{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where state = \"SC\" and year = 2013 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221052521/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364981", "MEDIA ADVISORY: Wilson to Unveil Legislative Agenda for 2014", "2013-12-20", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) will hold five press conferences on Friday, January 3rd, across South Carolina\u2019s Second Congressional District to unveil his legislative priorities for 2014:  \n2014 Legislative Agenda Press Conferences\nFriday, January 3, 2013\n8:45AM*\nAiken\nNewberry Hall \u2013 117 Newberry Street\n\u00a0\n10:00AM\nNorth Augusta\nNorth Augusta Chamber of Commerce \u2013 406 West Avenue\n\u00a0\n12:00PM\nBarnwell\nBarnwell County Library \u2013 40 Burr Street\n\u00a0\n2:00PM\nColumbia\nColumbia Chamber of Commerce, Richland Northeast Location\n110-2 Forum Drive, Village of Sandhills\n\u00a0\n3:30PM\nLexington\nLexington Chamber of Commerce \u2013 311 West Main Street\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n*Congressman Wilson\u2019s press conference will take place immediately following the conclusion of First Friday hosted by the Aiken Chamber of Commerce.\u00a0 Media is invited to attend both events.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://rice.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-rice-cosponsors-bill-to-protect-military-retiree-benefits", "Congressman Rice Cosponsors Bill to Protect Military Retiree Benefits", "2013-12-19", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tom Rice", "R000597", "rice.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Congressman Tom Rice (SC-07) today cosponsored legislation that would replace the budget plan\u2019s reductions to military retiree benefits by closing a commonly-abused loophole in the tax code.\u00a0 H.R. 3788, introduced by Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8), could still achieve the $6 billion in savings accomplished in the budget plan. \u00a0\r\n\u201cThe government made a contract with our veterans and it must honor this contact,\u201d said Congressman Rice.\u00a0 \u201cOur military retirees and their families have sacrificed so much for our country; the government should not sacrifice their promised benefit for the sake of savings. I am proud to cosponsor this bill because it closes an egregious loophole in our tax system.\u00a0 We must continue to look for additional ways to curb government spending, but not at the expense of our veterans.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221034837/http://gowdy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364870", "Members Call for DOJ Investigation of National Intelligence Director Clapper for Lying to Congress", "2013-12-19", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Trey Gowdy", "G000566", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS CALL FOR DOJ INVESTIGATION OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR CLAPPER FOR LYING TO CONGRESS\u00a0\nWASHINGTON. D.C. \u2013 Today, Representatives Darrell Issa (CA-49), Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-5), Trent Franks (AZ-08), Blake Farenthold (TX-27), Trey Gowdy (SC-04), Raul Labrador (ID-01) and Ted Poe (TX-02) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. urging an investigation of the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, for lying to Congress while testifying before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in March of 2013.\u00a0\n\u201cDirector Clapper\u2019s willful lie under oath fuels the unhealthy cynicism and distrust that citizens feel toward their government and undermines Congress\u2019s ability to perform its Constitutional function,\u201d the Members write in their letter to Holder. \u201cThere are differences of opinion about the propriety of the NSA\u2019s data collection programs.\u00a0 There can be no disagreement, however, on the basic premise that congressional witnesses must answer truthfully.\u201d\n\u201cCongressional oversight depends on truthful testimony\u2014witnesses cannot be allowed to lie to Congress.\u00a0 Accordingly, we request you investigate Director of National Intelligence James Clapper\u2019s \u2018erroneous\u2019 statements to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence earlier this year.\u201d\u00a0\nAt a March 12, 2013 Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing, Director Clapper was asked if, \u201cthe NSA collected any type of data at all on millions of hundreds of millions of Americans\u201d to which he responded with, \u201cNo, Sir.\u201d\u00a0 Four months later, in June 2013, after the Snowden leaks publicly exposed Clapper\u2019s testimony as false, Clapper finally retracted his remarks and wrote, \u201cMy response was clearly erroneous, for which I apologize.\u201d\u00a0\nTo read the text of the letter, please click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221052039/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364920", "Wilson Cosponsors Bill Protect Military Benefits", "2013-12-19", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after signing on as an original cosponsor to the H.R. 3788, legislation that removes the adjustments to military retirement benefits included in the bipartisan budget agreement. Funding for this measure would be found by closing a loophole found in the Child Tax Credit.\u00a0\n\u201cBy supporting last week\u2019s bipartisan budget agreement, I chose the lesser of two evils,\u201d Congressman Joe Wilson said. \u201cWithout the passage of this bill, our military would be subject to additional sequester cuts.\u00a0 Hollowing out our military and failing to adequately provide for our brave men and women serving to keep us safe is not in the best interest of American families.\n\u201cWe must honor our commitments previously made to those who risked their lives to defend our freedoms. I am very pleased that my colleagues and I have joined Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-08) in attempting to reform our tax code to ensure accountability. Fraud and abuse run rampant within our federal government and it must be stopped. Our veterans should not be forced to suffer due to Washington's fiscal irresponsibility.\u201d\n*Congressman Wilson also signed on as an original cosponsor to two additional bills addressing this very same issue.\u00a0\n*On December 12, 2013, the House of Representatives voted to approve H.J. Res. 59, the \u201cBipartisan Budget Act of 2013\u201d, by a vote of 332 to 94.\u00a0 This resolution, negotiated by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-01) and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (WA), establishes a Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) budget and the Senate subsequently voted to approve the measure on December 18, 2013 by a vote of 64 to 36. Included in Section 403 of this resolution is a provision, which makes a change to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for military retired pay and retainer pay for retired members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62.\u00a0 Each fiscal year, the COLA is based upon the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the previous fiscal year.\u00a0 Under this recently passed agreement, members and all former members of the military under 62 years of age will receive an annual COLA equal to inflation (CPI) minus one percent.\u00a0 Once an individual reaches the age of 62, their retired pay will return to the full adjustment equal to the CPI and will continue to receive a full COLA from then on.\u00a0 This provision does not alter the COLA for disability compensation or health care benefits for disabled veterans and does not affect military retirement base pay, which is determined by rank and years of service.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221053252/http://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=51d452e4-0764-631e-a456-5bf32859902d", "Graham Votes Against Budget Deal", "2013-12-18", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Graham Press Releases  \nContact: Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972 or Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417  \nDate: 12/18/2013 Graham Votes Against Budget Deal \n Passes Senate 64-36 and will now go to President Obama   \nWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) voted against the budget deal because it cuts retirement benefits for current and future military retirees.  The legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 64-36 and will now go to President Obama.\n\n\"I find it ironic that a few years ago the Senate was forced to stay in Washington and vote on Obamacare on Christmas Eve,\" said Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.  \"Yet now we won't stay a few extra days to fix this injustice to our military retirees.\"\n\n\n\"President Obama, above everyone else, has the responsibility as Commander in Chief to take care of those who honorably serve our nation in uniform,\" said Graham.  \"He should not sign this severely flawed legislation into law.  Instead, he should show leadership and send Congress back to work to fix this problem.\"\n\n\nGraham noted while the budget agreement includes cuts to retirement benefits for current and future military retirees, all current civilian federal employees are protected from an increase in the contribution rate for the Federal Employees Retirement System - the increase would only apply to new federal employees hired after January 1, 2014.  \n\n\nGraham said it was unacceptable to ask our men and women in uniform - including those who are currently serving - to take a disproportionate cut in retirement benefits.  \n\n\nThe Pentagon confirmed yesterday that the provision also would cut retirement benefits of service members forced to retire due to medical reasons-including injuries in combat. \n\n\n\"If budgets and legislation reflect our nation's priorities, what would it say about us if we pass a bill that turns to our veterans and says \"thank you for deploying to war and enduring the hardships of military life-but we are going to need you to sacrifice again and give back $72,000 of the retirement you have earned,\" concluded Graham.  \n\n\n#####\n\n  \n  \n        \n            \n            You will need to have Real One Player installed on your computer to be able to listen or watch the clips above. Real One Player is free software that lets you play audio and video files. Download Real One Player", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://rice.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-rice-invites-constituents-to-town-hall-meetings-tomorrow", "Congressman Rice Invites Constituents to Town Hall Meetings Tomorrow", "2013-12-17", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tom Rice", "R000597", "rice.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Tom Rice (SC-07) today invited constituents to two town meetings on Wednesday, December 18.\u00a0 The purpose of these meetings is to recap the first session of the 113th Congress and discuss priorities for the second session.\u00a0\r\nAynor Town Hall Meeting\r\nDate: Wednesday, December 18th\r\nTime: 10:30-11:30 AM\r\nLocation: Aynor Town Hall\r\n600 S Main Street, Aynor, SC\r\n\u00a0\r\nLoris Town Hall Meeting\r\nDate: Wednesday, December 18th\r\nTime: 1:00- 2:00 PM\r\nLocation: Loris Public Safety Building\r\n3909 Walnut Street, Loris, SC\r\n\u00a0\r\nBoth meetings are free and open to the public. For more information, please call my Grand Strand Regional Office at 843-445-6459.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221030017/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-tim-scott-negotiations-encouraging-unable-support-budget-proposal", "Senator Tim Scott: Negotiations Encouraging, but Unable to Support Budget Proposal", "2013-12-17", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Tim Scott: Negotiations Encouraging, but Unable to Support Budget Proposal \nContact: 202-224-2718\n\u00a0\nWashington, DC \u2013\u00a0United States Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) made the following statement about his vote on the proposed budget agreement:\n\u201cI have long said that Washington\u2019s method of budgeting from crisis to crisis is no way to run a business, much less the federal government. That kind of short-term, band-aid budgeting was at the root of October\u2019s government shutdown and it certainly isn\u2019t the best way for Congress to responsibly manage taxpayer dollars.\n\u201cThat\u2019s why I was encouraged that Republicans and Democrats were able to sit down and negotiate a long-term budget agreement that actually makes tough choices. A two-year plan provides predictability during uncertain times, but the details of how we get there are just as important.\n\u201cThis proposal asks too much from the men and women of our military, who would be forced to sacrifice thousands of dollars from their retirement funds. One estimate says that a 42-year old retiring as an enlisted E-7 could lose over $70,000 and a 42-year old retiring at the rank of Lt. Colonel would lose nearly $110,000. These heroes defend our freedom day after day and we shouldn\u2019t ask them to sacrifice even more.\n\u201cI\u2019m also skeptical about the way this plan structures new spending and savings. We will see two years of new spending up front offset by savings spread over a decade. That makes it all too easy for Congress to undo those measures a few years down the road after the new spending is already out the door. Without any guarantee that those savings will actually materialize, the price tag for this proposal can easily increase.\n\u201cI\u2019m encouraged by the willingness we\u2019ve seen from both sides to sit down and negotiate a budget agreement for the first time in years, but the details of this plan make me unable to support it.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221055151/http://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=0dc074bc-f238-80c4-0e12-2b1ec78320e6", "Graham, Ayotte, Wicker Urge Colleagues to Protect Military Retirees from Disproportionate Cuts", "2013-12-17", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Graham Press Releases  \nContact: Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972  \nDate: 12/17/2013 Graham, Ayotte, Wicker Urge Colleagues to Protect Military Retirees from Disproportionate Cuts \n  \nWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Roger Wicker (R-MS), members of the Senate Armed Services and Budget Committees, today urged their Senate colleagues to find alternative savings to replace a provision in the budget agreement that cuts retirement benefits for current and future military retirees by approximately $6 billion. \n\nIn a letter sent today to all Senators, Graham, Ayotte, and Wicker urged Republican and Democratic colleagues to work together to identify a $6.3 billion offset to replace the troubling provision - adding that they were prepared to support the budget agreement if the provision is replaced with acceptable alternative savings. \n\n\n\"While we appreciate the hard work of Chairman Ryan and Chairman Murray, as it is currently written, we cannot support the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 due to the legislation's provision that disproportionately and unfairly targets those who have put their lives on the line to defend our country,\" they wrote. \"Although the legislation is far from perfect and does not address the long-term drivers of our debt, if the \u2018pay for' is changed, we are prepared to support it to provide budgetary certainty and sequestration relief for our nation's critical defense programs.\" \n\n\nWhile the budget agreement includes cuts to retirement benefits for current and future military retirees, all current civilian federal employees are protected from an increase in the contribution rate for the Federal Employees Retirement System - the increase would only apply to new federal employees hired after January 1, 2014. The Senators said it was unacceptable to ask our men and women in uniform - including those who are currently serving - to take a disproportionate cut in retirement benefits.   \nOn Wednesday, the Military Coalition-which represents more than 5.5 million current and former service members and their families and survivors-expressed strong opposition to the budget agreement, saying that it \"seeks to penalize current and future military members who have served our nation for over twenty years.\" The Coalition is comprised of more than 30 military and veterans groups, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Military Officers Association of America, and the National Guard Association of the United States. \n\n\nGRAHAM-AYOTTE-WICKER LETTER TO SENATE COLLEAGUES: \n\n\nDear Colleagues, \n\n\nAs members of the Senate Armed Services and Budget Committees, we are eager to support a budget deal that provides much-needed fiscal certainty, offers sequestration relief, and restores military readiness. While we appreciate the hard work of Chairman Ryan and Chairman Murray, as it is currently written, we cannot support the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 due to the legislation's provision that disproportionately and unfairly targets those who have put their lives on the line to defend our country. Although the legislation is far from perfect and does not address the long-term drivers of our debt, if the \u2018pay for' is changed, we are prepared to support it to provide budgetary certainty and sequestration relief for our nation's critical defense programs. \n\n\nAs you know, in order to achieve approximately $6.3 billion in savings, the legislation currently includes a provision that requires a one percent reduction in cost of living benefits for many military retirees under age 62. As a matter of principle, we do not believe it is right to ask our veterans to sacrifice again for our country when we have not had the courage to address the primary long-term drivers of our debt. To cite one example, under this provision, a 42 year old Sergeant First Class retiree-who has served our country for two decades and most likely deployed multiple times to war-would lose approximately $72,000. \n\n\nUnder the proposal, the contribution rate for the Federal Employees Retirement System for new federal employees hired after January 1, 2014, is increased, but all current federal employees are grandfathered and protected from the increase in contributions. Unfortunately, our current and future military retirees were not provided with similar protections that current civilian federal employees are receiving under this act. \n\n\nIf budgets and legislation reflect our nation's priorities, what would it say about us if we pass a bill that turns to our veterans and says \"thank you for deploying to war and enduring the hardships of military life-but we are going to need you to sacrifice again and give back $72,000 of the retirement you have earned.\" \n\n\nThat is unacceptable and we cannot support legislation that sends such a message to our current military retirees and future retirees currently protecting our country and serving in harm's way in Afghanistan and around the world. \n\n\nWe stand ready to work expeditiously with our colleagues in a bipartisan manner to identify an alternative $6.3 billion offset to replace this troubling provision. \n\n\n### \n\n  \n  \n        \n            \n            You will need to have Real One Player installed on your computer to be able to listen or watch the clips above. Real One Player is free software that lets you play audio and video files. Download Real One Player", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-tim-scott-negotiations-encouraging-but-unable-to-support-budget-proposal", "Senator Tim Scott: Negotiations Encouraging, but Unable to Support Budget Proposal", "2013-12-17", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tuesday | December 17, 2013\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott: Negotiations Encouraging, but Unable to Support Budget Proposal \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott: Negotiations Encouraging, but Unable to Support Budget Proposal \r\nContact: 202-224-2718\r\nWashington, DC -United States Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) made the following statement about his vote on the proposed budget agreement:\r\n\"I have long said that Washington's method of budgeting from crisis to crisis is no way to run a business, much less the federal government. That kind of short-term, band-aid budgeting was at the root of October's government shutdown and it certainly isn't the best way for Congress to responsibly manage taxpayer dollars.\r\n\"That's why I was encouraged that Republicans and Democrats were able to sit down and negotiate a long-term budget agreement that actually makes tough choices. A two-year plan provides predictability during uncertain times, but the details of how we get there are just as important.\r\n\"This proposal asks too much from the men and women of our military, who would be forced to sacrifice thousands of dollars from their retirement funds. One estimate says that a 42-year old retiring as an enlisted E-7 could lose over $70,000 and a 42-year old retiring at the rank of Lt. Colonel would lose nearly $110,000. These heroes defend our freedom day after day and we shouldn't ask them to sacrifice even more.\r\n\"I'm also skeptical about the way this plan structures new spending and savings. We will see two years of new spending up front offset by savings spread over a decade. That makes it all too easy for Congress to undo those measures a few years down the road after the new spending is already out the door. Without any guarantee that those savings will actually materialize, the price tag for this proposal can easily increase.\r\n\"I'm encouraged by the willingness we've seen from both sides to sit down and negotiate a budget agreement for the first time in years, but the details of this plan make me unable to support it.\"\r\n###\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/newsletters/budget-deal", "Budget Deal", "2013-12-14", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Why is it that spending always seems to win in any government? Jefferson warned two hundred years ago that the normal course of things was for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield, and unfortunately yesterday\u2019s Ryan-Murray budget deal was another data point in support of our third President\u2019s hypothesis. I voted against the deal because it\u00a0raised spending while shattering Washington\u2019s only current platform for financial constraint.\nThis is not to say that its authors\u00a0weren't\u00a0trying to fix a problem, they were and I applaud them. They\u00a0even had some\u00a0steps toward reining in spending that suggested important bipartisan compromise. It is just that their fix will prove most expensive for us as taxpayers.\nLeaving spending aside for one moment, I have been struck since returning to Congress, after a 13 year absence, with the disappearance of the budget process in our nation\u2019s Capitol. What were once yearly debates on each of the 12 categories of government spending, have now devolved to the point that the operations of our government are run on automatic pilot. In Washington they are called \u201cContinuing Resolutions\u201d and they simply fund the portions of government under Congress\u2019s yearly oversight as they were funded the year before. It\u2019s bad for the taxpayer and disastrous for the aspects of government that we fund because it neither rewards, nor penalizes, the parts of government that do and don\u2019t work.\nThe question we had to ask in this debate was should a return to the correct budget process in Washington cost $63 billion? More precisely the question is should we spend $63 billion for the promise of going back to that process for the guarantee of just a year, or if we were lucky 24 months?\nEven if we got a return to the normal budget process in Washington, the bill still had glaring deficiencies in raising spending and adding yet a bit more in taxes.\nOn spending it did what Washington always does, increase it now and promise to pay it back later. So the $63 billion of new spending comes overwhelmingly in the first year, and the promise to repay comes overwhelmingly after ten years. It means the deficit would go up by $41 billion in just the next 24 months. Even more frightening was that minutes after we took the vote, the deal began to prove anything but binding. We won\u2019t have to wait for ten years to see if Congress will abide by the new spending limits; they were broken within ten minutes! It\u2019s ridiculously hard to believe, but literally the next vote we took after the budget deal was the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. It overwhelmingly passed and authorized spending levels for defense at $31.6 billion higher than the cap in the Ryan-Murray budget deal.\nSo let\u2019s think about this. Congress passes a law to hold the line on spending. This bill on Thursday breaks that law for a new deal that will hold the line on spending, and within about ten minutes Congress has already laid the course for breaking that law.\nAs if all this were not enough, this bill would raise taxes. They are not called taxes, but if it involves money leaving my wallet and heading to Washington, it\u2019s sure a first cousin. In this case the fees we pay to fly will be going up.\nWe might have passed the \u201cclean\u201d Continuing Resolution the President, and House and Senate Democrats were calling for a month ago, and taken some time to consider all these things. Sometimes no deal is the better deal, and Thursday night it struck me that there was something to what Jefferson articulated. At minimum, hanging onto any spending restraint one can find in Washington is important, because the only budget you can count on is this year\u2019s.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140523091408/http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/editorials/post-and-courier-budget-agreement-clears-way-for-more-spending", "Post and Courier: Budget agreement clears way for more spending", "2013-12-14", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Note: This piece originally ran in the Post and Courier on December 14th, 2013.\nWhy is it that spending always seems to win in any government?\nThomas Jefferson warned 200 years ago that the normal course of things was for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield, and unfortunately the Ryan-Murray budget deal was another data point in support of our third president's hypothesis.\nI voted against the deal because it raised spending while shattering Washington's only current platform for financial constraint.\nThis is not to say that its authors weren't trying to fix a problem - they were and I applaud them.\nThey even had some steps toward reining in spending that suggested important bipartisan compromise.\nIt is just that their fix will prove most expensive for us as taxpayers.\nLeaving spending aside for one moment, I have been struck since returning to Congress, after a 13-year absence, with the disappearance of the budget process in our nation's capital.\nWhat were once yearly debates on each of the 12 categories of government spending have now devolved to the point that the operations of our government are run on automatic pilot. In Washington they are called \"Continuing Resolutions,\" and they simply fund the portions of government under Congress' yearly oversight as they were funded the year before.\nIt's bad for the taxpayer and disastrous for the aspects of government that we fund because it neither rewards, nor penalizes, the parts of government that do and don't work.\nThe question we had to ask in this debate was: Should a return to the correct budget process in Washington cost $63 billion? More precisely the question is: Should we spend $63 billion for the promise of going back to that process for the guarantee of just a year, or if lucky, 24 months?\nEven if we got a return to the normal budget process in Washington, the bill still had glaring deficiencies in raising spending and adding yet a bit more in taxes.\nOn spending it did what Washington always does - increase it now and promise to pay it back later.\nSo the $63 billion of new spending comes overwhelmingly in the first year, and the promise to repay comes overwhelmingly after 10 years. It means the deficit would go up by $41 billion in just the next 24 months.\nEven more frightening was that minutes after we took the vote, the deal began to prove anything but binding. We won't have to wait for 10 years to see if Congress will abide by the new spending limits; they were broken within 10 minutes!\nIt's ridiculously hard to believe, but literally the next vote we took after the budget deal was the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. It overwhelmingly passed and authorized spending levels for defense at $31.6 billion higher than the cap in the Ryan-Murray budget deal.\nSo let's think about this. Congress passes a law to hold the line on spending. This bill on Thursday breaks that law for a new deal that will hold the line on spending, and within about 10 minutes Congress has already laid the course for breaking that law.\nAs if all this were not enough, this bill would raise taxes.\nThey are not called taxes, but if it involves money leaving my wallet and heading to Washington, it's sure a first cousin. In this case the fees we pay to fly will be going up.\nWe might have passed the \"clean\" Continuing Resolution the president and House and Senate Democrats were calling for a month ago and taken some time to consider all these things.\nSometimes no deal is the better deal, and Thursday night it struck me that there was something to what Jefferson articulated.\nAt minimum, hanging onto any spending restraint one can find in Washington is important, because the only budget you can count on is this year's.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-releases-public-schedule-for-december-16th-20th", "Sanford Releases Public Schedule for December 16th - 20th", "2013-12-13", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Monday, December 16th, 2013\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t5:30PM\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tNorth Charleston Neighborhood Office Hours\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tMoe\u2019s Southwest Grill, 7800 Rivers Avenue\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tNorth Charleston, SC\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\tTuesday, December 17th, 2013\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t5:30PM\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tLowcountry Orphan Relief Christmas Party and Fundraiser\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tMolly Darcy\u2019s Irish Pub, 235 East Bay Street\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tCharleston, SC\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\tWednesday, December 18th, 2013\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t10:30AM\n\t\t\t\tVisit Charleston Birth Place\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tCharleston Birth Place, 9133 Timber Street\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tNorth Charleston, SC\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t2:00PM\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tDrop by Water Missions International\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tWater Missions International, 1150 Kinzer Street, Building 1605\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tNorth Charleston, SC\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\tThursday, December 19th, 2013\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t10:00AM\n\t\t\t\tMeeting with the Island Packet Editorial Board\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tThe Island Packet, 10 Buck Island Road\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tBluffton, SC\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t4:00PM\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tBluffton Neighborhood Office Hours\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tFarmers Market of Bluffton, Calhoun Street and Carson Cottages\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tBluffton, SC\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\tFriday, December 20th, 2013\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t10:30AM\n\t\t\t\tTour of Meeting Street Academy\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tMeeting Street Academy, 642 Meeting Street\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tCharleston, SC\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t7:00PM\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tJoint 9/12 Christmas Party\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tHarbour Lake Baptist Church, 1056 Red Bank Road\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tGoose Creek, SC", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221055205/http://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=ec81c228-c90c-a21b-6cd3-88ac4f8b87b0", "Nativity Scene at Shaw AFB Restored", "2013-12-13", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Graham Press Releases  \nContact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417  \nDate: 12/13/2013 Nativity Scene at Shaw AFB Restored \n  \nWASHNGTON -- U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, along with 5th District Congressman Mick Mulvaney, today made this statement on the Nativity scene at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina.