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N.C. Congressmen Author Bill To Spark Competition In Textiles

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Two North Carolina congressmen are working together to push a bill that will reward ingenuity in the textile industry.  Republican Howard Coble and Democrat David Price say the act would allow companies and universities to compete for $5 million in Commerce Department grants.  Congressman Price feels innovators from North Carolina can be in that mix.

"There's a lot of work going on right now at N.C. State in the area of non-woven fibers -- fabrics that have extraordinary resilience, heat resistance, able to stop a bullet in some cases," Price said.  "Fabrics that act as solar cells.  Fabrics that mimic muscle fibers that you can use in prosthetics and on and on.  Some of it is just remarkable research."

Textile manufacturing is a $60 billion industry with 500,000 workers across the country.  The bill is being examined by a House committee.

Gurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal’s reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.
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