A very special thanks to Congressman Jeff Duncan and Rep. William Timmons! The three of us hosted an incredible joint tele-town hall on April 5th, with tens of thousands of constituents joining us on the phone from back home in South Carolina. There were many great questions about inflation, illegal immigration, Ukraine, and other issues facing our country. You can catch a full replay of this even... Read more »
Please make your calendar for Tuesday, April 5th at 6:00 PM ET for a special live telephone town hall. Joining me will be two other congressman from South Carolina, Rep. Jeff Duncan and Rep. William Timmons! During this call, we'll be discussing the important domestic issues facing our country, including rising inflation, increases in violent crime, and alarming levels of illegal immigration. We’l... Read more »
If you’re wondering when the Biden Administration will back off mask mandates for air travel, the answer is sometime before the November election. I don’t mean to sound flippant about it, but that’s the answer. At some strategic, well-choreographed moment between now and November, unelected government bureaucrats at the CDC will unravel that agency’s mask guidelines for air travel. And right on cu... Read more »
On Monday, Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-5) led a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressing concern regarding the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for travelers and visa holders entering the country. On January 22, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began requiring all non-U.S. citizens entering the country through land ports and ferry t... Read more »
Did any of you watch the State of the Union earlier tonight? It was a spin job like no other. Not to beat a dead horse, but inflation is at a 40 year high under Biden's watch. His policies have enabled & encouraged more than 2 million people to illegally cross our border in the last year. Violent crime is rising. We're now $30 trillion in national debt, while he wants trillions more for climate an... Read more »
On Tuesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC-05) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA-01) introduced the Religious Freedom Over Mandates Act. This legislation would prohibit the use of federal funds from being used to keep records or a database of religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Background Throughout 2021, the Biden Administration attempted to implement several vaccination mandates, wh... Read more »
Here’s a quick recap of two important pieces of news this week: FIRST, the Supreme Court slapped down Biden’s vaccine mandate yesterday. The President was trying to implement this through OSHA (the Occupational Safety & Health Administration), which would have affected more than 80 million American workers and placed massive compliance burdens on countless businesses. The Court was looking at Bide... Read more »
Great news just minutes ago from the Supreme Court, which BLOCKED Biden’s unconstitutional vaccine mandate for large employers. This affects around 80 million Americans who work for larger companies. President Biden was trying to use OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) to enact this mandate. Fortunately, the Supreme Court halted that misguided order just moments ago. How many ... Read more »
Get ready to show your vaccine passport almost everywhere if you want to visit our nation’s capital. The D.C. mayor has issued an edict requiring anyone 12 and older to show proof of vaccinations to enter public establishments. It’s nuts. Think about the hundreds of thousands of school children visiting D.C. – how’s that going to work? And the burdens placed on businesses, who are already struggli... Read more »
On Monday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC-5) and Ranking Member Rep. James Comer (R-KY-1) of the Committee on Oversight and Reform lead a letter to Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser concerning her mandate requiring proof of vaccination to enter various public buildings within the District of Columbia. “We write to express our concern about the vaccine mandate you issued requiring proof of coronavirus ... Read more »