\"We are pleased the Nativity scene has been restored at Shaw Air Force Base. From the start, our offices have been in touch with Shaw officials expressing our concerns about this matter. We appreciate the Air Force for listening to our complaint, keeping the Nativity scene on base, and moving it to the Chapel.\" ##### \n\n  \n  \n        \n            \n            You will need to have Real One Player installed on your computer to be able to listen or watch the clips above. Real One Player is free software that lets you play audio and video files. 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Releases\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOp-Eds/Columns\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVideos\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto Gallery\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlog\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIssues \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKey Issues\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-Sponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommittee Assignments\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVoting Record\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBill Status\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenate Schedule\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Carolina \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCongressional Delegation\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisiting South Carolina\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudents \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLindsey's Kid Page\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenate Facts\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternships\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact 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["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-releases-statement-on-budget-deal", "Sanford Releases Statement on Budget Deal", "2013-12-12", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\u00a0\nSANFORD RELEASES STATEMENT ON BUDGET DEAL\n\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Representative Mark Sanford released the following statement regarding the announcement that Paul Ryan and Patty Murray had come to a budget agreement:\n\u00a0\n\u201cComing to any sort of agreement is never easy in Washington, and accordingly I want to thank Chairman Ryan and Senator Murray for all they did in preparing this deal,\u201d said Sanford.\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u201cWhile I appreciate that change in politics comes by degree, I think this deal comes up short. It sets federal spending levels for the next two years at just over $1 trillion per year \u2013 an increase of $63 billion from the levels Congress passed into law in 2011. Then it goes on to offset that higher spending by raising taxes,\u201d Sanford continued. \u201cFor instance, fees for airline travel will more than double from the current $5 per round trip to $11.20 per round trip. This provision, along with others, results in $63 billion in increased revenues for the government - which most of us would call $63 billion in higher taxes, given that it\u2019s a transfer of money from the taxpayer\u2019s pocket to Washington.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t need to be this way, given that as recently as October the $967 billion level of funding that was set by the 2011 Budget Control Act was widely accepted in Washington. With that in mind, I joined 32 other conservatives in sending a letter written by fellow South Carolina Representative Mick Mulvaney expressing our preference for a \u201cclean\u201d budget agreement, or one that simply upholds current law,\u201d added Sanford. \u201cI believe Congress needs to preserve the small victories it has already made for financial discipline \u2013 not add $63 billion in higher spending and increased taxes with only future promises of savings to show for it.\u201d\u00a0\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221045406/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364337", "Wilson Statement on Passage of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement", "2013-12-12", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after the House passed a bipartisan budget resolution to fund the government.\u00a0 This legislation provides two years of budget certainty for the federal government. In years past, the federal government has operated under continuing resolutions.\n\u201cWhen I was elected to Congress, I promised to help make a difference. The status quo is not working,\u201d Congressman Joe Wilson said.\u00a0 \u201cGovernment overspending while racking up trillion-dollar deficits is irresponsible, especially when we know that our children and grandchildren will be faced with the burden.\n\u201cHouse Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan was able to reduce spending from its current levels to help pay down our debt without raising taxes.\u00a0 For years, House Republicans have spent the better part of December in battles with Washington Democrats in hopes of not raising taxes so that the American people could keep more of their hard-earned paychecks.\n\u201cAdditionally, President Obama\u2019s sequester, which targets the military, has already limited our Armed Forces\u2019 abilities to protect themselves and defend our freedoms.\u00a0 Military installations across South Carolina and the Savannah River Site have faced challenges, which undermine our national security.\u00a0 I have warned against the horrible impacts sequestration would impose and have done my best to advocate for those who are suffering within South Carolina\u2019s Second Congressional District.\u00a0 I am very pleased that Chairman Ryan was successful in finding common-sense reforms to replace sequestration that will not place families at risk.\u00a0\n\u201cThe road ahead will be difficult as budget debates continue for years to come.\u00a0 However, we must remain hopeful that we can achieve spending reductions while promoting limited-government solutions that create jobs and spur economic growth.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221045438/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364338", "Wilson Statement on the National Defense Authorization Act", "2013-12-12", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement in regards to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, legislation to be voted under suspension today.\n\u201cCongress has a responsibility to protect our brave men and women serving in uniform, veterans, and military families. The substantial reforms and priorities achieved in the 52nd consecutive National Defense Authorization Act would not be possible without the tireless leadership of House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon.\u00a0 As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, I am very grateful for the progress made to combat criminal sexual assault in the military. When this bill hopefully becomes law, the victims of these hateful crimes will be better protected and the accused will be brought to justice for their actions. Additional requirements will allow us to honor the commitments we\u2019ve made to our service members. Their unwavering service to our nation continues to keep American families safe and our freedoms preserved,\u201d Congressman Joe Wilson said.\u00a0\nList of provisions:\n\u00b7\u00a0 Over 30 reforms to combat criminal sexual assault in the military: Strips commanders of their authority to dismiss a guilty finding by a court martial; Significantly limits commanders\u2019 ability to modify court-marital sentences; Establishes minimum sentences for sexual assault related offices and eliminates the five-year statute of limitations on rape and sexual assault; Reforms the Article 32 process to properly focus on probable cause and protects the victim from destructive fishing expeditions; Provides dedicated legal assistance to victims through Special Victims\u2019 Counsels and whistleblower protection to victims of sexual assault.\u00a0 These provisions are necessary to better protect those who risk their lives to protect us.\n\u00b7\u00a0 Authorizes funds to keep the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX) at the Savannah River Site on its path to completion.\u00a0 This project, which turns plutonium from nuclear bombs into energy, is essential in protecting our national security and honoring our international obligations.\n\u00b7\u00a0 Rejects the Administrations request to force military retirees to pay more for healthcare by raising TRICARE enrollment fees.\n\u00b7\u00a0 Supersedes the Administrations refusal to honor our fallen military heroes by awarding the victims of Fort Hood, Texas, and Little Rock (Arkansas) Recruiting Station shootings the Purple Heart.\nChairman Joe Wilson also delivered a floor speech in support of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013.\u00a0 Click here to view the speech in its entirety.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/icymi-rep-jeff-duncan-questions-sec-kerry-administrations-iran-nuclear-deal", "Congressman Jeff Duncan Questions Secretary John Kerry on Iran Nuclear Deal", "2013-12-11", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today, Congressman Jeff Duncan (SC-03) questioned Secretary John Kerry on the Administration\u2019s possible nuclear deal with Iran. During a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Congressman Duncan raised concerns about Iran still being a state sponsor of terrorism, Iran\u2019s active presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the similarities between the Administration\u2019s possible agreement and a previous nuclear non-proliferation treaty with North Korea that failed to reach its objectives. Watch here:\n\u00a0\nhttps://youtu.be/ILkDxdSx6wY\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221045619/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364012", "Wilson Questions Secretary Kerry About Iranian Foreign Policy", "2013-12-10", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after the House Foreign Affairs Committee concluded a hearing at which Secretary of State John Kerry testified about the interim agreement the United States recently finalized with Iran regarding its nuclear program.\u00a0\n\u201cAllowing Iran to continue enrichment and thus develop a nuclear weapon threatens the safety of the United States, our Allies, and stability across the Middle East.\u00a0 The Iranian government has consistently ignored United States and international pressure to discontinue its nuclear capabilities and production for decades. The Administration\u2019s decision to make an initial nuclear deal with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, one that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vocalized strong opposition towards, suggests that President Obama is turning a deaf ear to our Greatest Ally in the Middle East.\n\u201cFurther action must be taken to ensure Iran ceases its nuclear activities that pose international security risks. The United States must stand firm by working with our Allies in the region to ensure that Iran halts nuclear production. I urge Secretary John Kerry to reconsider a new path forward because ignoring years of successful foreign policy norms have created international friction and placed the United States and Israel\u2019s security at risk,\u201d Congressman Joe Wilson said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-announces-satellite-office-hours-0", "Sanford Announces Satellite Office Hours", "2013-12-09", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD ANNOUNCES SATELLITE OFFICE HOURS SCHEDULE\n\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Mark Sanford announced that his staff will be conducting satellite office hours in Hilton Head Island, Sun City, St. Helena, and Bluffton in December, per the schedule below.\n\u00a0\nSatellite office hours are conducted around the district by the Representative\u2019s staff in order to be as accessible as possible to constituents requiring assistance on issues related to the federal government. Additionally, anyone wishing to express an opinion or ask a question is welcome to stop by.\n\u00a0\nNote: Representative Sanford is not scheduled to be in attendance at these events.\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\n\tTuesday, December 10\n\t\t\t\t11:00AM \u2013 1:00PM\n\t\t\t\tHilton Head Island Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tHilton Head Island Library\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t11 Beach City Road\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tHilton Head Island, SC 29926\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\tTuesday, December 10\n\t\t\t\t12:00PM \u2013 2:00PM\n\t\t\t\tSun City Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tCoosaw Room\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tHidden Cypress Building\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t671 Cypress Hill Drive\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tBluffton, SC 29909\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\tThursday, December 12\n\t\t\t\t11:00AM \u2013 1:00PM\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Branch Library\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Road\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Island, SC 29910\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\tThursday, December 12\n\t\t\t\t11:00AM \u2013 1:00PM\n\t\t\t\tBluffton Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tBluffton Community Library\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t120 Palmetto Way\n\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\tBluffton, SC 29910\n\t\t\t\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=d82d1304-a34f-7bf0-d84c-b158ac1aace7", "Graham Will Enroll in Obamacare South Carolina Exchange, Decline Taxpayer Subsidy for Members of Congress", "2013-12-09", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", 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Academies\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternships\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrants\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederal Employment\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederal Government Links\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPresidential Greetings\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQs\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress Releases\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOp-Eds/Columns\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVideos\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto Gallery\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlog\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIssues \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKey Issues\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-Sponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommittee Assignments\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVoting Record\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBill Status\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenate Schedule\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Carolina \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCongressional Delegation\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisiting South Carolina\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudents \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLindsey's Kid Page\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenate Facts\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternships\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tE-mail Senator Graham\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOffice Locations\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSearch", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/new-study-shows-drilling-jobs-sc", "New Study Shows Drilling = Jobs for SC", "2013-12-06", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC- A new study released today takes a deep dive into what energy exploration off the Atlantic coast would mean for South Carolina. The study\u2019s findings: more jobs, more investment, and more revenue. If the federal government would allow South Carolina to pursue energy exploration off its coast the state could expect over 35,500 jobs, $2.7 billion in annual economic activity, and potentially $3.7 billion in cumulative state revenue by 2035. The findings are even more optimistic than a 2012 report by the Palmetto Agribusiness Council which projected 7,500 new jobs, an annual $2.2 billion statewide economic impact, and an estimated $87.5 million in new annual state revenue. The study was prepared by Quest Offshore Resources, Inc. for the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA).\n\tEarlier this year, Congressman Jeff Duncan\u2019s legislation to open South Carolina\u2019s coast for production passed the House as part of the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act. Today, Congressman Duncan cited the study\u2019s findings as further evidence of the major economic benefits of pursuing North American energy independence.\n\t\u201cThe findings by Quest Offshore Resources really put in perspective what I have been fighting for in South Carolina. Energy exploration and production is a win, win, win for our state. It creates economic opportunity and jobs, propels our nation towards energy independence, and could help pay down our national debt. South Carolina energy production is not only an economic boon for our state, it also creates a path forward to improve our infrastructure, roads, and bridges. The critical next step forward is to complete the long-delayed Environmental Impact Statement to allow seismic testing in the Atlantic. This will allow us to make science-based decisions on future activities with accurate data.\u201d\n\t\u201cToday less than 3% of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is leased for production. The impact of expanding production to the Atlantic OCS is too great of an opportunity to pass up. Pursuing energy independence in our own backyard, instead of relying on foreign sources of energy, will make South Carolina a safer, more prosperous state to earn a living and raise a family. If the Atlantic OCS is opened by the end of this decade, South Carolina and the country as a whole will benefit greatly.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/congressman-jeff-duncan-issues-statement-senator-harry-reid%E2%80%99s-decision-exempt-members", "Congressman Jeff Duncan issues statement on Senator Harry Reid\u2019s decision to exempt members of his staff from ObamaCare", "2013-12-05", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC\u2014Congressman Jeff Duncan issued the following statement on Senator Harry Reid\u2019s decision to exempt key members of his staff from the requirement of purchasing insurance through the DC Health Exchanges:\n\u201cHarry Reid\u2019s decision to exempt certain members of his staff from ObamaCare sums up everything that\u2019s wrong with Washington today. Harry Reid rammed a partisan healthcare bill through the Senate that most Americans didn\u2019t want, and now it seems that members of his own staff don\u2019t want ObamaCare either. I have made it very clear that I think ObamaCare is damaging our economy, hurting families, and lowering the overall quality of care. Despite my fierce opposition to the bill, I signed up for insurance through the exchanges and instructed my staff do the same. I signed up through the exchange because no elected official or staff member should be above the law. Members of Congress and their staffs should be the first to feel the negative consequences of poorly written legislation, not the last. When I signed up, I saw my deductibles and monthly premiums increase. I suspect that\u2019s the reason why Mr. Reid decided that certain members of his staff should be exempt.\u201d\n\u201cIf Harry Reid respects his oath of office, he will immediately reverse his decision and require every member of his staff to sign up for the substandard insurance that he helped create. Furthermore, I\u2019m still waiting for President Obama to sign up as well.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://rice.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rice-subcommittee-analyzes-post-recession-small-business-lending", "Rice Subcommittee Analyzes Post-Recession Small Business Lending Environment", "2013-12-05", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tom Rice", "R000597", "rice.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 The House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, under the chairmanship of Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC), today held a hearing to examine the current state of lending for small businesses and their access to functional capital.\r\nRecently, there has been an increase in the number of small loans issued, with 1.7 million more loans under $1 million issued in the second quarter of 2013 than the same time period in 2011, but overall, the number of small loans has not returned to pre-recession levels. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the number of banking institutions in the U.S. has fallen to its lowest\u00a0level since at least the Great Depression, and many of the smallest banks have merged or closed.\r\n\u201cThis hearing provided a great dialogue about the various factors and economic trends affecting levels of lending to small businesses,\u201d said Chairman Rice. \u201cThe fact of the matter is that small businesses can\u2019t expand and create jobs if they don\u2019t have access to working credit. Some of the reasons for this is market demand and fluctuating credit levels. However, Washington\u2019s increased regulatory scrutiny is also proving to be a major factor to dwindling access to credit. Thankfully, new lending alternatives have become available for small businesses, but as our nation attempts to fully rebound from the recession and improve our global economic competitiveness, Washington must pull back on the onslaught of financial regulations, so that small businesses can access the credit they need to grow and create jobs.\u201d\r\nNotable Quotes:\r\nFred L. Green, III, President and CEO, S.C. Bankers Association, Columbia, SC, said, \u201cBanks understand regulation is necessary, but they also understand that burdensome regulation ultimately means they have fewer dollars to lend, which means less opportunity for businesses to grow and create new jobs. As a result local economies suffer and the national economy suffers along with them.\u201d\r\nAnn Marie Wiersch, Policy Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, said, \u201cAt the same time that fewer small businesses are able to meet lenders\u2019 standards for cash flow, credit scores, and collateral, bankers have increased their credit standards, making even fewer small businesses appropriate candidates for bank loans than before the economic downturn. According to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency\u2019s Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices, banks tightened small business lending standards in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.\r\n\u201cBank consolidation has reduced the number of banks focused on the small business sector, and small business lending has become relatively less profitable than other types of lending, reducing some bankers\u2019 interest in the small business credit market.\u201d\r\nJeff Stibel, Chairman and CEO, Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp., Malibu, CA, said, \u201cGiven that in past economic cycles, small businesses were the primary driver of employment growth, we can infer from our results that the disconnect between business success and job growth is one of the reasons for the \u2018jobless recovery.\u201d\r\nRenaud Laplanche, CEO, Lending Club, San Francisco, CA, said, \u201cWhile traditional sources of capital have pulled back, alternatives are on the rise. Alternative lenders such as online lenders and merchant cash advance providers are the fastest-growing segment of the small business loan market \u2013 recording a 64% growth in originations in the last 4 years.\u201d\r\nMaterials from the hearing are available on the Committee\u2019s website HERE.\r\n###\r\nThis release was prepared by the House Small Business Committee Communications Team.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-releases-public-schedule-for-december-6th-7th-8th", "Sanford Releases Public Schedule for December 6th, 7th, 8th", "2013-12-05", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Contact: Chloe Rockow  \n\tMain:\u00a0(202) 225-3176  \n\tMobile:\u00a0(202) 295-7180\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSANFORD ANNOUNCES PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 6th, 7th, 8th\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-01) announced his schedule for December 6th, 7th, and 8th:\nFriday, December 6th, 2013\n\u00a0\n\u2022 6:00PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a028th Annual A Night on the Town\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bay Street, Beaufort, SC\n\u00a0\nSaturday, December 7th, 2013\n\u00a0\n\u2022 12:30PM\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Beaufort Republican Party Annual Christmas Brunch\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dataw Island Club, Dataw Island, SC\n\u00a0\nSunday, December 8th, 2013\n\u00a0\n\u2022 2:30PM\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Lowcountry Immigration Coalition Town Hall\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Holy Family Catholic Church, 24 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island, SC\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221030104/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-tim-scott-statement-passing-nelson-mandela", "Senator Tim Scott Statement on Passing of Nelson Mandela", "2013-12-05", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Tim Scott Statement on Passing of Nelson Mandela               \n                                                  \n              Dec 5, 2013                        \n                  \n        \n          \n    \n  \n    \n    \n    Charleston, SC \u2013 U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) made the following statement in response to reports that former South Africa President Nelson Mandela has passed away:\n\u00a0\n\u201cNelson Mandela was a transformational figure, a man who truly changed the world. He walked a long road to freedom and embraced the fundamental human belief in equality. After his release from prison, his tireless work to reconcile a nation torn apart by centuries of tension and hostility made him one of history\u2019s greatest statesmen. All freedom-loving people mourn his passing.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221034843/http://gowdy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=363486", "Gowdy talks IRS investigation and Obamacare's broken promises with Bill Bennett", "2013-12-05", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Trey Gowdy", "G000566", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Gowdy talks IRS investigation and Obamacare's broken promises with Bill Bennett \n   \n    \n       \n      \n  \n    \n      f \n      t \n      #\n      e\n      \n      \n    \n    \n      \n        Washington,\n        Dec 5, 2013\n      \n       \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n    \n  \n    \n      \n      \n      Congressman Gowdy discussed Obamacare's broken promises and the latest on the IRS investigation with Bill Bennett on \"Morning in America.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-tim-scott-statement-on-passing-of-nelson-mandela", "Senator Tim Scott Statement on Passing of Nelson Mandela", "2013-12-04", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Wednesday | December 4, 2013\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott Statement on Passing of Nelson Mandela \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tCharleston, SC - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) made the following statement in response to reports that former South Africa President Nelson Mandela has passed away:\r\n\"Nelson Mandela was a transformational figure, a man who truly changed the world. He walked a long road to freedom and embraced the fundamental human belief in equality. After his release from prison, his tireless work to reconcile a nation torn apart by centuries of tension and hostility made him one of history's greatest statesmen. All freedom-loving people mourn his passing.\"\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRelated Issues:\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://rice.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-rice-encourages-participation-in-small-business-saturday", "Congressman Rice Encourages Participation in Small Business Saturday", "2013-11-26", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tom Rice", "R000597", "rice.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Congressman Rice (SC-07), member of the House Committee on Small Business, released the following statement regarding Small Business Saturday:\r\n\u201cAs a member of the House Committee on Small Business, I recognize the vital role that small businesses play in our local economies,\u201d said Congressman Rice. \u201cWith about 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs created by small businesses, it is important to support the businesses that make our community great. These stores, owned and operated by our neighbors and our friends, make our areas unique. I am asking constituents in the Seventh District to Shop Small this Thanksgiving weekend and support Small Business Saturday.\u00a0 Many of our small businesses have supported our communities for decades and it is time for us to show our support for them\u201d\r\nSmall Business Saturday is a day dedicated to uplifting small businesses across the county. Since small businesses make up communities and employ about half of all private sector jobs, Small Business Saturday was created after Black Friday in an effort to encourage people to support their local stores.\r\n\u201cWe are fortunate that Horry County is home to many diverse local businesses,\u201d said Brad Dean, President and CEO of Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce. \u201cThese businesses could not thrive without the support of our community. Small Business Saturday provides the perfect opportunity for people to support their local stores during their Holiday shopping.\u201d\r\n\u201cMore than 70 percent our members are small businesses,\u201d said Tom Marschel, President of Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce. \u201cThey are the backbone of our membership and community. We proudly promoted Small Business Saturday last year and heartily endorse participation this year.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140223033708/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-tim-scott-senate-republicans-file-supreme-court-amicus-brief-president%E2%80%99s", "Senator Tim Scott, Senate Republicans File Supreme Court Amicus Brief on President\u2019s Unconstitutional \u201cRecess\u201d Appointments", "2013-11-26", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Tim Scott, Senate Republicans File Supreme Court Amicus Brief on President\u2019s Unconstitutional \u201cRecess\u201d Appointments \n\u2018Last year, the President made an unprecedented power grab by placing political allies at a powerful federal agency while the Senate was meeting regularly and without even trying to obtain its advice and consent,\u2019 Sen. McConnell said. \u2018The President was dismissive of the Constitution\u2019s constraints on his power, saying he would \u201crefuse to take no for an answer.