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On Monday, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-5) introduced new legislation in the House of Representatives to help address the massive surge of immigrants along our southern border.   The Stop the SURGE Act, or Stop the Surge of Unsafe Rio Grande Encampments Act, would relocate illegal immigrants from South Texas to the following newly established ports of entry for… Read more »

How AWESOME is it that part of the World Series will be played in Georgia this coming weekend, after what the “woke” cancel culture did to that state recently? This is so rich. Remember the phony outrage when the Georgia state legislature decided to improve their election laws last spring? Remember how many in the Democratic party and mainstream media tried to make us… Read more »

Passport expedition requests have not let up for months in my Rock Hill office. The numbers are still through the roof! Summer is over but holiday travel is right around the corner, and spring break won't be far behind that. If you're planning ANY international travel it is better to plan ahead than be left on pins and needles or worse, cancel. ** Remember: For travel… Read more »

Don’t ever tell me “dark money” isn’t a problem in politics. It is, and here’s a perfect example targeting YOU – right here in South Carolina. How does a no-name “news” outlet afford to pay over $3,200 in Facebook ads DELIBERATELY MISLEADING people about me and every other Congressperson and Senator from South Carolina? I’m talking about the "Palmetto State News" – which is owned by… Read more »

Please take just a moment to read this. Suicide rates among our active-duty military and veterans are at heartbreaking levels. Last year, 580 active-duty troops took their own lives, according to the Pentagon. That’s over 1½ every day, and it represents a 15 percent increase from the year prior. Meanwhile, our veterans are particularly at risk. The most recent report from the VA… Read more »

Wow. I can’t even express enough outrage over this. Arrests along our southern border have now reached the “highest levels ever recorded.” That’s according to unpublished Border Patrol data obtained by the Washington Post. Let’s unpack this information… Being arrested and being detained by our Border Patrol are generally two different things. Illegal immigrants are typically detained… Read more »

INDIAN LAND Residents (and those who live or work nearby) – I’m doing all I can to ratchet up the pressure on the U.S. Postal Service. It’s just one delay after another… one problem after another… one excuse after another. You all have been waiting entirely too long for a replacement facility, and I’m fed up and angry over the USPS’ handling of this matter. I WILL NOT let up on… Read more »

Let’s talk details. This is a long post, I know, but it’s important for everyone to understand just how bad the Democrats’ massive tax & spend package is going to be. Remember, this bill isn’t even finalized yet. I’ve linked to their initial version below. As of now, this is a 2,465-page monster that will expand cradle-to-grave government dependence, make inflation worse, and put our… Read more »

Our nation mourns this morning over the loss of Colin Powell. He was such an incredible individual, both personally and in service to our nation. May God bless both him and his family. Read more »

Good news from the South Carolina Supreme Court yesterday. This is concerning federal unemployment benefits here in South Carolina, which ended up hurting our state and economy. To refresh your memory, during Covid, the federal government was supplementing state unemployment benefits with federal money. So those who were unemployed due to Covid had been receiving not only unemployment… Read more »