Life

I am proud to report that the General Assembly took one more step toward protecting innocent life by passing a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in the cases of a definite threat to the life of the mother. The bill passed the Senate long ago, but it took the House several [...]

2016-06-08T07:28:26-04:00June 8th, 2016|Updates|2 Comments

Roads

You’ve likely heard or read by now that the Assembly passed a road funding bill this year. This is true, and it’s also true I voted against it (for two reasons). First, the bill allows the state to bond up to $2.2 billion in one-time funding, in other words; it places $2.2 billion in new debt [...]

2016-06-08T07:27:15-04:00June 8th, 2016|Updates|9 Comments

Annual Budget

Well, there is a first time for everything – I actually voted for an annual appropriations act. My opposition in the past has revolved around a refusal to prioritize our resources and apply them to the core functions of government. After finally getting the changes this year that we have been fighting for combined with [...]

2020-07-15T14:34:19-04:00May 18th, 2015|Economy, featured, Updates|7 Comments

SCDOT

The Senate Republican caucus has issued what now is the fourth proposal for fixing our roads. I do not support it, because like the other three, it raises taxes first. We just demonstrated in the Senate annual budget, that it's not necessary to raise taxes first to fund our roads, and the vote to send [...]

2015-05-18T14:21:33-04:00May 18th, 2015|General Info, Updates|9 Comments
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