\u201d Three federal appeals courts have rejected this and similar abuses of power.\u00a0 They have reaffirmed what Republicans and job creators around the country have been saying: the President\u2019s attempt to circumvent the Senate with supposed \u201crecess appointments\u201d to the NLRB was unconstitutional. It will now be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether the President\u2019s recess appointments violated the Constitution, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and two other federal appeals courts have found.\u2019\nRead the full amicus brief here.\u00a0\nContact: (202) 224-2718\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) announced today that he and 44 of his Senate colleagues filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in a challenge (NLRB v.Noel Canning) to the constitutionality of President Obama\u2019s so-called \u201crecess\u201d appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in January 2012.\nEarlier this year a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously ruled that the President\u2019s so-called 2012 \u201crecess\u201d appointments to the NLRB are invalid, and the Supreme Court is hearing the Administration\u2019s appeal of that decision. The Supreme Court argument has been scheduled for January 13, 2014.\nAs they contended in an earlier amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit, the 45 senators argue in their brief that by declaring the Senate to be in a continual period of recess when it had determined to be in session regularly, the President usurped the Senate\u2019s authority to determine the rules of its own proceedings. By purporting to \u201crecess appoint\u201d political allies to the NLRB without the Senate\u2019s advice and consent, the senators argue, the President took away the Senate\u2019s right and responsibility to review executive nominations\u2014claiming to himself the unilateral appointment power that the Framers deliberately withheld from the Office of the Presidency.\n\u201cLast year, the President made an unprecedented power grab by placing political allies at a powerful federal agency while the Senate was meeting regularly and without even trying to obtain its advice and consent,\u201d Sen. McConnell said. \u201cThe President was dismissive of the Constitution\u2019s constraints on his power, saying he would \u2018refuse to take no for an answer.\u2019\u00a0 Three federal appeals courts have rejected this and similar abuses of power.\u00a0 They have reaffirmed what Republicans and job creators around the country have been saying: the President\u2019s attempt to circumvent the Senate with supposed \u2018recess appointments\u2019 to the NLRB was unconstitutional. It will now be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether the President\u2019s recess appointments violated the Constitution, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and two other federal appeals courts have found.\u201d\nThe challenge to the recess appointments\u00a0is being brought by Noel Canning, a local, family-owned business in Washington State that bottles and distributes soft drinks.\u00a0The company is challenging the NLRB\u2019s determination that it must enter into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor union.\nIn its January 2013 ruling, the D.C. Circuit Court said, \u201cAllowing the President to define the scope of his own appointments power would eviscerate the Constitution\u2019s separation of powers.\u201d The Court determined that: \u201cAn interpretation of \u2018the Recess\u2019 that permits the President to decide when the Senate is in recess would demolish the checks and balances inherent in the advice-and-consent requirement, giving the President free rein to appoint his desired nominees at any time he pleases, whether that time be a weekend, lunch, or even when the Senate is in session and he is merely displeased with its inaction. This cannot be the law.\u201d\nSenate Republicans retained former Assistant to the Solicitor General Miguel Estrada to file the amicus brief in the Supreme Court as he did in the D.C. Circuit in this case. Mr. Estrada is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group.\n\u00a0\n####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-tim-scott-senate-republicans-file-supreme-court-amicus-brief-on-presidents-unconstitutional-recess-appointments", "Senator Tim Scott, Senate Republicans File Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Presidents Unconstitutional Recess Appointments", "2013-11-26", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tuesday | November 26, 2013\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott, Senate Republicans File Supreme Court Amicus Brief on President's Unconstitutional Recess Appointments \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott, Senate Republicans File Supreme Court Amicus Brief on President's Unconstitutional \"Recess\" Appointments \r\n'Last year, the President made an unprecedented power grab by placing political allies at a powerful federal agency while the Senate was meeting regularly and without even trying to obtain its advice and consent,' Sen. McConnell said. 'The President was dismissive of the Constitution's constraints on his power, saying he would \"refuse to take no for an answer.\" Three federal appeals courts have rejected this and similar abuses of power. They have reaffirmed what Republicans and job creators around the country have been saying: the President's attempt to circumvent the Senate with supposed \"recess appointments\" to the NLRB was unconstitutional. It will now be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether the President's recess appointments violated the Constitution, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and two other federal appeals courts have found.'\r\nRead the full amicus brief here.\r\nContact: (202) 224-2718\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) announced today that he and 44 of his Senate colleagues filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in a challenge (NLRB v.Noel Canning) to the constitutionality of President Obama's so-called \"recess\" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in January 2012.\r\nEarlier this year a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously ruled that the President's so-called 2012 \"recess\" appointments to the NLRB are invalid, and the Supreme Court is hearing the Administration's appeal of that decision. The Supreme Court argument has been scheduled for January 13, 2014.\r\nAs they contended in an earlier amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit, the 45 senators argue in their brief that by declaring the Senate to be in a continual period of recess when it had determined to be in session regularly, the President usurped the Senate's authority to determine the rules of its own proceedings. By purporting to \"recess appoint\" political allies to the NLRB without the Senate's advice and consent, the senators argue, the President took away the Senate's right and responsibility to review executive nominations-claiming to himself the unilateral appointment power that the Framers deliberately withheld from the Office of the Presidency.\r\n\"Last year, the President made an unprecedented power grab by placing political allies at a powerful federal agency while the Senate was meeting regularly and without even trying to obtain its advice and consent,\" Sen. McConnell said. \"The President was dismissive of the Constitution's constraints on his power, saying he would 'refuse to take no for an answer.' Three federal appeals courts have rejected this and similar abuses of power. They have reaffirmed what Republicans and job creators around the country have been saying: the President's attempt to circumvent the Senate with supposed 'recess appointments' to the NLRB was unconstitutional. It will now be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether the President's recess appointments violated the Constitution, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and two other federal appeals courts have found.\"\r\nThe challenge to the recess appointmentsis being brought by Noel Canning, a local, family-owned business in Washington State that bottles and distributes soft drinks.The company is challenging the NLRB's determination that it must enter into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor union.\r\nIn its January 2013 ruling, the D.C. Circuit Court said, \"Allowing the President to define the scope of his own appointments power would eviscerate the Constitution's separation of powers.\" The Court determined that: \"An interpretation of 'the Recess' that permits the President to decide when the Senate is in recess would demolish the checks and balances inherent in the advice-and-consent requirement, giving the President free rein to appoint his desired nominees at any time he pleases, whether that time be a weekend, lunch, or even when the Senate is in session and he is merely displeased with its inaction. This cannot be the law.\"\r\nSenate Republicans retained former Assistant to the Solicitor General Miguel Estrada to file the amicus brief in the Supreme Court as he did in the D.C. Circuit in this case. Mr. Estrada is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group.\r\n####\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRelated Issues:\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/newsletters/newsletter-november-2013", "Newsletter: November 2013", "2013-11-25", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Stay up to date on our work in Congress by signing up for our newsletter\u00a0here.\n\u00a0\nMessage from Mark\u00a0\n\u00a0\nThings in Washington have slowed a bit since October, but in many ways this is but the calm before the storm - so there is no shortage of information on which to update you and accordingly I offer a few thoughts.\n\u00a0\nThe Affordable Care Act has been making headlines, but it seems to me to be a part of a much bigger budget drama in Washington, which is worth delving into before I offer thoughts on the recent news.\n\u00a0\nFirst, I may have beaten the budget battle to death over the last month with a number of newsletters about the shutdown (which you can read here), but this issue isn\u2019t in the rear view mirror yet. The next deadline for agreement in Washington on the budget is December 13th; Paul Ryan from the House and Patty Murray from the Senate have been charged with coming to a deal on this front and at this point progress seems slow. We will see what comes next, however regardless of what they do or don\u2019t produce, January and February will see significant deadlines on the Continuing Resolution and the debt ceiling.\n\u00a0\nThe tug of war on any budget solution will involve two major issues. First is dealing with the driver of the national debt, entitlement spending, and at this point there seems to be little appetite to address this elephant in the budget room. Which leaves a second elephant, the sequester. As you may recall during my race this spring, folks in Washington exchanged raising the debt ceiling for a cap in non-entitlement spending. It\u2019s not the big part of the budget, but important just the same given that it capped some kind of spending in Washington. This is a big deal as real caps in Washington spending come along about as often as the probability of your neighbor getting struck by lightning or you dying of a spider bite tonight. It just doesn\u2019t happen a lot. I think many conservatives, \u201cthe right,\u201d would like to bust the budget caps imposed by the sequester because of their impact on military spending. Many liberals, \u201cthe left,\u201d would like to do the same for the way this type of spending funds many interests important to their political coalition. So I suspect if there is any sort of deal between Ryan and Murray it will lie in raising spending now (the caps on domestic discretionary) in exchange for future cuts in entitlement spending. I will be appropriately open minded, but suspicious, of any such deal because that is the way of Washington - increase spending now in exchange for illusory cuts in the future.\n\u00a0\nThough the message never got through, and was certainly drowned by the back and forth on fund vs. don\u2019t fund the Affordable Care Act, the reason I think there was legitimacy to Republicans awkward attempts to draw a line in the sand on spending is because the government shutdown fireworks are so theatrical when measured against the reality of our spending problem. We have a profound spending addiction, and if not dealt with all of us will see even more profound consequences in terms of the value of the dollar, future inflation and our way of life. James Hamilton of the University of California made news in August by arguing that the real national debt was actually $70 trillion. Lawrence Kotlicoff from Boston University has long argued the national debt is actually over $200 trillion. David Walker, former Comptroller of the United States, has argued a number between the two. Regardless of where you end up, all these numbers are far above the $17 trillion everyone now talks about in Washington, and they beg the larger need for action. These numbers are relevant particularly in the current debate on the deficit, where the President and others have argued that deficits are coming down. It means that real deficits are closer to $5 to $7 trillion a year and growing.\n\u00a0\nWashington\u2019s inability thus far to react to these numbers remains unsettling because even in the recent debt ceiling increase the debt limit was actually suspended, rather than raised, and since the October deal the debt has jumped by more than $300 billion! I won\u2019t belabor my opposition to this method of handling the debt ceiling, but I say all this to remind you that February 7th is approaching quickly and without a budget deal that addresses the long term drivers of our debt, I am concerned Congress will give the President another blank check to further raise the debt limit.\n\u00a0\nGoing back to the news of the day \u2013 it\u2019s obviously centered on the problems associated with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. To state the obvious, it\u2019s been a disaster, and in its wake I think several things stand out.\n\u00a0\nOne, the so called \u201cObamacare disaster\u201d may change the tenor of the debt and Continuing Resolution debates in January and February. In politics, the quickest way of changing the debate lies indeed in changing the discussion. Harry Reid and the President are likely to want to deflect from the Affordable Care Act debate by instead moving to a new discussion on these two issues. Politically it would make sense, so I would not be surprised to see new wrinkles on those upcoming budget related debates.\n\u00a0\nTwo, people like choice. Though we have come a long way from a market based economy over the last 50 years...still ingrained in the American way is the notion of an individual\u2019s choice superseding government\u2019s choice on something so personal as heath care. The administration seemed to have underestimated this reality.\n\u00a0\nThree, given the ways in which young people have not enrolled, as could have easily been anticipated, the costs on this new entitlement are going to sky rocket. This means particularly bad things for a country already struggling with too much debt.\n\u00a0\nFinally, once again words matter in politics. The President has said since the beginning that those who wanted to keep their insurance would be able to under the new law (you can even check it out here). It has proven and will continue to be a real problem given the degree to which so many are now unhappy with their new plan. As I am sure you know, even President Clinton came out saying that this shouldn\u2019t be so, and that the President should honor his original promise to let individuals keep their plans if they like them. To make matters worse, we now know that the White House knew that many Americans purchasing individual insurance would be unable to keep their plan, but decided to keep it a secret. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, White House aides knew they had a problem, but decided to stick with the promise that everyone could keep their plan because they didn\u2019t want to \u201cclutter the president\u2019s message.\u201d The President has come in with a new delay, but again all this begs the larger Constitutional question of whether or not the executive branch has the right to unilaterally change law. So we have a serious mess brewing on this one in Washington.\n\u00a0\nIn 12 short years, if Congress continues to avoid cutting our deficit and making real reforms to spending, our debt problems will reach a point where we can afford nothing but interest on our debt and funding entitlement programs and each day we approach the financial point of no return. All this makes efforts here in Washington that much more important and accordingly I am really humbled by the chance to try and make a difference in this vital debate.\n\u00a0\nThe next few months will be a crucial time in getting us on a sustainable path and I am sure there will be plenty of fireworks along the way. \u00a0I\u2019d love to hear more of your thoughts on the financial problems confronting our nation or your personal experiences with the Affordable Care Act \u2013 you can do so by clicking here.\n\u00a0\nTake Care,\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nMark Sanford\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nRECENT LEGISLATION\u00a0\n\u00a0\nThe National Security Agency\u00a0\n\u00a0\nAs new and additional revelations regarding the scope of the NSA\u2019s activities continue, Rep. Sanford introduced H.R. \u00a03436: The NSA Inspector General Act of 2013, in order to provide a more independent IG office to ensure oversight of the agency\u2019s activities is occurring. Rep. Sanford gave the following statement explaining why he introduced the legislation:\n\u00a0\n\u201cRight now, the IG is appointed by the Director of the NSA, which curbs their oversight effectiveness because the Director can remove them. It\u2019s a real simple concept, if someone\u2019s ability to make the mortgage is determined by the person they are charged with evaluating, their assessments will be less than totally independent because their finances certainly are not independent of their bosses decisions. As recently noted in an op-ed by the former IG of the CIA, Britt Snider, this lack of independence creates an environment where employees of the IG\u2019s office worry about their careers if their findings and conclusions are critical of the agency.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u201cThere are a number of reforms that need to be made at the NSA to ensure the Agency is not violating the privacy of Americans, but without a robust IG office, these reforms will lack the teeth they need to be enforced. In this vein, I feel this legislation is a reasonable and necessary step that will help bring positive change to the Agency.\u201d\n\u00a0\nMore information on this bill can be found here.\n\u00a0\nFlood Insurance\n\u00a0\nMany in the Lowcountry are seeing the cost of their insurance increase as the Biggert-Waters legislation reforming flood insurance goes into effect. Rep. Sanford has signed on as a cosponsor to H.R. 3370, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, in order to enact a delay until the affordability of these reforms is considered. Rep. Sanford explained his support for the bill by saying:\n\u00a0\n\u201cI decided to co-sponsor the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act because the Biggert-Waters legislation that passed last year, while well intended, is flawed. I wasn't there during its passage, but in this case you have a bill that puts the cart before the horse. It allows government to set new premiums now and charge more without disclosure of how they are deriving their new rates. As a conservative it seems reasonable to say why and how, when government just says \u2018trust me,\u2019 and the degree to which the original bill is flawed is highlighted by the fact that even Maxine Waters, who authored the Biggert-Waters bill, has now cosponsored this bill that amends her bill.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u201cA \u2018time-out\u2019 and delaying implementation of Biggert-Waters accordingly makes sense to me. Change will come in time to all these programs, but it should be done in a business-like manner that allows markets and people the ability to respond and plan in a way that the current bill does not.\u201d\n\u00a0\nInvestigating Benghazi\u00a0\n\u00a0\nRecently Rep. Sanford signed on as a cosponsor to H.R. 36, which creates a select committee to investigate last year\u2019s attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya which resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three of his staff. Rep. Sanford released the following statement regarding his decision to cosponsor it:\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe question now is whether or not a breakdown in the chain of command occurred, or if the decision was made not to intervene, which would be even more alarming. While we cannot change what happened, we can learn from it and I believe the families of slain American personnel, as well as the American people, deserve to know what occurred.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nRECENT VOTES\n\u00a0\nBelow are a few notes on recent votes Rep. Sanford has taken:\n\u00a0\nHR 2189:\n\u00a0\nRep. Sanford voted against H.R. 2189, which came before the House on Tuesday, October 29, and passed 404-1 saying, \u201cI don\u2019t want it to be misinterpreted that I don\u2019t think things should not be done to improve the quality of care for those who have faithfully served our nation, but as the only former Governor in the Congress, I think I have a valuable and unique perspective on the importance of doing so in a way that does not undermine prerogatives that have rested with states for the last 200 years.\u201d\n\u00a0\nThe Congressman released the following statement on the bill:\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe bill at first brush looked good because it creates a committee to address the backlog of disability claims at the VA, but I wound up being the dissenting vote against it for reasons I\u2019ll offer in just a moment. Before doing so let me say that taking care of our veterans is something that\u2019s deeply important to me \u2013 the federal government made a commitment to them when they commissioned or enlisted, and it\u2019s disgraceful that over 900,000 veterans are still waiting for timely care and attention to their benefits applications. I\u2019ve voted several times in the few months I have been in Congress for measures to reduce this backlog, and while this task force would have been another positive step forward, one provision of this bill violated 10th Amendment states\u2019 rights, and that is ultimately why I cast my vote against it \u2013 and that I\u2019d like to address.\n\u00a0\n\u201cIn order to speed up the process of evaluating medical claims, this bill will allow doctors contracted by the VA to travel across state borders and perform medical exams in any state, as long as they are licensed in one state. There\u2019s no doubt that we need more physicians performing exams to determine if a veteran is eligible for disability benefits, but the problem here lies with how we license doctors in this country. We\u2019ve established a system where each state sets their own licensing standards for physicians practicing within their state \u2013 South Carolina might have very different requirements of their physicians than California, and so on. Allowing a physician to practice in any state, even if it is for the good purpose of helping our veterans, would trample on the ability of states to determine who is eligible to practice within their own boundaries. Unfortunately doing so breaks the concept of federalism the founding fathers believed was so important to maintaining liberty because their premise was that power was to be divided in as many ways as possible. At the federal level horizontally, as it was allotted between the executive, legislative and judicial branches - but they also believed it should be vertically split between the federal government and state and local governments. In this they even went so far as to say in the Constitution, that those powers not specifically enumerated for the federal government were to be left to local governments and the people. So I support the underlying goals of reducing the backlog of disability claims, and want our veterans to be treated with respect and timely attention, but I believe we could have created a task force to examine the problems here without also violating the Constitution.\u201d\n\u00a0\nWater Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA)\n\u00a0\nA few weeks ago, Rep. Sanford voted in favor of the Water Resources Reforms Act, which passed the House by a vote of 417-3. The Congressman had this to say on his vote:\n\u00a0\n\u201cIt represents an important step forward for Charleston and businesses not only in our region, but across the state, as it is vital to ensuring Charleston\u2019s Post-45 harbor deepening stays on schedule. But I think that in addition to the economic impact back home, the cost cutting measures and the provisions to increase efficiency, ultimately there\u2019s a bigger consideration here which is a constitutional question on the balance of power.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u201cThis bill is about reclaiming authority that many contended was ceded to the Executive Branch. I applaud the fact that this bill contains no earmarks, yet preserves the role of the Congress in determining spending priorities, rather than abdicate that responsibility to the Executive Branch. In too many ways it seems to me we are moving towards an imperial Presidency without traditional checks and balances. Beyond the necessity of funding national infrastructure, this bill\u2019s greatest accomplishment may well be its work in maintaining the balance of power.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nMEDIA APPEARENCES\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nAlso during the shutdown, Rep. Sanford appeared on Fox and Friends concerning his decision to bring back furloughed workers after the House unanimously passed a bill to pay furloughed workers, saying at the time that doing any less would result in a taxpayer subsidized vacation. You can watch the interview here. Rep. Sanford also appeared on Morning Joe and you can watch it here.\n\u00a0\nRecently, Rep. Sanford was on the Rocky D show to comment on Secretary Sebelius\u2019s testimony about the rollout of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, which you can listen to here.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nGOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN FOLLOW-UP\n\u00a0\nAfter the recent 16-day government shutdown, Rep. Sanford released the following statement regarding donating his pay:\n\u00a0\n\u201cA number of you have asked where I would be donating following the 16 day government shutdown...just to follow-up, I have decided to donate $5,000 in total to the Spanish Moss Trail, the Lowcountry Open Land Trust, Nemours Wildlife Foundation, the local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, MUSC Children\u2019s Hospital, Volunteers in Medicine, the ALS Association of South Carolina and the Lowcountry affiliate of Susan G. Komen. These groups are of particular importance to me and fulfill a variety of worthwhile missions here in the Lowcountry.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nIN THE DISTRICT\n\u00a0\nSatellite Office Hours\n\u00a0\nRep. Sanford\u2019s Beaufort office is busy conducting satellite office hours around the county, in order to be as accessible as possible to constituents requiring assistance on issues related to the federal government. Recently, they held satellite office hours in Sun City, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island and St. Helena. To get more information about upcoming office hours, please call the Beaufort Office at 843-521-2530.\n\u00a0\nNeighborhood Office Hours\u00a0\n\u00a0\nRep. Sanford is continuing to hold Neighborhood Office Hours across the district, with the last session being held the first Tuesday in November at the Piggly Wiggly in Moncks Corner. These informal gatherings allow constituents to ask questions and hear the Congressman\u2019s comments on what is happening in Washington.\n\u00a0\nOpen Door After 4\n\u00a0\nRep. Sanford held an \u201cOpen Door After 4\u201d office hours on Thursday, November 7th, and met with a number of constituents in his district office. These events are informal \"open house-style\" meetings where constituents can drop by the office and discuss the issues important to them with the Congressman.\n\u00a0\nStay up to date on our work in Congress by signing up for our newsletter\u00a0here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=8174c8b3-ca1b-d735-95f0-a4744b63254e", "Graham Opposes Senate Democrats Rule Change", "2013-11-22", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Toggle navigation\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMenu\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 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Issues\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-Sponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommittee Assignments\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVoting Record\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBill Status\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenate Schedule\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Carolina \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCongressional Delegation\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisiting South Carolina\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudents \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLindsey's Kid Page\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenate Facts\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternships\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tE-mail Senator Graham\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOffice Locations\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSearch", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://rice.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sc-delegation-asks-department-of-energy-to-work-with-them-regarding", "SC Delegation Asks Department of Energy to Work With Them Regarding Funding Levels at the Savannah River Site", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tom Rice", "R000597", "rice.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington\u2013 U.S. Senator Tim Scott led members of South Carolina\u2019s Congressional delegation in sending a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) asking the department to work with the delegation regarding funding levels for liquid radioactive tank waste remediation at the Savannah River Site. Scott was joined by Senator Lindsey Graham, and Representatives Joe Wilson, Jeff Duncan, Tom Rice and Mark Sanford.\r\nThe delegation wrote, \u201cDOE has greatly reduced funding for the liquid radioactive tank waste at SRS which penalizes the important remediation progress that has been achieved at SRS over the past four years. The 37 million gallons of high level radioactive waste that has been sitting in aging waste tanks for decades, which are beyond their design life, are South Carolina\u2019s greatest potential health risk to the people, community and environment.\u201d\r\n\u2026\r\n\u201cWe ask that the Department work with the South Carolina delegation to find a path toward restoring funding to the liquid waste mission. This will ensure the critical environmental cleanup continues at SRS and will save taxpayers millions of dollars.\u201d\r\n\u00a0\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-releases-statement-on-senate-vote", "Sanford Releases Statement on Senate Vote", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD RELEASES STATEMENT ON SENATE VOTE\n\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013Today, Representative Mark Sanford released the following statement regarding the Senate vote to invoke the \u201cnuclear option\u201d:\u00a0  \n\t\u00a0\n\u201cThe Senate Democrats\u2019 vote today to end filibusters for most presidential nominees is an unprecedented action, and another example of how the political process in Washington is breaking down,\u201d Sanford said.