Gregory Francis Murphy

Republican Representative of North Carolina's 3rd district

  • Representative

    North Carolina, district 3

    January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

202-225-3415

@RepGregMurphy

gregmurphy.house.gov

3

Congresses Served

3

House Terms

March 5, 1963 (61 years old)

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  • Raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, and attended Needham B. Broughton High School.
  • Attended Davidson College as an Edward Crosland Stuart Scholar and completed medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with honors.
  • Completed residency in urology and renal transplantation at the University of Kentucky.
  • Worked as a medical missionary in Bihar, India, and Haiti.
  • Served as president of a medical practice, Chief of Staff of Vidant Medical Center, and faculty member at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.
  • Received a Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Association of Clinical Urologists in 2017 and a Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 2019.
  • Appointed to the North Carolina General Assembly in November 2015, elected in 2016 and reelected in 2018.
  • Introduced the STOP Act and the HOPE Act to address opioid misuse and drug trafficking in North Carolina.
  • Introduced legislation to improve veterans' access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy and to improve birthing standards for birth centers in North Carolina.
  • Served on several state legislative committees, including as Vice-chairman of Appropriations and Chairman of Appropriations, Health and Human Services.
  • Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a 2019 special election and reelected in 2020.
  • Serves on the Committee on Ways and Means, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Committee on House Administration.
  • Member of several caucuses, including the Doctors Caucus and the Conservative Climate Caucus.
  • Introduced the EDUCATE Act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, banning federal funds for medical schools with diversity, equity, and inclusion training.
  • Introduced the INFLUENCE Act to reduce Chinese espionage at American universities.
  • Made controversial statements about Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and in response to a tweet by Representative Ilhan Omar.
  • Criticized Davidson College for removing a requirement that its president and most trustees be Christian.
  • Supported the Texas v. Pennsylvania lawsuit contesting the 2020 presidential election results.
  • Objected to the counting of electoral votes for five swing states won by Biden during the January 6, 2021, joint session.
  • Did not vote on Trump's second impeachment due to being with his wife as she recovered from surgery.
  • Made a controversial tweet regarding rape and the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which was later deleted.