border and toll exceptions. A funding bar rather than a ban on every use fits Mixed or conditional.
Role at the time: U.S. representative for North Carolina's 8th district.
Statement summary
Harris criticized Flock-style mass surveillance while supporting police access to crime-fighting tools. He favored state and local action and said Congress may need to intervene when surveillance violates Fourth Amendment rights.
“these mass surveillance tools are not something that as Americans that we want to get used to.”
Harris accepts police technology subject to constitutional limits and criticizes mass surveillance. He expresses a conditional approach to continued use rather than a categorical ban.
Role at the time: U.S. representative
Statement summary
Mark Harris signed a letter urging nationwide NFA non-enforcement to avoid unequal treatment and requesting that DOJ decline an appeal and begin rulemaking.
“Action: Signed an August 11 letter urging DOJ to apply the NFA ruling nationwide, decline an appeal and begin rulemaking.”
The reference is nationwide NFA non-enforcement. Signing a letter expressly requesting that policy supports it, even though the letter predates ATF's October announcement.
Statement dates: September 15, 2026 to September 25, 2026
Statement dates: August 11, 2026
Statement dates: September 15, 2026 to September 25, 2026
Statement dates: August 11, 2026 to September 1, 2026
Statement dates: September 1, 2026 to September 3, 2026
Statement dates: September 1, 2026 to September 3, 2026
Statement dates: August 11, 2026 to September 25, 2026