\u00a0  \n\t\u00a0\n\u201cFor one, the Senate has had a tradition of careful deliberation that\u2019s been around for over 200 years. It\u2019s a slow moving process that can be frustrating at times, but ultimately the rules have worked for every single Congress for the last two centuries. The idea that Senate Democrats in 2013 can decide to change the rules written in 1787 just because they don\u2019t like what\u2019s happening is incredibly troubling.\u201d  \n\t\u00a0\n\u201cSecond, we\u2019re increasingly seeing a top-down system taking over in Washington. The entire point of the Senate is to listen to the views of the minority\u2026 yet removing the right of the minority to filibuster means that their views matter less than those controlling the debate. There are real concerns here no matter who\u2019s in power, and I think we can\u2019t take those concerns lightly.\u201d\n  \n\t\u201cToday\u2019s vote seems to me to be part of a larger problem with the political process in Washington. Whether it\u2019s the recent abuses of power by the executive branch, or the tendency to budget via Continuing Resolution, the overall trend is concerning. I think we ought to carefully consider how these actions are affecting the underlying political process.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221034852/http://gowdy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=363484", "Gowdy joins Josh Kimbrell to talk jobs data, government accountability, and Healthcare.gov rollout", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Trey Gowdy", "G000566", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Gowdy joins Josh Kimbrell to talk jobs data, government accountability, and Healthcare.gov rollout \n   \n    \n       \n      \n  \n    \n      f \n      t \n      #\n      e\n      \n      \n    \n    \n      \n        Greenville, SC,\n        Nov 21, 2013\n      \n       \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n      \n      \n      Listen to Congressman Gowdy's interview with Josh Kimbrell on \"Common Cents\" online.\n    \n  \n  \n  \n    \n      f \n      t \n      #\n      e", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221052147/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=362526", "Wilson: House Votes on Series of Bills to Increase Energy Production and Create Jobs", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after the House passed three energy bills that promote and expand American energy production, create jobs, and lower energy costs.\nCongressman Wilson said, \u201cOur nation has an abundance of energy resources. President Obama claims to support an \u201call-of-the-above energy plan,\u201d but continues to wage his war on energy consumers and providers.\u00a0 Since 2009, the President and his Administration have stalled projects, increased regulations, and created obstacles that limit energy production.\n\u201cOur economy can receive the growth spurt it needs by increasing our access to energy exploration and production. With new technological advancements within the natural gas and shale oil industry, we have opportunities to strengthen our energy independence and create jobs in an environmentally friendly manner. By expanding access to production, consumer prices will decrease, allowing American families to keep more money out of their hard-earned paychecks.\u201d\nEnergy package includes:\nH.R. 1965, The Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act \u2013 This bill protects and expands onshore American energy production, streamlines permitting processes, and reduces bureaucratic red tape and regulations.\u00a0\nH.R. 2728, The Protecting States\u2019 Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act \u2013 This bill prohibits the Interior Department from enforcing federal hydraulic fracturing regulations in any state that already has regulations.\u00a0 It also recognizes states\u2019 authority to regulate this type of activity.\nH.R. 1900, The Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act \u2013 This bill expedites the federal review process for natural gas pipeline permit applications.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140223033751/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-scott-statement-nuclear-option", "Senator Scott Statement on Nuclear Option", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Nov 21, 2013                        \n                  \n        \n          \n    \n  \n    \n    \n     Senator Scott Statement on Nuclear Option \nContact: (202) 224-2718\nWashington \u2013 U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement after Senate Democrats changed the rules of the Senate today using what has become known as the \u201cnuclear option.\"\n\u201cThis unprecedented power grab to change the rules of the Senate simply to try and shift people\u2019s attention away from the disastrous Obamacare rollout is short sighted, and it carries implications Democrats are going to have to live with when Republicans retake the Senate. It is also unfortunate that Senator Reid and Senate Democrats have developed amnesia in regards to how they acted when Republicans were in the majority. While they held up nominations for up to a thousand days under President Bush, Democrats have now decided to invoke the nuclear option over nominees for a court that doesn\u2019t even have the workload to keep the judges it has busy.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140223033844/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/sc-delegation-asks-department-energy-work-them-regarding-funding-levels-savannah-river", "SC Delegation Asks Department of Energy to Work With Them Regarding Funding Levels at the Savannah River Site", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "SC Delegation Asks Department of Energy to Work With Them Regarding Funding Levels at the Savannah River Site               \n                  \n                    \n      \n      \n      \n                                                  \n                  \n        \n          \n    \n  \n    \n    \n     SC Delegation Asks Department of Energy to Work With Them Regarding Funding Levels at the Savannah River Site \nContact: (202) 224-2718\nWashington \u2013 U.S. Senator Tim Scott led members of South Carolina\u2019s Congressional delegation in sending a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) asking the department to work with the delegation regarding funding levels for liquid radioactive tank waste remediation at the Savannah River Site. Scott was joined by Senator Lindsey Graham, and Representatives Joe Wilson, Jeff Duncan, Tom Rice and Mark Sanford.\nThe delegation wrote, \u201cDOE has greatly reduced funding for the liquid radioactive tank waste at SRS which penalizes the important remediation progress that has been achieved at SRS over the past four years. The 37 million gallons of high level radioactive waste that has been sitting in aging waste tanks for decades, which are beyond their design life, are South Carolina\u2019s greatest potential health risk to the people, community and environment.\u201d\n\u2026\n\u201cWe ask that the Department work with the South Carolina delegation to find a path toward restoring funding to the liquid waste mission. This will ensure the critical environmental cleanup continues at SRS and will save taxpayers millions of dollars.\u201d\nThe full text of the letter is attached.\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/sc-delegation-asks-department-of-energy-to-work-with-them-regarding-funding-levels-at-the-savannah-river-site", "SC Delegation Asks Department of Energy to Work With Them Regarding Funding Levels at the Savannah River Site", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Thursday | November 21, 2013\n\t\t\t SC Delegation Asks Department of Energy to Work With Them Regarding Funding Levels at the Savannah River Site \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSC Delegation Asks Department of Energy to Work With Them Regarding Funding Levels at the Savannah River Site \r\nContact: (202) 224-2718\r\nWashington - U.S. Senator Tim Scott led members of South Carolina's Congressional delegation in sending a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) asking the department to work with the delegation regarding funding levels for liquid radioactive tank waste remediation at the Savannah River Site. Scott was joined by Senator Lindsey Graham, and Representatives Joe Wilson, Jeff Duncan, Tom Rice and Mark Sanford.\r\nThe delegation wrote, \"DOE has greatly reduced funding for the liquid radioactive tank waste at SRS which penalizes the important remediation progress that has been achieved at SRS over the past four years. The 37 million gallons of high level radioactive waste that has been sitting in aging waste tanks for decades, which are beyond their design life, are South Carolina's greatest potential health risk to the people, community and environment.\"\r\n\r\n\"We ask that the Department work with the South Carolina delegation to find a path toward restoring funding to the liquid waste mission. This will ensure the critical environmental cleanup continues at SRS and will save taxpayers millions of dollars.\"\r\nThe full text of the letter is attached.\r\n###\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-scott-statement-on-nuclear-option", "Senator Scott Statement on Nuclear Option", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Thursday | November 21, 2013\n\t\t\t Senator Scott Statement on Nuclear Option \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSenator Scott Statement on Nuclear Option \r\nContact: (202) 224-2718\r\nWashington - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement after Senate Democrats changed the rules of the Senate today using what has become known as the \"nuclear option.\"\r\n\"This unprecedented power grab to change the rules of the Senate simply to try and shift people's attention away from the disastrous Obamacare rollout is short sighted, and it carries implications Democrats are going to have to live with when Republicans retake the Senate. It is also unfortunate that Senator Reid and Senate Democrats have developed amnesia in regards to how they acted when Republicans were in the majority. While they held up nominations for up to a thousand days under President Bush, Democrats have now decided to invoke the nuclear option over nominees for a court that doesn't even have the workload to keep the judges it has busy.\"\r\n###\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRelated Issues:\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://rice.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/us-house-votes-to-increase-oil-and-gas-development-on-federal-land", "U.S. House Votes to Increase Oil and Gas Development on Federal Land", "2013-11-20", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tom Rice", "R000597", "rice.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Congressman Tom Rice (SC-07) today released the following statement regarding the House passage of H.R. 1965, the Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act of 2013: \r\n\u201cLast month, our country produced more oil than it imported for the first time in nearly two decades. This milestone was only obtainable due to onshore oil production on state-owned and privately-owned land\u2014not federally-owned land.\u00a0 The legislation my colleagues and I passed today would\u00a0increase oil and gas development on federally-owned land by setting new permitting standards, cutting red tape, and expanding onshore energy production in the U. S.\r\n\u201cAmerican energy independence is paramount to American Competitiveness. \u00a0Expanding onshore oil and gas development would create jobs and drive down the cost of energy for businesses and consumers\u2014ultimately saving you and your family money. \u00a0I encourage the Senate to take up this common-sense legislation because it would give our economy the jump-start it greatly needs in this period of sluggish recovery.\u201d\r\nClick here for additional information on H.R. 1965.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=768b715e-fc84-f091-08e8-307f492eed63", "Graham Responds to White House Call for South Carolina Medicaid Expansion", "2013-11-20", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Toggle 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Requests\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCasework\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisiting D.C.\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tService Academies\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternships\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrants\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederal Employment\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederal Government Links\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPresidential Greetings\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQs\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress Releases\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOp-Eds/Columns\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVideos\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto Gallery\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlog\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIssues \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKey Issues\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-Sponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommittee Assignments\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVoting Record\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBill Status\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenate Schedule\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Carolina \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCongressional Delegation\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisiting South Carolina\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudents \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLindsey's 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["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-statement-on-declassified-nsa-documents", "Sanford Statement on Declassified NSA Documents", "2013-11-19", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Late Monday night more than 1,000 pages of declassified files concerning the National Security Agency\u2019s collection of American citizen\u2019s phone records were released by the Obama Administration. \u00a0While heavily redacted, these files show that the government in part attributed their violations of surveillance rules to \u201cpoor management, lack of involvement by compliance officials and lack of internal verification procedures, not by bad faith.\u201d There are many cures for this, and a vital one rests in someone indeed making sure there is compliance. H.R. 3436, Representative Sanford\u2019s bill, would create an independent Inspector General\u2019s office at the NSA, just as is the case at the CIA, Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security. Representative Sanford had this to say, \u201cIt\u2019s not exactly surprising that if your career and work prospects aren\u2019t in the hands of the person who you are attempting to assess, you can be more independent in your assessment. Only in government would someone think that an employee, a direct subordinate, should be charged with the job of assessing the work of the boss. It\u2019s nice in theory, but when your ability to make the mortgage payment can be determined by the tenor of your findings, tenor changes and we see the results of doing so with this declassifying of files.\u201d \u201cFour years ago when the government knew that they had violated surveillance protocols, they blamed it on a lack of oversight, but they didn\u2019t take the step of creating an independent Inspector General\u2019s office at the NSA,\u201d said Sanford. \u201cDespite the fact that this process already exists in the other intelligence related agencies.\u201d \u201cYesterday\u2019s disclosures further reinforce the need for making this change at the NSA, to ensure that the Inspector General\u2019s office is operating with independence and is conducting effective oversight,\u201d said Sanford. You can read more about H.R. 3436 here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221055711/http://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=71de6047-b736-724b-0544-0e0b1280dbc8", "Graham, Schumer, Menendez, McCain, Casey, Collins Urge Administration Not to Accept Iran Deal that Cuts Back Sanctions but Allows Iranian Nuclear Program to Continue", "2013-11-19", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Graham Press Releases  \nContact: Lorcan Connick, 202-224-5972  \nDate: 11/19/2013 Graham, Schumer, Menendez, McCain, Casey, Collins Urge Administration Not to Accept Iran Deal that Cuts Back Sanctions but Allows Iranian Nuclear Program to Continue \n  \nWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham, Charles E. Schumer, Robert Menendez, John McCain, Bob Casey and Susan Collins wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry, expressing their support for negotiations but cautioning the Administration against accepting a deal with Iran that would roll back economic sanctions without also rolling back progress towards nuclear weapons capability. According to media reports, Administration negotiators have considered accepting an agreement that would provide relief for the Iranian regime from the debilitating economic sanctions while only requiring the Iranians to halt their work towards a nuclear weapon, rather than undoing the progress they have already made. \n\nThe senators wrote, \"We feel strongly that any easing of sanctions along the lines that the P5+1 is reportedly considering should require Iran to roll back its nuclear program more significantly than now envisioned. \n\n\n\"It is our belief that any interim agreement with the Iranians should bring us closer to our ultimate goal which is Iran without a nuclear weapons capability. We must ensure that the steps we take in the coming weeks and months move us towards a resolution that ultimately brings Iran in compliance with all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions, seeks to prevent Tehran from possessing any enrichment or reprocessing capability, and resolves any and all fears that Iran will develop a nuclear weapons capability.\" \n\n\nUnder the reported agreement, the P5+1 is prepared to permit Iran to continue enriching uranium at 3.5% for civilian use, to cap but not reduce the number of centrifuges, and to continue work near the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor. The senators argue that these steps may suggest Iran is willing to temporarily slow its pursuit of a nuclear weapon, but they would allow Iran to continue making some progress towards obtaining a nuclear weapon under the cover of further negotiations. \n\n\nIn return, Iran would receive relief from economic sanctions, including access to previously-frozen assets. The senators said the reported agreement, \"does not give us confidence that Iran is prepared to abandon unambiguously its nuclear weapons pursuit altogether, as it must.\" \n\n\nThe full text of the letter appears below: Dear Secretary Kerry: We appreciate your continued efforts, in concert with our friends and allies, to negotiate with the Iranian regime. We also commend the efforts of your negotiating team to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability. Our negotiators have benefited from the effects of tough economic sanctions in bringing Iran to the table. Without the Administration, Congress, and our allies working together, we would not have arrived at this crucial point. Indeed, we support the concept of an interim agreement with Iran that would roll back its nuclear program as a first step to seeking a final settlement that prevents Iran from ever developing a nuclear weapons capability. At the same time, we are concerned that the interim agreement would require us to make significant concessions before we see Iran demonstrably commit to moving away from developing a nuclear weapons capability. It is our understanding that the interim agreement now under consideration would not require Iran to even meet the terms of prior United Nations Security Council resolutions which require Iran to suspend its reprocessing, heavy water-related and enrichment-related activities and halt ongoing construction of any uranium-enrichment, reprocessing, or heavy water-related facilities. For example, we understand that the P5+1 is prepared to permit Iran to continue enriching uranium at 3.5 percent albeit for civilian use, to cap but not reduce its number of centrifuges, and to continue work around or near the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor. While the interim agreement may suggest that Iran could be willing temporarily to slow its pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, it could also allow Iran to continue making some progress toward that end under the cover of negotiations. This does not give us confidence that Iran is prepared to abandon unambiguously its nuclear weapons pursuit altogether, as it must. Furthermore, it is our understanding that in return for certain Iranian actions, the P5+1 would allow Iran to gain access to considerable amounts of capital that have been frozen by our international sanctions. Some have estimated the value of this capital for Iran as much as $10 billion. We regard this as a major concession on our part that would not be justified by the concessions the Iranian regime would be required to make in return. If we are reducing sanctions, Iran should be reducing its nuclear capabilities. As you know, it is not just the sanctions themselves but the threat that they would continue to tighten that has brought the Iranians to the negotiating table. Easing sanctions now without real, tangible actions by Iran to roll back its nuclear program would not only diminish this threat of future pressure, it could make it more difficult to maintain the current sanctions regime at a time when many international actors are already eager to lessen their implementation of sanctions. We feel strongly that any easing of sanctions along the lines that the P5+1 is reportedly considering should require Iran to roll back its nuclear program more significantly than now envisioned.  It is our belief that any interim agreement with the Iranians should bring us closer to our ultimate goal which is Iran without a nuclear weapons capability. We must ensure that the steps we take in the coming weeks and months move us towards a resolution that ultimately brings Iran in compliance with all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions, seeks to prevent Tehran from possessing any enrichment or reprocessing capability, and resolves any and all fears that Iran will develop a nuclear weapons capability. The upcoming round of negotiations could hardly be more important and we must be ever mindful of with whom we are negotiating. Iran has been the largest state sponsor of terrorism for over thirty years; its leaders routinely call for the destruction of Israel; and it arms and finances terrorist groups around the globe. We urge you and your negotiating team to fight for an interim agreement that demands as much or more of Iran as it does of the United States and our allies. We hope in the next few weeks we and our partners will redouble our efforts to gain greater proportionality and to finalize an agreement that demonstrates that Iran is moving away from the nuclear weapons path. \n\n\n### \n\n  \n  \n        \n            \n            You will need to have Real One Player installed on your computer to be able to listen or watch the clips above. Real One Player is free software that lets you play audio and video files. Download Real One Player", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/congressman-duncan-presidents-obamacare-change", "Congressman Duncan on the President's ObamaCare Change", "2013-11-15", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Duncan (SC-03) released the following statement today regarding the President\u2019s Administrative Change to ObamaCare:\n\u201cYesterday, President Obama announced that if you like your health plan you can keep it...for one more year...maybe. The President\u2019s \u2018administrative fix\u2019 is an attempt to create a lifeboat for ObamaCare to get his party through the 2014-midterm elections. The President\u2019s actions appear to be unconstitutional and don\u2019t change the fact that he's still breaking his promise by not ensuring people can keep their health plans, and then only allowing people to keep their plans for another year. By only giving people a possible one year insurance extension, the President is showing that he cares more about winning the upcoming elections than he does about keeping his word. This isn't about a broken website, this is about broken promises and a healthcare law that simply doesn't work.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221052531/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=361714", "Wilson: House Passes Bill to Allow Families to Keep Their Healthcare Plans", "2013-11-15", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after a bipartisan majority in the House passed H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act. This legislation allows the American people to escape the expensive premium increases and policy cancellations under Obamacare by allowing current available plans on the individual market today to be offered next year.\u00a0 It also ensures that American families will be able to keep their current plans without penalty.\nCongressman Joe Wilson said, \u201cPresident Obama has broken his promise to millions of Americans who have been notified that their healthcare policies will no longer be available next year. Millions more will face this same challenge in the coming months.\u00a0\u00a0\n\u201cYesterday, the President made another unrealistic promise when he offered to provide a quick fix and allow families to keep their existing plans. At the same time, he also issued a veto threat for this overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation that allows him to legislatively follow through with his pledge.\u00a0\n\u201cCommon sense conveys that the President is putting politics over policy when it comes to implementing his signature piece of healthcare legislation.\u00a0\u00a0 His Administration is completely out of touch with the struggles American families are experiencing as a result of his destruction and intrusion into our healthcare system.\u00a0\n\u201cThe failed rollout of Obamacare is just the tip of the iceberg.\u00a0 This unworkable law will erode the doctor-patient relationship, continue to increase premiums, and destroy jobs.\u00a0 The only way American families can experience true relief from this law is if the President works with House Republicans to repeal and replace it with common sense solutions.\u201d\u00a0\n*Congressman Wilson delivered a speech on the House floor yesterday sharing real-life scenarios constituents are experience as a result of Obamacare\u2019s implementation.\u00a0 Please feel free to share the video and speech.\n*Additionally, if constituents would like to share their stories of dealing with Obamacare, they can visit www.gop.gov/YourStory.\n*Rep. Tom Price (GA-06) has proposed H.R. 2300, the Empowering Patients First Act, which is a patient-centered alternative to Obamacare. Congressman Wilson is a cosponsor of this piece of legislation. For more information, click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140223021750/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/scott-gop-senators-administration-no-union-carveouts-obamacare", "Scott, GOP Senators to Administration: No Union Carveouts from Obamacare", "2013-11-15", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senators send letter opposing any regulation to give unions a break from Obamacare fee without giving the same to employers, charities, and faith-based organizations\n\u00a0\u00a0\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) joined 20 of his Republican colleagues in urging the Obama administration against moving forward with a proposed regulation that would exempt unions from an Obamacare fee that applies equally to employers, charities, and faith-based organizations.\n\u00a0\nThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a regulation on October 30, 2013, stating that the agency intends to propose further rulemaking which would aim to exempt certain Taft-Hartley union health plans from the reinsurance fee mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).\n\u00a0\nIn a letter to Sylvia Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, the senators write: \u201cThe [reinsurance] fee is undeniably expensive for unions, employers, charities and faith-based organizations whose health plans are not available in the new health insurance exchanges and will not see any of those dollars returned to them. For the year 2014, the fee is $63 per covered life\u2014a multi-million dollar levy for larger organizations.\u201d\n\u00a0\nThey continue: \u201cThe regulation makes no justification as to why union members should be exempted from this fee while other similarly situated organizations (and, ultimately, their beneficiaries) must continue to pay it.\n\u00a0\n\u201cIt has been widely reported that labor unions recently sought an exemption from the reinsurance fee through Congress but were rightly rebuffed. To think that the Obama Administration would consider such an action that benefits one group over another can only be characterized as cronyism at its worst.\n\u00a0\n\u201cSelf-insured health insurance plans\u2014whether or not they also self-administer\u2014are all facing the same dilemma of being forced to subsidize insurance companies participating in the new exchange. The regulatory process is meant to implement the law as written, not as the Administration wishes it were. If the law will unfairly hurt certain groups, it should be repealed or amended through Congress.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\nThe letter was also signed by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), James Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mike Lee (R-UT), John McCain (R-AZ), and Pat Roberts (R-KS).\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-gop-senators-to-administration-no-union-carveouts-from-obamacare", "Scott, GOP Senators to Administration: No Union Carveouts from Obamacare", "2013-11-15", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Friday | November 15, 2013\n\t\t\t Scott, GOP Senators to Administration: No Union Carveouts from Obamacare \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSenators send letter opposing any regulation to give unions a break from Obamacare fee without giving the same to employers, charities, and faith-based organizations\r\nWASHINGTON - Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) joined 20 of his Republican colleagues in urging the Obama administration against moving forward with a proposed regulation that would exempt unions from an Obamacare fee that applies equally to employers, charities, and faith-based organizations.\r\nThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a regulation on October 30, 2013, stating that the agency intends to propose further rulemaking which would aim to exempt certain Taft-Hartley union health plans from the reinsurance fee mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).\r\nIn a letter to Sylvia Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, the senators write: \"The [reinsurance] fee is undeniably expensive for unions, employers, charities and faith-based organizations whose health plans are not available in the new health insurance exchanges and will not see any of those dollars returned to them. For the year 2014, the fee is $63 per covered life-a multi-million dollar levy for larger organizations.\"\r\nThey continue: \"The regulation makes no justification as to why union members should be exempted from this fee while other similarly situated organizations (and, ultimately, their beneficiaries) must continue to pay it.