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In case you missed my post over the weekend, I’m sponsoring a bill in the House to allow states to opt out of daylight saving time. I was pleasantly surprised to see a similar bill over on the Senate pass earlier today by unanimous consent, essentially meaning it had no opposition. Hopefully leadership in the House will allow a vote on my bill, or at least similar legislation. We’re so… Read more »

Here’s a quick summary of the legislation I’m supporting in Congress concerning Russia. In no particular order: First, I'm co-sponsoring a bill that would formally suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, which is a puppet-state of Russia. This is a no-brainer. Russia should not be allowed to function economically as though they aren’t waging an unjust war. Second,… Read more »

How many of us are going to be irritable and tired tomorrow? Who thinks we ought to stop jacking with our clocks twice a year and instead just make daylight saving time permanent? When it was implemented, the rationale behind daylight saving time was to help the economy and help reduce energy consumption by “pushing sunlight forward into the evening.” (It was supposed to reduce the need… Read more »

Spartanburg County deserves this. Just a bunch of hard-working, down-to-earth, God-fearing Americans over there. Check this out…   There’s a company based out of Wisconsin called Oshkosh Defense. Early last year, Oshkosh was awarded a 10-year contract with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to build their next generation of mail delivery vehicles. A few months later, Oshkosh… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), along with U.S. Representatives Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and William Timmons (R-S.C.), sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy thanking him for acting in the interest of American taxpayers and standing by the commitment to manufacture the next generation United States Postal Service (USPS) fleet in Spartanburg,… Read more »

This is a mess. Numbers just released from February are showing 7.9% annual inflation. That’s up from 7.5% in January, 7% in December, 6.8% in November. The trends get worse every month! Wages are rising, yes, but not nearly as fast as inflation. And those who are most harmed by this inflation are those least likely to be able to absorb these price hikes!! Inflation is an awful,… Read more »

Anyone care to guess how I’ll be voting in a few minutes? The House is about to vote on an omnibus spending bill. In overly simple terms, “omnibus” is when they throw a wide variety of spending into a single piece of legislation. This particular bill will cost us $1.5 trillion. The legislation itself is 2,700 pages long. The text was released just before 2 AM this morning, and… Read more »

It took entirely too long, but the President FINALLY decided to sanction Russian oil earlier today. Unfortunately, he’s still dragging his feet on unleashing America’s own energy production capabilities. It’s just feckless leadership from top to bottom. Let’s talk about the oil sanctions first. Most Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been yelling at Biden to get in gear and ban… 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… Read more »

You’d be hard pressed to find this level of bipartisanship on any other issue right now. The United States needs to sanction Russian oil. Almost everyone is united on this point. Heck, even Nancy Pelosi is on board now. But President Biden has staunchly resisted this step so far. (This may be changing. More on that below.) Here’s the issue: a sizeable portion of the Russian economy is… Read more »