The discussion will focus on Economic Opportunity for Rural America.
The event is free and open to the public. Butterfield is a life-long resident of eastern North Carolina.
Raised in Wilson, Congressman Butterfield spent his formative years attending Charles H. Darden High School and worked in the Civil Rights Movement as a young adult.
Butterfield serves in the Democratic leadership as Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.
He sits on the Committee on Energy & Commerce as the fifth-most senior Democrat on the Health Subcommittee.
In addition, he serves as a member of the subcommittees of Communications and Technology, and Commerce, Manufacturing, & Trade.