\r\n\"It has been widely reported that labor unions recently sought an exemption from the reinsurance fee through Congress but were rightly rebuffed. To think that the Obama Administration would consider such an action that benefits one group over another can only be characterized as cronyism at its worst.\r\n\"Self-insured health insurance plans-whether or not they also self-administer-are all facing the same dilemma of being forced to subsidize insurance companies participating in the new exchange. The regulatory process is meant to implement the law as written, not as the Administration wishes it were. If the law will unfairly hurt certain groups, it should be repealed or amended through Congress.\r\n\r\nThe letter was also signed by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), James Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mike Lee (R-UT), John McCain (R-AZ), and Pat Roberts (R-KS).\r\n###\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://rice.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-rice-appointed-to-wrrda-conference-committee", "Congressman Rice Appointed to WRRDA Conference Committee", "2013-11-14", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tom Rice", "R000597", "rice.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today appointed Congressman Tom Rice (R-SC) to the bipartisan Conference Committee for the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). \u00a0\r\nLast month, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed WRRDA with a vote of 417 to 3; sending the legislation to conference with the Senate-passed companion bill.\u00a0 The House and Senate Conferees will soon meet to negotiate the differences in legislation passed by their respective chamber.\u00a0 Having a staunch advocate for South Carolina\u2019s ports and ports across the Southeast, will greatly benefit our region and ensure that South Carolina and the Southeast remain competitive.\r\n\u201cI am humbled to have been selected as a WRRDA Conferee and look forward to working with my colleagues to improve our country\u2019s water infrastructure,\u201d said Congressman Rice. \u00a0\u201cMy district sent me to Washington to work on our infrastructure needs and the needs of the state.\u00a0 Since joining the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I have made it my goal to do whatever it takes to champion South Carolina\u2019s ports.\u00a0 I am proud the House overwhelming passed this reform-focused legislation\u00a0because it gives our nation\u2019s infrastructure\u2014including the Georgetown Port\u2014the attention it needs for us to compete globally.\u201d\r\n\u201cSince joining the committee, Congressman Rice has clearly expressed the importance of water infrastructure and the invaluable role our ports play in the American economy,\u201d said Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA).\u00a0 \u201cTom has advocated for making sure ports in South Carolina, the Southeast, and the United States are ready for post-Panamax container ships. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to tour infrastructure in the Palmetto State with Congressman Rice, and I look forward to continue working with Tom on this Conference Committee as we work with the Senate to improve our country\u2019s water infrastructure.\u201d\r\nTo view the full list of WRRDA Conferees, please visit Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure\u2019s Facebook Page HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221052150/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=361441", "Wilson Sends Letter to Budget Committee Conferees on Behalf of SRS and Fort Jackson", "2013-11-14", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "This afternoon, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) sent a letter to all members of the Budget Conference Committee, including House Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-01) and Senate Chairwoman Patty Murray (WA), regarding the upcoming fiscal negotiations as it pertains to sequestration. Because of current law established under the Budget Control Act of 2011, the Department of Defense and Department of Energy's budgets will experience further reductions in January. Congressman Wilson has taken a proactive approach to encourage his colleagues to find alternatives so that our national security and South Carolina\u2019s economy remain protected.\nThe letter reads, \u201cAs you continue negotiations over the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget, I commend you and your fellow budget-conference committee members for taking on the difficult task of working towards a budget solution.\u00a0 It is my hope that a reasonable solution to the arbitrary sequestration cuts is found while providing a blueprint that will put our country on a more sustainable path.\n\u201cAs you and your fellow Committee Members begin the negotiations process, I ask that you make a concerted effort towards ensuring these essential cuts are made as strategically and responsibly as possible. I voted against the Budget Control Act because I knew that sequestration\u2019s broad and indiscriminate cuts would decimate our military capability and strategic national security assets across the country.\n\u201cIn South Carolina\u2019s Second Congressional District, we have seen the effects of the sequestration cuts firsthand. The Department of Energy\u2019s Savannah River Site (SRS) provides the country with defense environmental cleanup efforts, nuclear weapons activities, and fulfills international non-proliferation agreements. SRS has been forced to furlough and layoff thousands of workers over the last year. The Site has also seen dramatic scaling back of vital national security missions that will drive up the overall costs of these projects.\n\u201cOne hundred miles northeast of Savannah River Site is Fort Jackson.\u00a0 Fort Jackson is the Army\u2019s largest basic combat training installation and is tasked with training new Army recruits with the basic yet essential combat skills that every Soldier must possess.\u00a0 Sequestration has caused significant disruptions to training due to many Department of the Army civilians being furloughed, especially medical personnel.\u00a0 Training budgets have also been reduced and threaten to degrade the quality of training that these Army trainees receive.\u00a0 These budget cuts are already undermining our national security in the form of military readiness and threating the well being of our men and women in uniform.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221055240/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=361631", "Actions Speak Louder Than Words", "2013-11-14", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) delivered the following speech on the floor of the United States House of Representatives this afternoon to voice real-life scenarios his constituents are experiencing as a result of Obamacare\u2019s failed implementation. \u00a0\n\u201cMister Speaker, Obamacare is a disaster! The President knows it; Congress knows it; and most importantly, the American people now know it. The President claims to be working with Congress to stop the train wreck the ACA is waging on American families. Actions speak louder than words. It\u2019s time for him to engage with House Republicans to find a solution.\n\u201cWe must help Mary in Lexington, South Carolina, whose healthcare policy premium has already increased 275 percent since the beginning of this year. And Rebecca from Aiken, who will be forced to pay $600 more a month for the same coverage in January. And Alvin, an uninsured Veteran also living in Aiken, who has tried to purchase insurance on the government healthcare website, but can\u2019t afford it because the premium will be higher than his mortgage, utilities, and Internet combined.\n\u201cThis is absurd.\u00a0 For the sake of the middle class, we must replace Obamacare with common sense solutions that protects families, provides a safety net, and promotes jobs.\u00a0\n\u201cIn conclusion, God bless our troops and we will never forget September 11th in the Global War on Terrorism,\u201d Congressman Joe Wilson said.\nTomorrow, the House will vote on H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act. This legislation allows the American people to escape the expensive premium increases and policy cancellations under Obamacare by allowing available plans on the individual market today to be offered next year.\u00a0 It also ensures that American families will be able to keep their current plans without penalty.\n*In addition, if constituents would like to share their stories of dealing with Obamacare, they can visit www.gop.gov/YourStory.\n*Video of the Congressman\u2019s floor speech can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/duncan-statement-obamacare-enrollment-numbers", "Duncan Statement on ObamaCare Enrollment Numbers", "2013-11-13", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Jeff Duncan (SC-03) released the following statement regarding the low enrollment numbers in ObamaCare:\n\u201cThe White House\u2019s announcement that only 100,000 people have signed up for insurance through the healthcare exchanges proves what many Americans have been saying all along: that this law is bad for our nation. Even worse for supporters of the law, only around 27,000 of those who enrolled did so through the federal exchanges managed by the Obama Administration.\u201d\n\u201cThe President\u2019s team can try to twist the truth, but the fact remains that 50 times more people have lost their insurance as a result of the healthcare law than have been insured through ObamaCare.\u201d\n\u201cWith millions of Americans losing the health plans they like, prices of premiums rising, and work hours and jobs being slashed, it is only going to get worse. It\u2019s time for the President to acknowledge that ObamaCare was a terrible mistake and is an unworkable law. I will continue to push for repealing and replacing this misguided law and putting Americans, not the government, in charge of their health care.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221055244/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=361328", "Wilson Statement on Obamacare Enrollment Numbers", "2013-11-13", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after the Administration released the first set of enrollment numbers for the Affordable Care Act.\n\u201cTo say the Administration should be embarrassed by Obamacare\u2019s failed rollout is a gross understatement.\u00a0 Placing blame on a dubious, faulty website does nothing to address the problems American families are facing as a result of the unworkable law\u2019s implementation.\u00a0\n\u201cThe Affordable Healthcare Act will not work. Period. The American people overwhelming have lost faith in the Administration\u2019s ability to provide affordable insurance that does not drive up premium costs, cancel current healthcare policies, or limit access to the physicians we have relied upon for years.\n\u201cFormer supporters of the law and those who have warned of its harmful impacts agree something must be done to protect the American people from further abuse. The President must be willing to come to the table and work with House Republicans on a solution.\u00a0 Arrogance and false claims will not insure the uninsured, give coverage to those who will lose their current plans, or create the thousands of jobs that have already been destroyed as a result of Obamacare,\u201d Congressman Joe Wilson stated.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/guest-column-gop-saw-iceberg-obamacare", "Guest column: GOP saw iceberg in Obamacare", "2013-11-12", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Before you even elected me, I said that repealing Obamacare would be one of my top priorities. As a candidate, I spoke out strongly against the president\u2019s healthcare law and put forward my own competing plan for what I thought reform should look like. As your congressman, I went a step further and co-sponsored bills that turned many of those same conservative proposals into legislation, while voting dozens of times to repeal, defund and delay Obamacare.\nIf you haven\u2019t heard much about conservative alternatives, it\u2019s because they weren\u2019t allowed to be part of the discussion in 2009 when Democrats controlled every branch of government. The debate that took place in Washington wasn\u2019t between the conservative plan and the liberal plan for health care. The debate was between the liberal plan and the very liberal plan. Republicans were shut out of that debate, and when the dust settled, Obamacare passed without a single Republican vote. When Republicans took back the House in 2011, Obamacare was sacred for Democrats, and we were told that anything but extremely minor changes to the law was dead on arrival in the Senate.\nObamacare got off to a bad start. Instead of working together in a spirit of bipartisanship and passing a bill we could all agree on, we got a law that some people loved, but most people hated. After the bill passed, Democrats were willfully blind to the law\u2019s problems. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised us that insurance premiums would go down, but for too many families the opposite happened. President Barack Obama promised us \u201cif you like your health care plan, you\u2019ll be able to keep your health care plan,\u201d but NBC, CBS, ABC, and the Washington Post have all debunked that statement as a lie. As of this writing, more than 2 million Americans have been told they won\u2019t be able to keep their insurance policies. Even the promise that you would be able to keep your own doctor has been proven untrue in many circumstances.\nThe examples of broken Obamacare promises are just too common to ignore. The Los Angeles Times reported on the story of Jennifer Harris, who was paying $98 a month for an individual insurance plan, but because of the new healthcare law will now be forced to pay $238 a month. Kirsten Powers, a former Democratic Party strategist and columnist for the Daily Beast reported that her insurance premiums will double as a result of Obamacare.\nA manufacturer in Anderson informed our office that its workers can expect to see premium increases of roughly 28 percent and 50 percent for the two plans they currently offer to their employees as a direct result of the healthcare law. In Oconee County, to comply with Obamacare the school district placed restrictions on the amount of hours a substitute teacher can work, taking money away from families who were counting on that source of revenue. To put it bluntly, Americans were lied to about the impact of Obamacare.\nOur country is in danger, and one of the greatest threats is from the direct and indirect costs of Obamacare. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve stood firm and used all the powers given to me by the people to try and stop this law from taking place. It\u2019s not because it\u2019s President Barack Obama\u2019s law, and it\u2019s not even because I disagree with most of what\u2019s in the bill. I\u2019m fighting with all my heart because I believe this law is poisoning America.\nSome pundits claim our push against the healthcare law hurt Republicans, but after the Obama administration showed they couldn\u2019t even build a website properly let alone implement the largest healthcare reform in history, people are starting to realize why we had to have that fight. I think Americans will come to understand that Republicans spotted the iceberg long ago, and will thank us for trying to steer our country out of danger.\nIf the examples I cited aren\u2019t enough for you, I\u2019d ask you to think about the future. How can we afford to borrow money to pay for a law that doesn\u2019t even make healthcare more affordable for everyone? How are these increased costs and lost wages going to impact our families and our economy? And why do we continue to cheat our children and grandchildren by spending money we don\u2019t have and make our country\u2019s financial situation worse as a result?\nhttps://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20131109/opinion/311090009/gop-saw-iceberg-obamacare", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140223033936/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-tim-scott-accepting-internship-applications", "Senator Tim Scott Accepting Internship Applications", "2013-11-12", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is now accepting applications from South Carolinians interested in serving as interns in his Upstate, Midlands, Lowcountry, and Washington, D.C. offices for the spring and summer terms.\n\u00a0\nSenator Scott\u2019s internships are designed to provide an educational opportunity, primarily for college juniors and seniors, to individuals who would like to learn first-hand more about our government, and to be part of a fast-paced Senate office.\n\u00a0\nIn the Upstate, Midlands, and Lowcountry offices, interns will take an active role in the community working on state-based projects of importance, while also answering phones, completing research and other projects, and being an integral part of day-to-day office functioning.\u00a0\n\u00a0\nIn Washington, interns' responsibilities will be more varied. They will be asked to answer phones, research legislation for the Member and legislative staff, attend Congressional hearings and briefings and answer constituent letters on various issues.\n\u00a0\nThrough their duties, interns learn about the legislative process and the many other functions of a Congressional office. \u00a0Although internships in all offices are unpaid, students gain invaluable work experience and will have the opportunity to work with professionals in both legislative and constituent services roles. Internship hours are flexible to accommodate students' hectic course schedules, but generally run 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.\n\u00a0\nAnyone interested in applying for an internship with Senator Scott\u2019s office should contact the internship coordinator at internships@scott.senate.gov or (202) 224-6121.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-tim-scott-accepting-internship-applications", "Senator Tim Scott Accepting Internship Applications", "2013-11-12", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tuesday | November 12, 2013\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott Accepting Internship Applications \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSenator Tim Scott (R-SC) is now accepting applications from South Carolinians interested in serving as interns in his Upstate, Midlands, Lowcountry, and Washington, D.C. offices for the spring and summer terms.\r\nSenator Scott's internships are designed to provide an educational opportunity, primarily for college juniors and seniors, to individuals who would like to learn first-hand more about our government, and to be part of a fast-paced Senate office.\r\nIn the Upstate, Midlands, and Lowcountry offices, interns will take an active role in the community working on state-based projects of importance, while also answering phones, completing research and other projects, and being an integral part of day-to-day office functioning.\r\nIn Washington, interns' responsibilities will be more varied. They will be asked to answer phones, research legislation for the Member and legislative staff, attend Congressional hearings and briefings and answer constituent letters on various issues.\r\nThrough their duties, interns learn about the legislative process and the many other functions of a Congressional office. Although internships in all offices are unpaid, students gain invaluable work experience and will have the opportunity to work with professionals in both legislative and constituent services roles. Internship hours are flexible to accommodate students' hectic course schedules, but generally run 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.\r\nAnyone interested in applying for an internship with Senator Scott's office should contact the internship coordinator at internships@scott.senate.gov or (202) 224-6121.\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/veterans-day-statement-0", "Veterans Day Statement", "2013-11-11", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Laurens, SC \u2013 Today Congressman Jeff Duncan (SC-03) released the following statement in celebration of Veterans Day:\n\u201cWe pause today to reflect on the sacrifices of our nation\u2019s Veterans, who put their lives at risk to protect our freedoms at home and abroad.\u00a0 From the advances of Nazi Germany to the shores of Korea and Vietnam, to Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan, these brave men and women answered the call to protect our nation and the world from the evil forces who wish to do harm.\u00a0 To those who serve, thank you for your courage, your strength, and your sacrifice to your country and family.\u00a0 For those who have fallen, let us never forget their sacrifices which we will forever be indebted.\u201d\n\u201cI encourage everyone to thank a Veteran, not just today, but every day.\u00a0 Seek out opportunities in the community to serve.\u00a0 Find a way to participate in an Honor Flight to our nation\u2019s Capitol.\u00a0 We will never be capable of fully repaying these men and women for their service, and they command tremendous respect for the sacrifices they have made.\u201d\n\u201cLastly, if you are a Veteran seeking help or access to your benefits, I am here to serve you.\u00a0 Please contact my office to see how I can help you receive the benefits you earned and any assistance you may require.\u00a0 Thank you for your service, and may God Bless.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-announces-public-schedule-for-november-11th", "Sanford Releases Public Schedule for November 11th", "2013-11-08", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD RELEASES PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 11th \u00a0  \n\t\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-01) announced his schedule for November 11th:Monday, November 11th, 2013\n\u00a0\n 11:00 AM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0VFW Post 445 Veterans Day Ceremony\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0VFW Post 445, 1639 Camp Rd., Charleston\u200b\n\t\t\u00a0\n\t12:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SCGOP Luncheon\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Harbour Club, 35 Prioleau St., Charleston\n\t\t\u00a0\n\t6:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Charleston Meeting\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Harbour Club, 35 Prioleau St., Charleston\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-announces-satellite-office-hours-schedule-0", "Sanford Announces Satellite Office Hours Schedule", "2013-11-08", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-1) announced that his staff will be conducting satellite office hours in Sun City, Bluffton, St. Helena and Hilton Head Island November 12th \u2013 14th, per the schedule below.  \n\t\t\u00a0 Satellite office hours are conducted around the district by the Representative\u2019s staff in order to be as accessible as possible to constituents requiring assistance on issues related to the federal government. Additionally, anyone wishing to express an opinion or ask a question is welcome to stop by.  \n\t\t\u00a0Note: Representative Sanford is not scheduled to be in attendance at these events. \u00a0Tuesday, November 12th:\n\t\t9:00AM \u2013 11:00AM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sun City Satellite Office Hours  \n\t\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lakehouse, Dockside Room  \n\t\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1251 Sgt. 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Academies\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternships\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrants\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederal Employment\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederal Government Links\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPresidential Greetings\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQs\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress Releases\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOp-Eds/Columns\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVideos\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto Gallery\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlog\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIssues \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKey Issues\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-Sponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommittee 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["https://web.archive.org/web/20131115041133/http://www.scott.senate.gov:80/press-release/senator-tim-scott-why-did-it-take-hearing-fix-health-care-website-privacy-issues", "Senator Tim Scott: Why Did it Take a Hearing to Fix Health Care Website Privacy Issues?", "2013-11-06", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington \u2013 Following his questioning of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) administrator Marilyn Tavenner in a Senate Health Committee hearing yesterday, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) has received word that CMS has finally removed the personal information of a South Carolinian whose personal information was compromised on Healthcare.Gov.\n\u00a0\n\u201cIt is unfortunate that the Obama administration apparently required a Senate hearing with an Obamacare administrator in order to resolve such a dramatic breach of privacy,\u201d Scott said. \u201cWhile I am certainly pleased we were able to force a solution to this matter, it took CMS far too long to even determine if they could find a solution to this problem, much less put it in place.\u201d\n\u00a0\nScott continued, \u201cHealthCare.Gov has become synonymous with failure, and this administration\u2019s complete lack of accountability only continues to reinforce what we already knew \u2013 Obamacare is a disaster. Premiums are skyrocketing, millions of Americans are losing their current plans, contrary to the President\u2019s promise, and now we have seen concrete evidence of the security issues in play on the website.\u201d\n\u00a0\nSenator Scott was contacted by constituent Tom Dougall of Elgin, SC, who had created an account on Healthcare.gov early last month in order to research insurance plans. Last week, Mr. Dougall heard from another individual, Justin Hadley of North Carolina, who had done the same thing and found Mr. Dougall\u2019s private personal information linked to his Healthcare.gov account. Mr. Dougall called the Department of Health and Human Services to have his account deleted and, after multiple attempts, was referred to another federal agency to have the issue resolved.\n\u00a0\nScott was also assured by Tavenner in the hearing yesterday that CMS had reached out to Mr. Dougall, which was not true. Mr. Dougall did not first hear from the agency until after the hearing ended yesterday afternoon, and was contacted last night and informed that his information had been removed from the website, five days after his ordeal began. Mr. Dougall spoke with Greta Van Susteren on Fox News last night.\n\u00a0\nThe full video of Scott questioning Ms. Tavenner can be viewed here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140223034147/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-tim-scott-healthcaregov-privacy-breach-must-be-fixed", "Senator Tim Scott: Healthcare.gov Privacy Breach Must Be Fixed", "2013-11-05", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Tim Scott: Healthcare.gov Privacy Breach Must Be Fixed \nContact: (202) 224-2718\n\u00a0\nWashington \u2013\u00a0U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) addressed blatant violations of privacy on the Healthcare.gov website today in a committee hearing with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) administrator Marilyn Tavenner.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Click to play\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\nSenator Scott addressed a report he received from Tom Dougall of Elgin, SC, who had created an account on Healthcare.gov\u00a0 early last month in order to research insurance plans. Last week, Mr. Dougall heard from another individual, Justin Hadley of North Carolina who had done the same thing and found Mr. Dougall\u2019s private personal information linked to his Healthcare.gov account. Mr. Dougall called the Department of Health and Human Services to have his account deleted and, after multiple attempts, was referred to another federal agency to have the issue resolved.\n\u00a0\nSenator Scott questioned CMS Administrator Tavenner on the privacy breach during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier today. He also addressed multiple administration memos warning that Healthcare.gov carried major privacy risks because the system had not been sufficiently tested for security vulnerabilities before the enrollment period began.\n\u00a0\n\u201cWe're told constantly that it's a secure system and it's not, obviously,\u201d Mr. Dougall told WIS-TV in Columbia, SC.\n\u00a0\nFailing to receive a response from HHS, Mr. Dougall asked Senator Scott to assist in having his Healthcare.gov account deleted and his private information removed from the database. Senator Scott personally delivered the attached letter to Administrator Tavenner during today\u2019s hearing in an effort to expedite the process.\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140223034352/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/republican-health-committee-senators-confront-administration-about-obamacare-failures", "Republican Health Committee Senators Confront Administration About Obamacare Failures", "2013-11-05", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 At a hearing of the Senate health committee today, Republican senators questioned Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on the rollout of the health care law\u2014specifically, canceled insurance policies, higher premiums, the broken website and related security issues.\n\u00a0\nOn canceled insurance policies:\n\u00a0\nSenator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the committee\u2019s senior Republican, said to Tavenner: \u201cLet me suggest that a way to fix this problem of canceled policies in the individual market is to go to a website that does work pretty well. It still says: \u2018If you like your plan you can keep it and you don\u2019t have to change a thing due to the health care law.\u2019 That\u2019s the White House website. And those are the president\u2019s words in 2009. So why don\u2019t we put those words into law?\u201d\n\u00a0\nSenator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) said: \u201cOn Saturday, 2,600 people in Wyoming had their policies cancelled. Three years ago I noticed that the rules were changing and that people would not be able to keep what they had been promised. We had a little debate on a resolution I introduced to repeal the rule that would prevent them from keeping the policy they like. It was voted down on party lines and I think some people will be paying for that in the next election.\u201d\n\u00a0\nEnzi, an accountant by trade, also asked CMS to assure the HELP Committee that the firm responsible for the website would not be paid any additional money to fix its own mistakes to date.\n\u00a0\nOn higher premiums:\n\u00a0\nSenator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said: \u201cThe tremendous failures of the Obamacare website are only the tip of the iceberg. This law presents far more problems and challenges, but the biggest ones of all are the premium increases for the people who can least afford them. For example, in rural Georgia, premiums are more than doubling in some cases and health care costs are going through the roof. On behalf of those Georgians, I demand that the administration address these problems. We need to make sure that requiring so much coverage does not have the unintended consequence of running people out of their coverage rather than providing them with the coverage they need and can afford.\u201d\n\u00a0\nOn security issues:\n\u00a0\nSenator Richard Burr (R-N.C.) asked Tavenner: \u201cOne of the requirements is end-to-end testing, but, again, you signed on September 27th the authority to operate the website and the memo noted this, and I quote, \u2018from the security perspective, the aspects of the system that were not tested due to the ongoing development expose the level of uncertainty that can be deemed as a high risk for federally facilitated marketplace systems.