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It’s amnesty, pure and simple. I’m talking about the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act,” which I voted against yesterday. What a great title, right? This bill would grant something called “certified agriculture worker” status to illegal immigrants who have been working unlawfully in our agriculture industry. Anyone who has broken our immigration laws to work in the ag industry for at… Read more »

Back in July, I was quite upset over the House’s version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This legislation authorizes funding for the U.S. Department of Defense. While some parts of the NDAA were good, Democrats unfortunately baked several “poison pills” into the House’s version. For example, they sought to use the NDAA to remove our current prohibition on… Read more »

Imagine what it must be like to be a Democrat in Congress right now.   These are folks who have never been able to come to terms with the outcome of our 2016 Presidential election. They’ve no idea how to handle a Republican President who loves to punch back as hard as he gets punched. They’re frustrated to realize that it’s been his policies – not theirs – which have… Read more »

Two of the most maddening things for me to watch in Congress are: Bills with honorable-sounding titles that are actually bad legislation once you dig into the text, and Bills that are clearly an overreach of power by the federal government. H.R. 4 is both of these. It’s a Democrat bill titled the “Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019” which seeks to alter a good piece of… Read more »

This goes without saying, but it’s both appropriate and moral for a nation with our means to provide a hunger safety net for its citizens. One of those safety nets is known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or “SNAP” for short. On Wednesday, a worthwhile change was implemented to this program to help move able-bodied SNAP recipients towards self-sufficiency and away from… Read more »

This week, the 3+ year effort by Democrats to remove President Trump from office shifted over to the House Judiciary Committee, where their impeachment sham will continue. Remember up until now, Adam Shiff (D-CA) and anti-Trump Democrats on the Intelligence Committee have been conducting their twisted version of an impeachment inquiry. On Monday, Schiff issued a report with their… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Ralph Norman (SC-05) is pleased to announce that federal grants have been awarded to two entities in South Carolina's 5th Congressional District. The grants, totaling $573,000, were received by the Town of Whitmire located in Newberry County, along with the Hazel Pittman Center in Chester County. Newberry County, Town of Whitmire: Improvements to Drinking Water… Read more »

Earlier today, I introduced new legislation in the House called the "AFTER Appropriations Act." This is a powerful yet easy-to-understand bill that aims to help curb wasteful spending. Up in Washington, a request to eliminate spending on items that have previously been approved by Congress is known as a "rescission request." While Congress is the branch of government that authorizes… Read more »

On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Ralph Norman (SC-05) introduced the "AFTER Appropriations Act," which would require Congress to vote on Presidential rescission requests within an expedited time frame.   Under current law, the President can submit recommended rescissions to Congress to eliminate unnecessary or wasteful spending. Congress, however, is not required to act on those… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) issued the following statement on the “SFC Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act of 2019” (H.R. 2422): “Every member of our military is entitled to well-defined benefits should an injury or death occur while serving our nation.  This is true regardless of the circumstances or if someone else was at fault.  If we give… Read more »