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 [...]
The Senate began debate last week of a bill designed to protect unborn children from their twentieth week of life forward. H. 3114, the "SOUTH CAROLINA PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT", is set for priority debate, and I look forward to getting it passed this year. The opportunity to protect children, and to be, in some [...]
This year, the Senate Finance Committee attached a “bond bill” to the Capital Reserve Fund. We are mandated to appropriate a certain amount of dollars to this fund each year to be spent the following year. The Capital Reserve Fund bill prioritizes that spending. A point of order was made that it was against our [...]
I wish to inform you of my actions relative to the proposed resettlement of refugees in Spartanburg. Since Mid-March, I have been emailing Congressman Trey Gowdy’s office information regarding this issue. Congressman Gowdy has demanded answers from the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, and I applaud him for that. You can read his letter [...]