\u2019 Did you bring that security concern to the Secretary\u2019s attention and the OMB\u2019s attention?\u201d\n\u00a0\nTavenner responded, \u201cI did not.\u201d\n\u00a0\nSenator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) asked Tavenner: \u201cWe keep getting assurances from the administration that the data within the failed healthcare.gov website is secure and that patient privacy is protected, but where is the proof? They won\u2019t share the data with us. What are the administration\u2019s plans for protecting privacy? Why can\u2019t they be transparent? Who is accountable for this mess?\u201d\n\u00a0\nOn the broken website:\n\u00a0\nSenator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said: \u201cAs of the 29th of October, Enroll Alaska confirmed that there were three Alaskans who had successfully enrolled. \u00a0There is nobody else who has stepped forward to say they successfully enrolled in the exchange from Alaska\u2026 One of the things that was troubling in that meeting was to hear that the three people who have enrolled have been given incorrect information.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u201cUnlike what some might believe here, the sun does not rise and set over Washington, DC or in Eastern Standard Time. So when a family finishes up dinner, does the dishes and puts the kids to bed in Alaska, 9pm is 1am. At the time period when Alaskans can sit and move through any aspect of this exchange, you\u2019re shutdown. \u00a0When will this site be available for all Americans to take a look at?\u201d\n\u00a0\nSenator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said in the hearing, \"This is a tale of two beltway bandits,\" referring to the contractors responsible for implementing healthcare.gov, CGI and QSSI. \"Taxpayers deserve to know the full details of where their money is going, particularly in light of this disaster.\" He went further to ask if they can stop the next scheduled payment of $100 million to CGI Federal.\n\u00a0\nSenator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said: \u201cWe are now 30 days into one of the greatest website disasters in history. After nearly $400 million, healthcare.gov is synonymous with failure. The public trust has been broken.\u201d\n\u00a0\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/republican-health-committee-senators-confront-administration-about-obamacare-failures", "Republican Health Committee Senators Confront Administration About Obamacare Failures", "2013-11-05", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tuesday | November 5, 2013\n\t\t\t Republican Health Committee Senators Confront Administration About Obamacare Failures \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON - At a hearing of the Senate health committee today, Republican senators questioned Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on the rollout of the health care law-specifically, canceled insurance policies, higher premiums, the broken website and related security issues.\r\nOn canceled insurance policies:\r\nSenator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the committee's senior Republican, said to Tavenner: \"Let me suggest that a way to fix this problem of canceled policies in the individual market is to go to a website that does work pretty well. It still says: 'If you like your plan you can keep it and you don't have to change a thing due to the health care law.' That's the White House website. And those are the president's words in 2009. So why don't we put those words into law?\"\r\nSenator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) said: \"On Saturday, 2,600 people in Wyoming had their policies cancelled. Three years ago I noticed that the rules were changing and that people would not be able to keep what they had been promised. We had a little debate on a resolution I introduced to repeal the rule that would prevent them from keeping the policy they like. It was voted down on party lines and I think some people will be paying for that in the next election.\"\r\nEnzi, an accountant by trade, also asked CMS to assure the HELP Committee that the firm responsible for the website would not be paid any additional money to fix its own mistakes to date.\r\nOn higher premiums:\r\nSenator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said: \"The tremendous failures of the Obamacare website are only the tip of the iceberg. This law presents far more problems and challenges, but the biggest ones of all are the premium increases for the people who can least afford them. For example, in rural Georgia, premiums are more than doubling in some cases and health care costs are going through the roof. On behalf of those Georgians, I demand that the administration address these problems. We need to make sure that requiring so much coverage does not have the unintended consequence of running people out of their coverage rather than providing them with the coverage they need and can afford.\"\r\nOn security issues:\r\nSenator Richard Burr (R-N.C.) asked Tavenner: \"One of the requirements is end-to-end testing, but, again, you signed on September 27th the authority to operate the website and the memo noted this, and I quote, 'from the security perspective, the aspects of the system that were not tested due to the ongoing development expose the level of uncertainty that can be deemed as a high risk for federally facilitated marketplace systems.' Did you bring that security concern to the Secretary's attention and the OMB's attention?\"\r\nTavenner responded, \"I did not.\"\r\nSenator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) asked Tavenner: \"We keep getting assurances from the administration that the data within the failed healthcare.gov website is secure and that patient privacy is protected, but where is the proof? They won't share the data with us. What are the administration's plans for protecting privacy? Why can't they be transparent? Who is accountable for this mess?\"\r\nOn the broken website:\r\nSenator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said: \"As of the 29th of October, Enroll Alaska confirmed that there were three Alaskans who had successfully enrolled. There is nobody else who has stepped forward to say they successfully enrolled in the exchange from Alaska One of the things that was troubling in that meeting was to hear that the three people who have enrolled have been given incorrect information.\"\r\n\"Unlike what some might believe here, the sun does not rise and set over Washington, DC or in Eastern Standard Time. So when a family finishes up dinner, does the dishes and puts the kids to bed in Alaska, 9pm is 1am. At the time period when Alaskans can sit and move through any aspect of this exchange, you're shutdown. When will this site be available for all Americans to take a look at?\"\r\nSenator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said in the hearing, \"This is a tale of two beltway bandits,\" referring to the contractors responsible for implementing healthcare.gov, CGI and QSSI. \"Taxpayers deserve to know the full details of where their money is going, particularly in light of this disaster.\" He went further to ask if they can stop the next scheduled payment of $100 million to CGI Federal.\r\nSenator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said: \"We are now 30 days into one of the greatest website disasters in history. After nearly $400 million, healthcare.gov is synonymous with failure. The public trust has been broken.\"\r\n# # #\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-tim-scott-healthcaregov-privacy-breach-must-be-fixed", "Senator Tim Scott: Healthcare.gov Privacy Breach Must Be Fixed", "2013-11-05", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tuesday | November 5, 2013\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott: Healthcare.gov Privacy Breach Must Be Fixed \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSenator Tim Scott: Healthcare.gov Privacy Breach Must Be Fixed \r\nContact: (202) 224-2718\r\nWashington -U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) addressed blatant violations of privacy on the Healthcare.gov website today in a committee hearing with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) administrator Marilyn Tavenner.\r\nClick to play\r\nSenator Scott addressed a report he received from Tom Dougall of Elgin, SC, who had created an account on Healthcare.gov early last month in order to research insurance plans. Last week, Mr. Dougall heard from another individual, Justin Hadley of North Carolina who had done the same thing and found Mr. Dougall's private personal information linked to his Healthcare.gov account. Mr. Dougall called the Department of Health and Human Services to have his account deleted and, after multiple attempts, was referred to another federal agency to have the issue resolved.\r\nSenator Scott questioned CMS Administrator Tavenner on the privacy breach during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier today. He also addressed multiple administration memos warning that Healthcare.gov carried major privacy risks because the system had not been sufficiently tested for security vulnerabilities before the enrollment period began.\r\n\"We're told constantly that it's a secure system and it's not, obviously,\" Mr. Dougall told WIS-TV in Columbia, SC.\r\nFailing to receive a response from HHS, Mr. Dougall asked Senator Scott to assist in having his Healthcare.gov account deleted and his private information removed from the database. Senator Scott personally delivered the attached letter to Administrator Tavenner during today's hearing in an effort to expedite the process.\r\n###\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-tim-scott-why-did-it-take-a-hearing-to-fix-health-care-website-privacy-issuesd", "Senator Tim Scott: Why Did it Take a Hearing to Fix Health Care Website Privacy Issues?", "2013-11-05", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tuesday | November 5, 2013\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott: Why Did it Take a Hearing to Fix Health Care Website Privacy Issues? \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington - Following his questioning of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) administrator Marilyn Tavenner in a Senate Health Committee hearing yesterday, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) has received word that CMS has finally removed the personal information of a South Carolinian whose personal information was compromised on Healthcare.Gov.\r\n\"It is unfortunate that the Obama administration apparently required a Senate hearing with an Obamacare administrator in order to resolve such a dramatic breach of privacy,\" Scott said. \"While I am certainly pleased we were able to force a solution to this matter, it took CMS far too long to even determine if they could find a solution to this problem, much less put it in place.\"\r\nScott continued, \"HealthCare.Gov has become synonymous with failure, and this administration's complete lack of accountability only continues to reinforce what we already knew - Obamacare is a disaster. Premiums are skyrocketing, millions of Americans are losing their current plans, contrary to the President's promise, and now we have seen concrete evidence of the security issues in play on the website.\"\r\nSenator Scott was contacted by constituent Tom Dougall of Elgin, SC, who had created an account on Healthcare.gov early last month in order to research insurance plans. Last week, Mr. Dougall heard from another individual, Justin Hadley of North Carolina, who had done the same thing and found Mr. Dougall's private personal information linked to his Healthcare.gov account. Mr. Dougall called the Department of Health and Human Services to have his account deleted and, after multiple attempts, was referred to another federal agency to have the issue resolved.\r\nScott was also assured by Tavenner in the hearing yesterday that CMS had reached out to Mr. Dougall, which was not true. Mr. Dougall did not first hear from the agency until after the hearing ended yesterday afternoon, and was contacted last night and informed that his information had been removed from the website, five days after his ordeal began. Mr. Dougall spoke with Greta Van Susteren on Fox News last night.\r\nThe full video of Scott questioning Ms. Tavenner can be viewed here.\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-announces-public-schedule-november-5th-7th", "Sanford Releases Public Schedule for November 5th - 7th", "2013-11-04", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD RELEASES PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 5TH \u2013 NOVEMBER 7TH\u00a0  \n\t\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-01) announced his schedule for November 5th, November 6th, and November 7th:\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nTuesday, November 5th:\n\u00a0\n 8:30 AM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sea Cow Eatery\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 145 Jungle Road, Edisto Beach\n \u00a0\n 4:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 G-1 Mechanical, Inc. Roundtable\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 255 N. Highway 52 Suite 3, Moncks Corner\n \u00a0\n 5:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Neighborhood Office Hours\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Piggly Wiggly: 100 West Main St., Moncks Corner\n \u00a0\n 7:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lowcountry Conservatives in Action Meeting\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Country Inn and Suites: 220 Holiday Dr., Summerville\n \u00a0\nWednesday, November 6th:\n\u00a0\n 6:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lowcountry Young Republicans Event\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Charleston Country Club: 1 Country Club Dr., Charleston\n \u00a0\nThursday, November 7th:\n\u00a0\n 4:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Open Door After 4\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Constituents are asked to RSVP to 843-352-7572 at 9AM on Thursday\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0morning to schedule a\u00a0meeting slot.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0530 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mt. Pleasant\n \u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-announces-public-schedule-november-2nd-and-november-4th", "Sanford Releases Public Schedule for November 2nd and November 4th", "2013-11-01", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD RELEASES PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 2nd AND NOVEMBER 4th\u00a0\n\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-01) announced his schedule for November 2nd \u00a0and November 4th:\n\u00a0\nSaturday, November 2nd:\n\u00a0\n 9:00 AM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Berkeley County GOP Breakfast\u00a0\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0American Legion,116 Howe Hall Road, Goose Creek\n\t\t\u00a0\n\t1:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Citadel vs. Samford Homecoming Game\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Johnson Hagood Stadium,\u00a068 Hagood Ave. Charleston\n \u00a0\nMonday, November 4th:\n\u00a0\n 8:30 AM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Meeting with the Lowcountry Immigration Coalition\u00a0\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Beaufort District Office, 903 Port Republic, Beaufort\n\t\t\u00a0\n\t9:30 AM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Coffee with Mark at Blackstone's\u00a0\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Blackstone's Cafe, 205 Scott St., Beaufort\n\t\t\u00a0\n\t12:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 State of the Region\u00a0\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Marriott Resort and Spa, 1 Hotel Circle, Hilton Head\n\t\t\u00a0\n\t5:00 PM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Greater Bluffton Republican Club\n\t\t\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Corks, 14 Promenade St., Bluffton\n \u00a0\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://rice.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/hanna-rice-michaud-introduce-bill-to-delay-hours-of-service-rule", "Hanna, Rice, Michaud Introduce Bill to Delay Hours of Service Rule", "2013-10-31", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tom Rice", "R000597", "rice.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Reps. Richard Hanna (R-NY), Tom Rice (R-SC) and Mike Michaud (D-ME) want to delay a new regulation that began earlier this year on how many hours commercial truck drivers can spend on the road. \u00a0\r\nOn July 1, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) enacted a new Hours of Service (HOS) rule, which is taking a toll on truck drivers and on the trucking industry \u2013 the lifeblood of the American economy. According a study completed by the American Transportation Research Institute, the new rule would result in an annual cost of $376 million to the trucking industry alone.\u00a0Other businesses likely to be adversely impacted include construction firms, delivery services and fresh food distributors.\r\nConcerns have been raised that the new rules cause more congestion during peak morning travel and could push drivers to be more aggressive during the hours they do spend on the road.\u00a0 This rule could cost businesses and consumers billions of dollars and it is plausible that it will actually decrease safety on the roads.\r\nReps. Hanna, Rice and Michaud want to delay the regulation until an independent assessment of the rule is complete. That\u2019s why they\u2019ve introduced the TRUE Safety Act.\r\nHighlights of the TRUE Safety Act include:\r\n- Truckers would abide by the 34-hour restart rules that were in place before July 1, 2013.\r\n- The Government Accountability Office (GAO) would be required to conduct an independent assessment of the methodology FMCSA used to come up with the new 34-hour restart rule.\r\n- The new 34-hour restart rule could not be re-implemented until six months after GAO submits its assessment to Congress.\r\nRep. Hanna said: \u201cIt is wrongheaded for the federal government to impose an arbitrary and capricious regulation that impacts almost every sector of the American economy without first finishing a study on its effectiveness.\u00a0 Federal agencies should have an obligation to prove that new rules and regulations do not cause more harm than good - in terms of both safety and costs.\r\n\u201cThere are legitimate concerns that this new rule makes our roads less safe and hurts small business.\u00a0 The TRUE Safety Act is a bipartisan effort to press the \u2018pause button\u2019 on this new rule while an independent assessment is completed to ensure the rule makes sense and will not actually harm the travelling public and American economy.\u201d\r\nRep. Rice said: \u201cI am proud to join my colleagues in introducing this bipartisan legislation because our American truckers are being held to a new un-tested standard that limits their productivity and ultimately \u2013 their profitability. Congress required the FMSCA is to complete a comprehensive study before imposing new hours of service standards on our truckers. Instead, the agency has abused its authority and is requiring truckers to comply with one of the most stringent parts of its regulation prior to receiving their study\u2019s findings.\u00a0This legislation will rein in FMSCA and postpone the new un-tested hours of service regulation until its study is complete and require an additional study to ensure that our truckers are not being overregulated.\u201d \u00a0\r\nRep. Michaud said: \u201cMany drivers plan their schedules to be on the road overnight so as to avoid traffic and other hazards during the day. I\u2019m concerned that the new rules push drivers to get back on the road during the morning rush hour, increase road congestion and jeopardize safety. The independent assessment required by this bill will ensure the regulations are based on sound data in order to minimize costs and improve safety.\u201d\r\nReps. Hanna, Rice and Michaud are members of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-introduces-hr-3436-the-nsa-inspector-general-act-of-2013", "Sanford Introduces H.R. 3436: The NSA Inspector General Act of 2013", "2013-10-31", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD INTRODUCES H.R. 3436: THE NSA INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 2013  \n\t\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u201cWith information continuing to drip out regarding activities at the NSA that at best raise questions about the legality of their conduct and at worst are in direct violation of the Constitution, yesterday I introduced legislation to help correct this behavior, by making the NSA Inspector General (IG) position a presidential appointment, to be confirmed by the Senate,\u201d said Sanford. \u201cThis process already exists at the CIA, Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u201cRight now, the IG is appointed by the Director of the NSA, which curbs their oversight effectiveness because the Director can remove them,\u201d added Sanford. \u201cAs recently noted in an op-ed by the former IG of the CIA, Britt Snider, this lack of independence creates an environment where employees of the IG\u2019s office worry about their careers if their findings and conclusions are critical of the agency.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u201cThere are a number of reforms that need to be made at the NSA to ensure the Agency is not violating the privacy of Americans, but without a robust IG office, these reforms will lack the teeth they need to be enforced. In this vein, I feel this legislation is a reasonable and necessary step that will help bring positive change to the Agency.\u201d\n\u00a0\nRepresentative Sanford was joined in introducing H.R. 3436 by the following original co-sponsors (listed in order of co-sponsorship):  \n\t\u00a0\n1. Paul Broun (R, GA-10)\n2. Mick Mulvaney (R, SC-05)\n3. Alan Grayson (D, FL-09)\n4. Kerry Bentivolio (R, MI-11)\n5. Tom Rice (R, SC-07)\n6. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D, DC)\n7. Thomas Massie (R, KY-04)\n8. Justin Amash (R, MI-03)\n9. Trey Gowdy (R, SC-04)\n10. Jeff Duncan (R, SC-03)\n11. Joe Wilson (R, SC-02)\n12. James Sensenbrenner (R, WI-05)\n\u00a0\nYou can read H.R. 3436 here.\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://clyburn.house.gov/press-release/clyburn-opening-statement-opening-meeting-budget-conference-committee", "Clyburn Opening Statement at the Opening Meeting of the Budget Conference Committee", "2013-10-30", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "SC", "James Clyburn", "C000537", "clyburn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON -- \u00a0U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn\u00a0delivered the following statement today at the Opening Meeting of the Budget Conference Committee:\n\"The principal task of this Committee is to agree on a budget for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2014. While it would have been prudent to have had these negotiations last summer, I am pleased that we are now beginning these important discussions about our nation\u2019s fiscal priorities.\nWe must address the automatic spending cuts that are hurting our economy and undercutting important priorities like education, medical research and national security. And we must put our nation\u2019s fiscal house in order and reduce our long term debt to a manageable level. But there are different ways to do this, and some are better than others.\nOn the graph you see on the screens, there are two lines. The red line charts the deficit over the past 65 years. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\nThe blue line charts the unemployment rate over the same period. The relationship is obvious: when unemployment goes down, the deficit goes down; when unemployment goes up, the deficit goes up.\nThe reasons for this are clear. When you don\u2019t have a job, you don\u2019t pay taxes. When you don\u2019t have income, you\u2019re not paying payroll taxes and you\u2019re more likely to need government assistance. Unemployment is a double whammy for the federal budget. To lower the deficit, we have to lower unemployment.\nAdvocates for extracting deficit reduction from the most vulnerable by cutting benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program, nutrition assistance, and other vital services, ignore the fact that when you cut essential benefits, you just shift the cost of these necessities onto senior citizens, parents, and low income hard working people.\nThese cost shifts take money out of the pockets of consumers that would otherwise be spent in other parts of the economy, helping businesses grow and creating jobs. Cutting benefits, cuts jobs; and cutting jobs is not the way to reduce the deficit.\nSecuring deficit reduction by cutting key investments in education, Pell Grants, infrastructure, job training, and research and development would hinder economic growth in the short and long term by depriving our nation of the physical and human capital we need to have a strong economy with a 21st century workforce. Cutting investment cuts jobs, and cutting jobs is not the way to reduce the deficit.\nWe Democrats have a different approach. We fully recognize the importance of fiscal responsibility. But we know from the chart that any budget cuts that destroy jobs will be counterproductive.\nWe know that cuts that fall disproportionately on our most vulnerable citizens make our economy more vulnerable as well. We know that a reasonable, balanced approach involving shared sacrifice is not only the fairest way to cut the deficit, it is the most effective.\nWe also believe that higher levels of revenue are fully compatible with strong economic growth. We have seen that tax cuts for the wealthy have increased the deficit and do not create jobs. We know that much of our national debt is the result of two wars.\nAnd now that we have ended one and are winding down the other, significant savings have been generated which, I believe, should be used to eliminate the Sequester; and target funds to those communities that have been suffering disproportionately for the last thirty years.\u00a0\nThis would generate economic growth and begin closing the wealth gap that is threatening family security and our nation's stability.\u00a0\nIn a divided government, both sides have to make tough and sometimes uncomfortable choices.\u00a0 I have long held that if there are five steps Between me and the other side, I do not mind taking three of them as long as the person on the other side will take the other two.\nI was very pleased to read last week that our colleague Mr. Cole - who I consider to be a good friend - said, \u201cThe reality is, you\u2019re going to have to have a deal here. And a deal means everybody gives something up.\u201d\nI agree with my friend and I look forward to working constructively towards a deal to grow our economy, protect our vulnerable and ensure that we remain on sound fiscal footing.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanfords-statement-on-testimony-of-hhs-secretary-sebelius-on-aca", "Sanford's Statement on Testimony of HHS Secretary Sebelius on ACA Exchanges", "2013-10-30", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "STATEMENT ON TESTIMONY OF HHS SECRETARY SEBELIUS ON AFFORDABLE CARE ACT EXCHANGES\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-1) released the following statement regarding the testimony of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius\u2019s testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. \u201cThis morning\u2019s testimony from Secretary Sebelius confirmed for me that this administration is determined to meet their own political goals no matter how it harms Americans. It\u2019s clear from this morning that the Affordable Care Act exchanges were in no way ready for primetime. The Secretary\u2019s admission that the websites didn\u2019t have enough testing and simply weren\u2019t ready seems to fit a pattern we\u2019ve seen from this administration,\u201d said Sanford. \u201cThe website was rushed to meet self-imposed political deadlines, and the White House and the executive branch knowingly pushed what their own tests indicated was a flawed product.\u201d \u201cThe exchanges are just one of many failures and shortcomings in the Affordable Care Act,\u201d added Sanford. \u201cAll across the Lowcountry, people are facing higher premiums, losing the insurance plans they were promised they could keep, and watching as the administration struggles to answer questions about why they pushed so hard to launch a website and enforce a mandate when they knew it wasn\u2019t ready.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://clyburn.house.gov/clyburn-opening-statement-at-the-opening-meeting-of-the-budget-conference-committee/", "Clyburn Opening Statement at the Opening Meeting of the Budget Conference Committee", "2013-10-30", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "SC", "James E. Clyburn", "C000537", "clyburn.house.gov", "clyburn", "https://clyburn.house.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn delivered the following statement today at the Opening Meeting of the Budget Conference Committee:\n\n\u201cThe principal task of this Committee is to agree on a budget for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2014. While it would have been prudent to have had these negotiations last summer, I am pleased that we are now beginning these important discussions about our nation\u2019s fiscal priorities.\n\nWe must address the automatic spending cuts that are hurting our economy and undercutting important priorities like education, medical research and national security. And we must put our nation\u2019s fiscal house in order and reduce our long term debt to a manageable level. But there are different ways to do this, and some are better than others.\n\nOn the graph you see on the screens, there are two lines. The red line charts the deficit over the past 65 years.\n\nThe blue line charts the unemployment rate over the same period. The relationship is obvious: when unemployment goes down, the deficit goes down; when unemployment goes up, the deficit goes up.\n\nThe reasons for this are clear. When you don\u2019t have a job, you don\u2019t pay taxes. When you don\u2019t have income, you\u2019re not paying payroll taxes and you\u2019re more likely to need government assistance. Unemployment is a double whammy for the federal budget. To lower the deficit, we have to lower unemployment.\n\nAdvocates for extracting deficit reduction from the most vulnerable by cutting benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program, nutrition assistance, and other vital services, ignore the fact that when you cut essential benefits, you just shift the cost of these necessities onto senior citizens, parents, and low income hard working people.\n\nThese cost shifts take money out of the pockets of consumers that would otherwise be spent in other parts of the economy, helping businesses grow and creating jobs. Cutting benefits, cuts jobs; and cutting jobs is not the way to reduce the deficit.\n\nSecuring deficit reduction by cutting key investments in education, Pell Grants, infrastructure, job training, and research and development would hinder economic growth in the short and long term by depriving our nation of the physical and human capital we need to have a strong economy with a 21st century workforce. Cutting investment cuts jobs, and cutting jobs is not the way to reduce the deficit.\n\nWe Democrats have a different approach. We fully recognize the importance of fiscal responsibility. But we know from the chart that any budget cuts that destroy jobs will be counterproductive.\n\nWe know that cuts that fall disproportionately on our most vulnerable citizens make our economy more vulnerable as well. We know that a reasonable, balanced approach involving shared sacrifice is not only the fairest way to cut the deficit, it is the most effective.\n\nWe also believe that higher levels of revenue are fully compatible with strong economic growth. We have seen that tax cuts for the wealthy have increased the deficit and do not create jobs. We know that much of our national debt is the result of two wars.\n\nAnd now that we have ended one and are winding down the other, significant savings have been generated which, I believe, should be used to eliminate the Sequester; and target funds to those communities that have been suffering disproportionately for the last thirty years.\n\nThis would generate economic growth and begin closing the wealth gap that is threatening family security and our nation\u2019s stability.\n\nIn a divided government, both sides have to make tough and sometimes uncomfortable choices. I have long held that if there are five steps Between me and the other side, I do not mind taking three of them as long as the person on the other side will take the other two.\n\nI was very pleased to read last week that our colleague Mr. Cole \u2013 who I consider to be a good friend \u2013 said, \u201cThe reality is, you\u2019re going to have to have a deal here. And a deal means everybody gives something up.\u201d\n\nI agree with my friend and I look forward to working constructively towards a deal to grow our economy, protect our vulnerable and ensure that we remain on sound fiscal footing.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T22:39:21Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221034902/http://gowdy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=359787", "Gowdy, Welch introduce bipartisan college affordability legislation", "2013-10-30", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Trey Gowdy", "G000566", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Today, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced bipartisan college affordability legislation that will reduce college costs for students and their families. The\u00a0Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act\u00a0is a two-pronged strategy that encourages the development of flexible pathways for students to more quickly, and therefore more economically, earn a college degree while eliminating unnecessary federal regulations that contribute to tuition hikes.\n\u201cMost jobs in our economy now require postsecondary education, but the rising cost is putting college out of reach for many American families or strapping students with crippling debt,\u201d Gowdy said. \u201cI am proud to join Congressman Welch in introducing this legislation to reduce government regulations contributing to education expenses and give institutions more options to reduce costs for their students. We look forward to partnering with colleges and universities to accomplish these goals.\u201d\n\u201cA college education, the gateway to the American middle class, is slipping further and further from the reach of working families. Federal loans and grants are a lifeline for college students. \u00a0But students continue to lose ground because financial aid increases are being eaten up by college tuition increases,\u201d Welch said. \u00a0\u201cThis legislation creates a partnership between the federal government and our college administrators to cut unnecessary federal regulatory costs and encourage cost saving innovations.\u201d \u00a0\nThe legislation would give students the freedom to use Federal grants and loans for accelerated degree completion, competency based learning, competency testing and dual enrollment. It would also create a Regulatory Reform Task Force charged with cutting unnecessary and burdensome federal regulations that contribute to college operating costs. \u00a0 ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221055000/http://joewilson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=357052", "Wilson Statement on the Passing of Ike McLeese", "2013-10-29", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement on the death of former President and CEO of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Ike McLeese.\n\u201cIke McLeese was a dear friend whom I had the privilege of working alongside over the past 19 years. \u00a0The Greater Columbia Chamber's success is attributed to Ike's tremendous leadership. Because of his efforts, South Carolina\u2019s military installations, specifically Fort Jackson and McEntire Joint National Guard Base, have remained strongholds surviving the most recent BRAC. Our brave men and women who serve in uniform and their families have lost a champion who pledged unwavering support. Roxanne and I extend our deepest sympathy to his loving wife Sue and the rest of the McLeese family during this difficult time,\u201d Congressman Wilson said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-announces-satellite-office-hours", "Sanford Announces Satellite Office Hours", "2013-10-28", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD ANNOUNCES SATELLITE OFFICE HOURS TOMORROW\n  \n\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-1) announced that his staff will be conducting satellite office hours tomorrow in St. Helena, Bluffton, and Hilton Head Island, per the schedule below. Satellite office hours are conducted around the district by the Representative\u2019s staff in order to be as accessible as possible to constituents requiring assistance on issues related to the federal government. Additionally, anyone wishing to express an opinion or ask a question is welcome to stop by.\n  NOTE: Representative Sanford is not scheduled to be in attendance at these events.  \n\t\u00a0\nTuesday, October 29th:  \n\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t11:00AM \u2013 1:00PM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Branch Library\n\t\t\t\t6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Road\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Island\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t11:00AM \u2013 1:00PM\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBluffton Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\tBluffton Community Library\n\t\t\t\t120 Palmetto Way\n\t\t\t\tBluffton\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t4:00PM \u2013 6:00PM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tHilton Head Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\tHilton Head Island Library\n\t\t\t\t11 Beach City Rd.\n\t\t\t\tHilton Head Island\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20131031173048/http://gowdy.house.gov:80/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=356776", "Gowdy, Mulvaney, Chaffetz Question Sebelius on Healthcare.gov Failures", "2013-10-28", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Trey Gowdy", "G000566", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Congressmen Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Mick Mulvaney (R- SC), and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) today sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting information on how healthcare.gov was tested and clarification for her recent comments blaming House Republicans for the website's failures.\nText of the letter:\nOctober 28, 2013\u00a0\nThe Honorable Kathleen Sebelius  \nU.S. Department of Health & Human Services  \n200 Independence Avenue, S.W.  \nWashington, DC\u00a0 20201\n\u00a0\nDear Secretary Sebelius:\nYou have made a number of curious statements during your career in public life. Time and space do not allow for a full inventory.\nMost recently you are quoted as saying the abysmal Obamacare rollout\u2014for which you had three years and more than $500,000,000 to prepare, test, and perfect\u2014was the fault of House Republicans and the government shutdown.\nIf memory serves, Obamacare was signed into law in March of 2010, when Republicans controlled precisely no branch of government.\nAt a an event in Austin, Texas, on October 25th, you said: \"In an ideal world, there would have been a lot more testing . . . but we did not have the luxury of that with a law that says 'it's go time on October 1st.'\" You then\u2014and in the interest of clarity we will edit\u2014blame House Republicans and the government shutdown for your failure to provide a workable product.\nIn light of this newest explanation for the failure to provide a workable product, could you provide some additional clarification of your remarks, particularly by answering the following questions:\u00a0\n1)\u00a0\u00a0 When did you first test the website healthcare.gov?\n2)\u00a0\u00a0 When did you last test the website healthcare.gov prior to October 1, 2013?\n3)\u00a0\u00a0 Who limited your ability to test the website as often as you judged necessary?\n4)\u00a0\u00a0 In the \"ideal world\" you make reference to, how many testings would you have conducted?\n5)\u00a0\u00a0 What \"law\" are you referencing that says \"it's go time on October 1, 2013\"?\n6)\u00a0\u00a0 Assuming arguendo you are able to cite said law, did you ask for an extension?\n7)\u00a0\u00a0 Inasmuch as the website launched October 1 and the government shutdown began October 1, how precisely was the website launch affected by the shutdown?\n8)\u00a0\u00a0 What changes did you make to the website from September 1, 2013, to October 1, 2013?\n9)\u00a0\u00a0 Who, if anyone other than you, directed those changes be made?\nYour prompt response to these questions would be most appreciated and helpful to those of us who eagerly await your testimony before congressional committees of appropriate jurisdiction.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/duncan-introduces-equal-treatment-constitutional-amendment", "Duncan Introduces Equal Treatment Constitutional Amendment", "2013-10-24", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC - Today Congressman Jeff Duncan introduced a Constitutional amendment, H.J. Res 98, that would require Members of Congress, the Administration, and Judicial branch to abide by all laws just like the rest of the public. H.J Res. 98 is the companion legislation to Senator Rand Paul\u2019s S.J. Res. 25.\n\u201cThis amendment is about fundamental fairness for the American people. Government officials should live under the law just like everyone else. I am proud to work with Senator Paul to bring transparency and accountability to all three branches of government. An important feature of this bill is that it also brings the Administration and the courts under the same laws as all other Americans.\u201d\n\u201cNo one in government should be above the law. The Paul-Duncan effort will ensure that Congress lives under all the laws they write.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20131214115402/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-tim-scott-and-colleagues-urge-federal-government-allow-children-get-better", "Senator Tim Scott and Colleagues Urge Federal Government to Allow Children to Get a Better Education", "2013-10-24", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) was joined by 29 other senators in a call for Attorney General Eric Holder to explain why the Department of Justice has sued to trap needy children in failing public schools based on skin color alone.\n\u00a0\n\u201cRegardless of race or background, every child deserves the opportunity to succeed,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI know firsthand the importance of empowering parents to provide their children with the best education possible. Parents should be able to choose a school based on the opportunity it provides. That flexibility is good for kids across the board.\u201d\n\u00a0\nThe Louisiana Scholarship Program, launched three years after Hurricane Katrina, grants poor children the opportunity to escape failing public schools and attend a different school chosen by their parents. Last year, the program helped over 5,700 needy children (91 percent of whom are minorities) and raised test scores -- all while saving taxpayers $18 million dollars.\n\u00a0\nThe Department of Justice is suing to return 570 of these children tofailing schools, claiming that a school\u2019s racial make-up is more important than providing opportunities for students. For example, the Department of Justice argues that six African-American children should be returned to a failing elementary school, to change the school from 29.2 percent to 30.1 percent African-American.\n\u00a0\nLast month, Senator Scott joined Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush to call on the Obama administration to halt the lawsuit and allow students the greatest chance to succeed.\n\u00a0\nThe text of the Senators\u2019 letter is included below.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nOctober 24, 2013\n\u00a0\nThe Honorable Eric Holder\nAttorney General\nDepartment of Justice\n950 Pennsylvania Avenue. NW\nWashington, DC \u00a020530-0001\n\u00a0\nDear Attorney General Holder:\n\u00a0\nOn August 22, 2013, the Department of Justice filed a petition with the federal district court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in the case of United States v. William J. Dodd, Civ. A. No. 71-1316 (E.D. La.). The petition asks the court to block 570 needy children from escaping failing public schools, solely on the basis of the children\u2019s skin color. We are deeply concerned by the Justice Department\u2019s petition. Specifically, we are concerned that the Department of Justice\u2019s decision to prevent these needy children from obtaining a valuable education is not consistent with the pursuit of justice, but instead may be the result of improper, partisan motives.\n\u00a0\nIn 2008, three years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city, New Orleans launched the Louisiana Scholarship Program. The program allowed poor students in failing schools to obtain a scholarship to attend a private school preapproved by the State. In 2012, Louisiana expanded the program statewide. 91 percent of scholarship children were minorities\u201486 percent African-American and 5 percent from other minority groups. Because the average scholarship equaled $4,500, some $3,000 less than the amount Louisiana\u2019s public schools spend per child, the program saved Louisiana taxpayers $18 million in 2012 alone.\n\u00a0\nThe program has been a remarkable success. Test scores have risen among scholarship students. More importantly, the program is lauded by those in the best position to determine what is best for Louisiana\u2019s children: their parents. One mother wrote that at her son\u2019s public school, the teacher \u201ctold me that she could not give him the attention and time he needed\u201d; \u201cmy son could not hold a pencil or crayon and was treated by teachers and students alike as an outcast,\u201d and \u201cwas labeled as disabled.\u201d At his new scholarship school, \u201che has made tremendous progress and can now write his own name,\u201d is \u201cthriving,\u201d and is \u201cexcited to work on [his] homework at night.\u201d Another mother attested that she sought a scholarship for her six year-old son for one simple reason: \u201cSo he won\u2019t be a statistic.\u201d She explained that just a few months earlier, she laid her nephew to rest, and at the funeral could not help but ask, \u201cIf he would\u2019ve had the same opportunity like my son has, who knows what he would have become?\u201d\n\u00a0\nIt seems to us that a program that rescues needy children from failing schools, gives families a chance to break the cycle of poverty and violence, and saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year is one that should be lauded by the federal government. Instead, the Justice Department is working to sabotage it. Shockingly, the Justice Department is doing so by targeting a small group of children based solely on the color of their skin.\n\u00a0\nDuring the days of Jim Crow, some Louisiana school districts were placed under desegregation orders. The Justice Department argues that allowing a few students to escape their failing schools will change the racial composition in these covered school districts. For example, the Justice Department asks the court to block six needy African-American students from escaping their failing school, because their departure would change the school\u2019s racial make-up from 30.1 percent to 29.2 percent African-American. Similarly, the Justice Department argues that the desegregation orders may be violated if five poor white students obtain a better education, because the school would go from 29.6\u2009percent to 28.9\u2009percent white. In each case, the Justice Department is targeting the children solely on the basis of their skin color:\u00a0\n\u00a0\nIf the six African-American children were white, and the five white children were African-American, the Justice Department would not be trying to prevent them from receiving a good education. These children are not statistics. They are young kids, and every one of them deserves a safe, high-quality school and a chance at a bright future.\n\u00a0\nLouisiana\u2019s Superintendent of Education has called it \u201cironic\u201d that the Justice Department is taking the desegregation orders that were designed to provide African-American children with access to the best schools and using them to trap African-American children in failing schools based solely on their skin color. We agree with the Washington Post\u2019s editorial board: \u201cwe think it is appalling.\u201d\n\u00a0\nCongress is vested with oversight of the Justice Department in order to ensure political considerations do not trump the pursuit of justice and to verify that the Justice Department is making wise use of scarce taxpayer dollars. In our oversight capacity, we are requesting that you submit answers to the below questions as soon as possible, but no later than November 6, 2013. We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.\n\u00a0\n1. \u00a0 \u00a0In 2012, 5,766 needy children won the opportunity to escape a failing school through Louisiana\u2019s Scholarship Program. The Justice Department\u2019s petition seeks to block 570 of those children from obtaining a meaningful education, based solely on the color of their skin. Some children, the petition argued, should be trapped in failing schools because they are African-American; others because they are white. How is this consistent with the Constitution\u2019s guarantee of equal protection regardless of race?\n\u00a0\n2. \u00a0 \u00a0Justice Department officials have, on more than one occasion, appeared before Congress and testified that the Department\u2019s resources are stretched thin, and prosecutors sometimes have to make decisions on how best to deploy those resources. Why is this litigation a wise use of scarce taxpayer dollars?\n\u00a0\n3. \u00a0 \u00a0The Justice Department argues in its petition that the loss of six black children from Cecilia primary school\u2014which amounts to less than one percent of the student body\u2014should be blocked. Imagine those six black children left Cecilia primary school for a reason other than the Louisiana Scholarship Program. Imagine that their parents\u2019 found more lucrative jobs and were able to afford private school out of their own pockets.\na. \u00a0 \u00a0Would the Justice Department have the legal authority to block these children from leaving Cecilia school in order to preserve the \u201cracial balance\u201d between the school and parish?\nb. \u00a0 \u00a0Would the Justice Department have the legal authority to ask the court to bus in six other African-American children into the failing school to restore its \u201cracial balance\u201d?\n\u00a0\n4. \u00a0 \u00a0The two examples the Justice Department cites in its petition, Cecilia primary school and Independence primary school, involve miniscule changes to the student population, 6 students (less than one percent of the student body) and 5 students (just over one percent of the student body). Is any change too small? What if only one black student received a scholarship from Cecilia? Would the Justice Department have the authority to block that student from a better school?\n\u00a0\n5. \u00a0 \u00a0Did anyone in the Justice Department take any account of politics or have any conversations concerning politics, including the positions of teachers unions, in deciding to file its petition?\n\u00a0\nSincerely,", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-tim-scott-and-colleagues-urge-federal-government-to-allow-children-to-get-a-better-education", "Senator Tim Scott and Colleagues Urge Federal Government to Allow Children to Get a Better Education", "2013-10-24", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Thursday | October 24, 2013\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott and Colleagues Urge Federal Government to Allow Children to Get a Better Education \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) was joined by 29 other senators in a call for Attorney General Eric Holder to explain why the Department of Justice has sued to trap needy children in failing public schools based on skin color alone.\r\n\"Regardless of race or background, every child deserves the opportunity to succeed,\" Scott said. \"I know firsthand the importance of empowering parents to provide their children with the best education possible. Parents should be able to choose a school based on the opportunity it provides. That flexibility is good for kids across the board.\"\r\nThe Louisiana Scholarship Program, launched three years after Hurricane Katrina, grants poor children the opportunity to escape failing public schools and attend a different school chosen by their parents. Last year, the program helped over 5,700 needy children (91 percent of whom are minorities) and raised test scores -- all while saving taxpayers $18 million dollars.\r\nThe Department of Justice is suing to return 570 of these children tofailing schools, claiming that a school's racial make-up is more important than providing opportunities for students. For example, the Department of Justice argues that six African-American children should be returned to a failing elementary school, to change the school from 29.2 percent to 30.1 percent African-American.\r\nLast month, Senator Scott joined Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush to call on the Obama administration to halt the lawsuit and allow students the greatest chance to succeed.\r\nThe text of the Senators' letter is included below.\r\nOctober 24, 2013\r\nThe Honorable Eric Holder\r\nAttorney General\r\nDepartment of Justice\r\n950 Pennsylvania Avenue. NW\r\nWashington, DC 20530-0001\r\nDear Attorney General Holder:\r\nOn August 22, 2013, the Department of Justice filed a petition with the federal district court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in the case of United States v. William J. Dodd, Civ. A. No. 71-1316 (E.D. La.). The petition asks the court to block 570 needy children from escaping failing public schools, solely on the basis of the children's skin color. We are deeply concerned by the Justice Department's petition. Specifically, we are concerned that the Department of Justice's decision to prevent these needy children from obtaining a valuable education is not consistent with the pursuit of justice, but instead may be the result of improper, partisan motives.\r\nIn 2008, three years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city, New Orleans launched the Louisiana Scholarship Program. The program allowed poor students in failing schools to obtain a scholarship to attend a private school preapproved by the State. In 2012, Louisiana expanded the program statewide. 91 percent of scholarship children were minorities-86 percent African-American and 5 percent from other minority groups. Because the average scholarship equaled $4,500, some $3,000 less than the amount Louisiana's public schools spend per child, the program saved Louisiana taxpayers $18 million in 2012 alone.\r\nThe program has been a remarkable success. Test scores have risen among scholarship students. More importantly, the program is lauded by those in the best position to determine what is best for Louisiana's children: their parents. One mother wrote that at her son's public school, the teacher \"told me that she could not give him the attention and time he needed\"; \"my son could not hold a pencil or crayon and was treated by teachers and students alike as an outcast,\" and \"was labeled as disabled.\" At his new scholarship school, \"he has made tremendous progress and can now write his own name,\" is \"thriving,\" and is \"excited to work on [his] homework at night.\" Another mother attested that she sought a scholarship for her six year-old son for one simple reason: \"So he won't be a statistic.\" She explained that just a few months earlier, she laid her nephew to rest, and at the funeral could not help but ask, \"If he would've had the same opportunity like my son has, who knows what he would have become?\"\r\nIt seems to us that a program that rescues needy children from failing schools, gives families a chance to break the cycle of poverty and violence, and saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year is one that should be lauded by the federal government. Instead, the Justice Department is working to sabotage it. Shockingly, the Justice Department is doing so by targeting a small group of children based solely on the color of their skin.\r\nDuring the days of Jim Crow, some Louisiana school districts were placed under desegregation orders. The Justice Department argues that allowing a few students to escape their failing schools will change the racial composition in these covered school districts. For example, the Justice Department asks the court to block six needy African-American students from escaping their failing school, because their departure would change the school's racial make-up from 30.1 percent to 29.2 percent African-American. Similarly, the Justice Department argues that the desegregation orders may be violated if five poor white students obtain a better education, because the school would go from 29.6?percent to 28.9?percent white. In each case, the Justice Department is targeting the children solely on the basis of their skin color:\r\nIf the six African-American children were white, and the five white children were African-American, the Justice Department would not be trying to prevent them from receiving a good education. These children are not statistics. They are young kids, and every one of them deserves a safe, high-quality school and a chance at a bright future.\r\nLouisiana's Superintendent of Education has called it \"ironic\" that the Justice Department is taking the desegregation orders that were designed to provide African-American children with access to the best schools and using them to trap African-American children in failing schools based solely on their skin color. We agree with the Washington Post's editorial board: \"we think it is appalling.\"\r\nCongress is vested with oversight of the Justice Department in order to ensure political considerations do not trump the pursuit of justice and to verify that the Justice Department is making wise use of scarce taxpayer dollars. In our oversight capacity, we are requesting that you submit answers to the below questions as soon as possible, but no later than November 6, 2013. We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.\r\n1. In 2012, 5,766 needy children won the opportunity to escape a failing school through Louisiana's Scholarship Program. The Justice Department's petition seeks to block 570 of those children from obtaining a meaningful education, based solely on the color of their skin. Some children, the petition argued, should be trapped in failing schools because they are African-American; others because they are white. How is this consistent with the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection regardless of race?\r\n2. Justice Department officials have, on more than one occasion, appeared before Congress and testified that the Department's resources are stretched thin, and prosecutors sometimes have to make decisions on how best to deploy those resources. Why is this litigation a wise use of scarce taxpayer dollars?\r\n3. The Justice Department argues in its petition that the loss of six black children from Cecilia primary school-which amounts to less than one percent of the student body-should be blocked. Imagine those six black children left Cecilia primary school for a reason other than the Louisiana Scholarship Program. Imagine that their parents' found more lucrative jobs and were able to afford private school out of their own pockets.\r\na. Would the Justice Department have the legal authority to block these children from leaving Cecilia school in order to preserve the \"racial balance\" between the school and parish?\r\nb. Would the Justice Department have the legal authority to ask the court to bus in six other African-American children into the failing school to restore its \"racial balance\"?\r\n4. The two examples the Justice Department cites in its petition, Cecilia primary school and Independence primary school, involve miniscule changes to the student population, 6 students (less than one percent of the student body) and 5 students (just over one percent of the student body). Is any change too small? What if only one black student received a scholarship from Cecilia? Would the Justice Department have the authority to block that student from a better school?\r\n5. Did anyone in the Justice Department take any account of politics or have any conversations concerning politics, including the positions of teachers unions, in deciding to file its petition?\r\nSincerely,", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanfords-statement-on-wrrda", "Sanford's Statement on House Passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act", "2013-10-23", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF THE WATER RESOURCES REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (WRRDA) \nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-1) voted in favor of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), which passed the House on a 417-3 vote: \u201cI voted in favor of the WRRDA bill today because it represents an important step forward for Charleston and businesses not only in our region, but across the state, as it is vital to ensuring Charleston\u2019s Post-45 harbor deepening stays on schedule,\u201d said Sanford. \u201cBut I think that in addition to the economic impact back home, the cost cutting measures and the provisions to increase efficiency, ultimately there\u2019s a bigger consideration here which is a constitutional question on the balance of power.\u201d \u201cThis bill is about reclaiming authority that many contended was ceded to the Executive Branch,\u201d added Sanford. \u201cI applaud the fact that this bill contains no earmarks, yet preserves the role of the Congress in determining spending priorities, rather than abdicate that responsibility to the Executive Branch.\u201d \u201cIn too many ways it seems to me we are moving towards an imperial Presidency without traditional checks and balances. Beyond the necessity of funding national infrastructure, this bill\u2019s greatest accomplishment may well be its work in maintaining the balance of power.\u201d Sanford also spoke on the House floor during general debate in favor of the bill, which you can view here: https://c-spanvideo.org/clip/4470056\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-announces-satellite-office-hours-schedule", "Sanford Announces Satellite Office Hours Schedule", "2013-10-21", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD ANNOUNCES SATELLITE OFFICE HOURS SCHEDULE\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-1) announced that his staff will be conducting satellite office hours in Sun City and St. Helena, per the schedule below. Satellite office hours are conducted around the district by the Representative\u2019s staff in order to be as accessible as possible to constituents requiring assistance on issues related to the federal government. Additionally, anyone wishing to express an opinion or ask a question is welcome to stop by.\n  NOTE: Representative Sanford is not scheduled to be in attendance at these events. Tuesday, October 22nd:\n9:00AM \u2013 11:00AM\n\t\t\tSun City Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\tThe Coosaw New River Room, Hidden Cypress Building\n\t\t\t\t673 Cypress Hills Drive\n\t\t\t\tOkatie, SC\n\t\tTuesday, October 29th:\n\u00a0\n11:00AM \u2013 1:00PM\n\t\t\tSt. Helena Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Branch Library\n\t\t\t\t6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Road\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Island, SC", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sanford-announces-satellite-office-hours-schedule", "Sanford Announces Satellite Office Hours Schedule", "2013-10-21", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD ANNOUNCES SATELLITE OFFICE HOURS SCHEDULE\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-1) announced that his staff will be conducting satellite office hours in Sun City and St. Helena, per the schedule below. Satellite office hours are conducted around the district by the Representative\u2019s staff in order to be as accessible as possible to constituents requiring assistance on issues related to the federal government. Additionally, anyone wishing to express an opinion or ask a question is welcome to stop by.\n  NOTE: Representative Sanford is not scheduled to be in attendance at these events. Tuesday, October 22nd:\n9:00AM \u2013 11:00AM\n\t\t\tSun City Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\tThe Coosaw New River Room, Hidden Cypress Building\n\t\t\t\t673 Cypress Hills Drive\n\t\t\t\tOkatie, SC\n\t\tTuesday, October 29th:\n\u00a0\n11:00AM \u2013 1:00PM\n\t\t\tSt. Helena Satellite Office Hours\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Branch Library\n\t\t\t\t6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Road\n\t\t\t\tSt. Helena Island, SC", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/newsletters/shutdown-conclusion-october-18-2013", "Shutdown Conclusion: October 18, 2013", "2013-10-18", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Last night by a vote of 285-144 the House extended the Continuing Resolution through January 15th and raised the debt ceiling through February 7th. \u00a0I joined with 143 of my Republican colleagues and the rest of the South Carolina Republican delegation in opposing this measure that results in roughly another $500 billion in new debt, yet does not contain any reforms to reduce government spending, lower the increasing cost of entitlement programs or affect the Affordable Care Act.Back in January when I first announced for Congress I argued that debt-ceiling increases should be offset with spending cuts, that we need to pay as we go and that we cannot continue on the road that we are on without catastrophic financial consequences over the long run. At a time when government borrows approximately $0.40 for every dollar it spends, I don't think it makes sense to continue to kick the can down the road...always promising to reform spending habits in the future, yet postponing action until later. In many ways this deal actually goes in the opposite direction because the deal doesn\u2019t just raise the debt ceiling \u2013 it suspends it! Typically debt ceilings are raised by a specific amount, up by $200 or $400 billion for example. In this case it suspends it for a time, which means Congress has given away its control of the purse strings to the President and the Treasury during this time period. To change or undo this new authority to borrow as the White House sees fit through February 7th would now take a two thirds vote from the House and Senate...and signature by the President! Obviously that\u2019s not going to happen, so Congress has literally given a blank check to an administration that has already incurred more debt than any other as the national debt has risen from $10 trillion to $16.7 trillion during the last five years! Depending on one\u2019s philosophical perspective, it was naturally the \u201cother\u201d side in this debate that was being obstinate, but in fact, the debate and the issues at play are more complex. The silver lining to the cloud of inaction in Washington over the last few weeks is the triumph of the American system. While the media has sensationalized the process and people have legitimately grown weary of all the back and forth, the reality is we have a system where the minority can attempt to advance their case, and where we can have strong disagreement without bloodshed. It was Winston Churchill who noted, \u201cThe beauty of the American political system was that it always did the right thing...after exhausting every other possible remedy.\u201d While this debate has proceeded in ways that many disdain, I think the larger challenge confronting us means we have to resolve this. According to the Congressional Budget Office we are only 12 years away from reaching the point where every dollar the government spends goes to the national debt or entitlement programs. If now is not the time to get these numbers settled, then when is? So the shutdown is over, the government is up and running again and the system worked \u2013 but what did we learn? Three thoughts on this. One, while it may not have been done as we many would like, asking questions is the American way. This is particularly the case on Constitutional questions, and many members in the House had them about the President\u2019s unilateral decisions in enforcing his own law. The Founding Fathers charged the executive branch with enacting whole laws, never parts of it at their discretion. The idea of corporations or members of Congress and their staffs being exempt from a law rubbed many of us the wrong way, and accordingly we fought on it. Two, over the last 35 years there have been 53 debt limit increases, and 17 government shutdowns \u2013 and with the exception of a handful of automatic debt extensions all were negotiated. The President clearly held the upper ground but was unusually dismissive when it came to negotiating. As a country we have differences, and lots of them - but we have sat down and ironed them out for over 200 years peaceably. While I ultimately opposed the final deal from the Senate because it didn\u2019t contain reforms, negotiating between parties is the only way to break through these stalemates and deal with the spending issues our country faces. Three, it always comes back to the money. Washington is spending at a rate that is unsustainable, and spending problems don\u2019t get better with time. The passage of a \u201cclean\u201d Continuing Resolution begs its ending date and that\u2019s just 60 days away. At that point we will find ourselves right back where we have been over these past few weeks because we still haven\u2019t tackled the underlying budget issues. Unfortunately the challenges that brought about the past few weeks and were debated through this shutdown still stand. If they are not resolved this event will serve as but a minor tremor to the larger financial shutdown that will ultimately ensue if both the financial and Constitutional issues debated over these weeks are not resolved. We have time between now and that next debate; let\u2019s hope we use it wisely. Take care,", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov/media-center/newsletters/shutdown-conclusion-october-18-2013", "Shutdown Conclusion: October 18, 2013", "2013-10-18", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Last night by a vote of 285-144 the House extended the Continuing Resolution through January 15th and raised the debt ceiling through February 7th. \u00a0I joined with 143 of my Republican colleagues and the rest of the South Carolina Republican delegation in opposing this measure that results in roughly another $500 billion in new debt, yet does not contain any reforms to reduce government spending, lower the increasing cost of entitlement programs or affect the Affordable Care Act.Back in January when I first announced for Congress I argued that debt-ceiling increases should be offset with spending cuts, that we need to pay as we go and that we cannot continue on the road that we are on without catastrophic financial consequences over the long run. At a time when government borrows approximately $0.40 for every dollar it spends, I don't think it makes sense to continue to kick the can down the road...always promising to reform spending habits in the future, yet postponing action until later. In many ways this deal actually goes in the opposite direction because the deal doesn\u2019t just raise the debt ceiling \u2013 it suspends it! Typically debt ceilings are raised by a specific amount, up by $200 or $400 billion for example. In this case it suspends it for a time, which means Congress has given away its control of the purse strings to the President and the Treasury during this time period. To change or undo this new authority to borrow as the White House sees fit through February 7th would now take a two thirds vote from the House and Senate...and signature by the President! Obviously that\u2019s not going to happen, so Congress has literally given a blank check to an administration that has already incurred more debt than any other as the national debt has risen from $10 trillion to $16.7 trillion during the last five years! Depending on one\u2019s philosophical perspective, it was naturally the \u201cother\u201d side in this debate that was being obstinate, but in fact, the debate and the issues at play are more complex. The silver lining to the cloud of inaction in Washington over the last few weeks is the triumph of the American system. While the media has sensationalized the process and people have legitimately grown weary of all the back and forth, the reality is we have a system where the minority can attempt to advance their case, and where we can have strong disagreement without bloodshed. It was Winston Churchill who noted, \u201cThe beauty of the American political system was that it always did the right thing...after exhausting every other possible remedy.\u201d While this debate has proceeded in ways that many disdain, I think the larger challenge confronting us means we have to resolve this. According to the Congressional Budget Office we are only 12 years away from reaching the point where every dollar the government spends goes to the national debt or entitlement programs. If now is not the time to get these numbers settled, then when is? So the shutdown is over, the government is up and running again and the system worked \u2013 but what did we learn? Three thoughts on this. One, while it may not have been done as we many would like, asking questions is the American way. This is particularly the case on Constitutional questions, and many members in the House had them about the President\u2019s unilateral decisions in enforcing his own law. The Founding Fathers charged the executive branch with enacting whole laws, never parts of it at their discretion. The idea of corporations or members of Congress and their staffs being exempt from a law rubbed many of us the wrong way, and accordingly we fought on it. Two, over the last 35 years there have been 53 debt limit increases, and 17 government shutdowns \u2013 and with the exception of a handful of automatic debt extensions all were negotiated. The President clearly held the upper ground but was unusually dismissive when it came to negotiating. As a country we have differences, and lots of them - but we have sat down and ironed them out for over 200 years peaceably. While I ultimately opposed the final deal from the Senate because it didn\u2019t contain reforms, negotiating between parties is the only way to break through these stalemates and deal with the spending issues our country faces. Three, it always comes back to the money. Washington is spending at a rate that is unsustainable, and spending problems don\u2019t get better with time. The passage of a \u201cclean\u201d Continuing Resolution begs its ending date and that\u2019s just 60 days away. At that point we will find ourselves right back where we have been over these past few weeks because we still haven\u2019t tackled the underlying budget issues. Unfortunately the challenges that brought about the past few weeks and were debated through this shutdown still stand. If they are not resolved this event will serve as but a minor tremor to the larger financial shutdown that will ultimately ensue if both the financial and Constitutional issues debated over these weeks are not resolved. We have time between now and that next debate; let\u2019s hope we use it wisely. Take care,", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=cd505dad-f2d6-e594-30d1-4f7592fdfaf7", "Graham, Ayotte, Kirk Statement on Iran Sanctions", "2013-10-18", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Toggle navigation\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMenu\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHome\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout 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Requests\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCasework\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisiting D.C.\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tService Academies\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternships\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrants\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederal Employment\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederal Government Links\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPresidential Greetings\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQs\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress Releases\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOp-Eds/Columns\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVideos\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto Gallery\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlog\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIssues \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKey Issues\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-Sponsored Bills\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommittee Assignments\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVoting Record\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBill Status\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenate Schedule\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Carolina \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCongressional Delegation\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisiting South Carolina\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudents \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLindsey's Kid Page\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenate Facts\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternships\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tE-mail Senator Graham\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOffice Locations\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSearch", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://clyburn.house.gov/press-release/clyburn-statement-bipartisan-senate-legislation", "Clyburn Statement On The Bipartisan Senate Legislation", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "SC", "James Clyburn", "C000537", "clyburn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON -- \u00a0U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn released the following statement:\n\u201cI am pleased the House is voting tonight on the bipartisan Senate compromise legislation to re-open the government, put people back to work, and pay the nation\u2019s bills on time and in full.\u00a0 Going forward, we must get beyond the repeated episodes of partisan brinksmanship that have been so costly to our country.\u00a0 It is my sincere hope that this Congress will learn from this needless, manufactured crisis and work together to reach common sense solutions to our nation\u2019s challenges and pass sound economic policies that create good jobs at good wages for hardworking people.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/duncan-statement-government-funding-debt-ceiling-legislation", "Duncan Statement on Government Funding, Debt Ceiling Legislation", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2014 South Carolina Congressman Jeff Duncan issued the following statement in regards to the agreement that was reached between Republican and Democratic leaders to reopen the government and temporarily extend the nation\u2019s debt ceiling:\n\"I voted against the agreement reached by Senate Republican and Democratic leaders to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling because it did not do enough to address the real problems at hand. Our country is perilously close to a precipice. Our debt is growing out of control, and the cost of ObamaCare is crippling American families and businesses. The easy thing to do is kick the can down the road. The right thing to do is address our country\u2019s need for borrowing money and for the Administration to realize that the new healthcare law is not working.\u00a0 Even President Obama\u2019s former spokesman Robert Gibbs called the healthcare roll out \u201cexcruciatingly embarrassing\u201d and suggested that someone within the Administration needed to be fired.\"\n\"While I am disappointed in the outcome, I am even more ashamed at how President Obama and Harry Reid conducted themselves during the government shutdown. Had the President and Harry Reid been open to negotiating from the start of this, a shutdown never would have happened. Working with the elected representatives of the people is not optional. It is disappointing that it took a crisis situation for the President to realize that refusing to negotiate was not an option. I was also disturbed that President Obama went out of his way to make the shutdown more painful on the public than it needed to be by closing monuments that have never been closed before, threatening to delay payments to veterans \u2013 even though veterans benefits are fully funded \u2013 and rejecting clean, non-controversial, and bipartisan bills passed by the House to reopen portions of the government. This behavior of putting politics before people is the ultimate sign of leadership failure.\"\n\"Now that the President has reversed his position and decided to once again work with the people\u2019s representatives, it is my sincere hope that some type of resolution on the budget and the healthcare law can be reached in the months ahead. These are serious times. The President needs to acknowledge what most of America has already seen: that our country is suffering from a mounting debt crisis; and that the Affordable Care Act is seriously flawed.\"\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://rice.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/washington-cannot-ignore-its-financial-problems", "Washington Cannot Ignore Its Financial Problems", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tom Rice", "R000597", "rice.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "During my campaign, I made a promise to you and your family that I would not vote for a debt ceiling increase that did not address the financial problems crippling our country. Last night, the government was hours away from hitting its debt ceiling and weeks away from running out of money to pay our country\u2019s bills. Instead of addressing our financial problems, Congress put forth a bill that merely postpones another fiscal calamity. Therefore, I could not support this bill because it allows the government to run up our nation\u2019s credit card, ignore the ballooning cost of our entitlement programs, and does not make America more competitive.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/editorials/post-and-courier-congressional-deal-doesnt-end-the-larger-debate", "Post and Courier: Congressional deal doesn't end the larger debate", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "CHARLESTON, SC - This Wednesday, December 6 and Thursday, December 7, the Office of Congressman Mark Sanford welcomes everyone to drop by to sign holiday cards to send to our troops, veterans, and their families. The signed cards will be delivered to the Red Cross as part of their\u00a0Holiday Mail for Heroes\u00a0program.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/sanford-statement-on-house-passage-of-extension-cr-raise-debt-ceiling", "Sanford Statement on Senate Bill to Extend CR, Raise Debt Ceiling", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL TO EXTEND CR, RAISE DEBT CEILING\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-1) voted against the Senate proposal, which extended the Continuing Resolution through January 15th\u00a0and extends the debt ceiling through February 7th. This means the national debt will go up by roughly another $500 billion. The proposal did not include any provisions for long-term spending or entitlement reform.\n  \n\t\u201cI opposed the bill that came before me in the House tonight for one very simple reason: It does nothing to address our national debt or our spending trajectory. It doesn\u2019t make progress towards confronting the ballooning deficits that await us around the corner. It raises the debt ceiling and funds the government without making any changes to the things that are causing the national debt to continue to expand,\u201d said Sanford. \u201cI think that this government shutdown is merely a preview of impacts to come down the road, which will be one hundred times worse, if Congress fails to get our financial house in order,\u201d added Sanford. \u201cAt the end of the day two, beats one in politics and so here we see President Obama and Senator Harry Reid\u2019s position win out, but there is a much larger takeaway regarding our need as a nation to have a conversation about changing the way Washington promises and spends.\u201d \u201cI have fought for nearly 20 years against the expansion of government spending and the necessity of confronting our financial reality. According to the Congressional Budget Office in only 12 years every penny government receives will go to entitlement programs or interest on our debt,\u201d added Sanford. \u201c12 years is a blink of an eye and things are going to get progressively more painful and difficult if we don\u2019t start making progress now.\u201d \u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["http://sanford.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sanford-statement-on-house-passage-of-extension-cr-raise-debt-ceiling", "Sanford Statement on Senate Bill to Extend CR, Raise Debt Ceiling", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "sanford.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SANFORD STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL TO EXTEND CR, RAISE DEBT CEILING\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Mark Sanford (SC-1) voted against the Senate proposal, which extended the Continuing Resolution through January 15th\u00a0and extends the debt ceiling through February 7th. This means the national debt will go up by roughly another $500 billion. The proposal did not include any provisions for long-term spending or entitlement reform.\n  \n\t\u201cI opposed the bill that came before me in the House tonight for one very simple reason: It does nothing to address our national debt or our spending trajectory. It doesn\u2019t make progress towards confronting the ballooning deficits that await us around the corner. It raises the debt ceiling and funds the government without making any changes to the things that are causing the national debt to continue to expand,\u201d said Sanford. \u201cI think that this government shutdown is merely a preview of impacts to come down the road, which will be one hundred times worse, if Congress fails to get our financial house in order,\u201d added Sanford. \u201cAt the end of the day two, beats one in politics and so here we see President Obama and Senator Harry Reid\u2019s position win out, but there is a much larger takeaway regarding our need as a nation to have a conversation about changing the way Washington promises and spends.\u201d \u201cI have fought for nearly 20 years against the expansion of government spending and the necessity of confronting our financial reality. According to the Congressional Budget Office in only 12 years every penny government receives will go to entitlement programs or interest on our debt,\u201d added Sanford. \u201c12 years is a blink of an eye and things are going to get progressively more painful and difficult if we don\u2019t start making progress now.\u201d \u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://clyburn.house.gov/clyburn-statement-on-the-bipartisan-senate-legislation/", "Clyburn Statement On The Bipartisan Senate Legislation", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "SC", "James E. Clyburn", "C000537", "clyburn.house.gov", "clyburn", "https://clyburn.house.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn released the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am pleased the House is voting tonight on the bipartisan Senate compromise legislation to re-open the government, put people back to work, and pay the nation\u2019s bills on time and in full. Going forward, we must get beyond the repeated episodes of partisan brinksmanship that have been so costly to our country. It is my sincere hope that this Congress will learn from this needless, manufactured crisis and work together to reach common sense solutions to our nation\u2019s challenges and pass sound economic policies that create good jobs at good wages for hardworking people.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T22:39:21Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20131103081100/http://gowdy.house.gov:80/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=355764", "Gowdy discusses end of Government Shutdown on Morning in America with Bill Bennett", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Trey Gowdy", "G000566", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Gowdy discusses end of Government Shutdown on Morning in America with Bill Bennett \n   \n    \n       \n      \n  \n    \n      f \n      t \n      #\n      e\n      \n      \n    \n    \n      \n        Washington,\n        Oct 17\n      \n       \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n    \n  \n    \n      \n      \n      Congressman Trey Gowdy discussed the end of the government shutdown and where we go from here on Morning in America with Bill Bennett. Listen here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20131103081105/http://gowdy.house.gov:80/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=355787", "Gowdy Update on End of Government Shutdown", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Trey Gowdy", "G000566", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Gowdy Update on End of Government Shutdown \n   \n    \n       \n      \n  \n    \n      f \n      t \n      #\n      e\n      \n      \n    \n    \n      \n        Washington,\n        Oct 17\n      \n       \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n      \n      \n      Congressman Trey Gowdy voted against the deal to raise the debt deal and fund the government through January 15, 2014, saying, \"This agreement falls short of what we could have done and what we should have done; hence I could not support it. Nevertheless, issues related to fiscal responsibility and the systemic shortcomings of Obamacare will emerge again soon, and I trust we can be more persuasive in making our argument to the American people.\"Gowdy discussed the end of the government shutdown and what is next on Morning in America with Bill Bennet. Listen here. To watch Gowdy's interview on the Kelly File about the National Park Service memorial closings and his vote in the House of Representatives on the shutdown watch here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140223034527/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-tim-scott%E2%80%99s-service-academy-nomination-application-deadline-november-1", "Senator Tim Scott\u2019s Service Academy Nomination Application Deadline is November 1", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Senator Tim Scott\u2019s Service Academy Nomination Application Deadline is November 1               \n                  \n                    \n      \n      \n      \n                                                  \n                  \n        \n          \n    \n  \n    \n    \n     Senator Tim Scott\u2019s Service Academy Nomination Application Deadline is November 1 \nContact: (202)224-2718\n\u00a0\nNorth Charleston, SC\u2013\u00a0U.S. Senator Tim Scott's deadline for students to submit applications for a nomination to a U.S. armed forces service academy is November 1, 2013.\n\u201cOur military academies produce some of the best and brightest leaders in the world,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI encourage any South Carolina student who is committed to serving their country and developing their leadership skills to apply for a nomination to one of our nation\u2019s service academies.\u201d\n\n\tFor additional information or to learn more about the application process, contact Senator Scott\u2019s North Charleston office at (843) 727-4525.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140523092621/http://sanford.house.gov//media-center/editorials/moultrie-news-washington-politics-shutdown-negotiations", "Moultrie News: Washington politics shutdown negotiations", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Mark Sanford", "S000051", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Note: This piece originally ran in the Moultrie News on October 17th, 2013.\u00a0\nAs I write, we are now over a week into this government shutdown and a quick resolution is not in sight. Most of us would like to see one, but each day that passes brings us closer to yet another Washington issue that needs resolving, the debt ceiling. In deciding how we fix these two storms at the Capitol, I\u2019d ask you consider two things.\nFirst, we could pass a so called \u201cclean\u201d Continuing Resolution tomorrow, but without resolving the underlying budget issue we will find ourselves right back in the current impasse in a few weeks. The same is true of a \u201cclean\u201d debt ceiling raise, which would raise the limit on our \u201ccredit card,\u201d but would do nothing to address the $17 trillion we already owe, or the growth of government spending. According to the Congressional Budget Office, in just 12 years there will only be enough money for interest and entitlement spending \u2013 and no other federal government spending - without borrowing, cutting or taxing significantly more. One can argue about the tactics and timing of this particular debate, the nexus here was Republicans\u2019 question on whether we can afford another $1 trillion dollar entitlement, but it underscores the degree to which it\u2019s past time for this debate.\nIn many ways we are here because there has been an absolute breakdown of the funding process in Washington. Unlike when I left Congress 13 years ago, the annual debate on the 12 federal spending categories has devolved to funding government in one big bill, a so-called Continuing Resolution. Under these resolutions, government winds up simply funded at last year\u2019s levels, and treating all spending the same doesn\u2019t reward effort or excellence. In tackling Washington spending, the questions is if not now, then when? We sure can\u2019t wait years to do so.\nSecond, while I\u2019m hardly a defender of process in Washington, the way things have been done offer some insight into how they will be done in the Capital city. Over the last 35 years there have been 53 debt limit increases, and 17 government shutdowns. Except in a handful of years where debt increases were automatic and therefore not debated, in every instance they have been subject to negotiation. Whether there were Democratic or Republican presidents, Senates, or Houses \u2013 every time there was negotiation. We have differences, and lots of them - but we have sat down and ironed them out for over 200 years. This change in perceived executive authority is particularly important given the Constitutional questions that are raised when the President decides unilaterally how his own law will be enforced, despite the fact that the Founding Fathers charged the executive branch with enacting whole laws, never parts of it at their discretion.\nMany friends in Mount Pleasant tell me newly claimed Presidential authority and Washington spending are issues worth confronting now\u2026and I agree.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=c748e200-b253-3749-d786-a9d5183dc329", "Graham To Support Senate Agreement to Reopen the Government", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Toggle 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["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/senator-tim-scotts-service-academy-nomination-application-deadline-is-november-1", "Senator Tim Scotts Service Academy Nomination Application Deadline is November 1", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Thursday | October 17, 2013\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott's Service Academy Nomination Application Deadline is November 1 \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Senator Tim Scott's Service Academy Nomination Application Deadline is November 1 \r\nContact: (202)224-2718\r\nNorth Charleston, SC-U.S. Senator Tim Scott's deadline for students to submit applications for a nomination to a U.S. armed forces service academy is November 1, 2013.\r\n\"Our military academies produce some of the best and brightest leaders in the world,\" Scott said. \"I encourage any South Carolina student who is committed to serving their country and developing their leadership skills 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