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Happy National Agriculture Day!

| Posted in In the News

Our farmers and ranchers keep America strong and fed. There’s truly nothing quite like time spent on the farm. In South Carolina’s 5th District, agriculture drives our communities and economy. THANK YOU to our farmers! Happy National Agriculture Day! 

Norman Leads House Effort to Unlock Life-Saving Islet Transplants for Americans with Diabetes

| Posted in Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Norman (R-SC) introduced the House companion to Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Senator Ted Budd’s (R-NC) Increase Support for Life-saving Endocrine Transplantation (ISLET) Act, legislation aimed at removing outdated federal regulations that currently prevent many Americans with type 1 diabetes from accessing life-saving islet transplantation. The ISLET Act…

Introducing the ISLET Act

| Posted in Blog

Today, I introduced the House companion to Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) & Sen. Ted Budd’s (R-NC) ISLET Act to remove unnecessary federal red tape that is preventing Americans with type 1 diabetes from accessing life-saving islet transplants. This commonsense bill corrects a federal misclassification that treats pancreatic islets as drugs instead of organs. Other countries already provide…

Second Reported Spill at Silfab Solar

| Posted in Blog

After the second reported chemical spill at Silfab Solar, a full and thorough investigation must take place. The safety of the surrounding community and the workers at the facility must be a top priority.  My office is in contact with state and local officials as we work to get to the bottom of what occurred and ensure all the facts come to light. If negligence played any role in…

Permanently Ban CBDC

| Posted in Blog

I recently joined my colleagues in calling on House and Senate leadership to PERMANENTLY ban the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the United States. A CBDC is essentially a government-issued digital dollar controlled by the Federal Reserve. Unlike cash or money held in private bank accounts, a CBDC could allow the federal government to track and potentially…

ICYMI: Congress Doesn't Deserve a Pay Raise.

| Posted in Opinion Pieces

In case you missed it, Congressman Ralph Norman penned an op-ed sounding the alarm on a troubling reality in Washington: while Americans at home face record debt and rising costs, some in Congress are quietly pushing for pay raises. At a time when public trust in government is already strained, lawmakers should be focused on affordability for families back at home, not padding their own…

Chemical Spill at Silfab Solar

| Posted in Blog

Yesterday, a chemical spill involving approximately 300 gallons of potassium hydroxide occurred at the Silfab Solar facility in Fort Mill. Local emergency personnel responded quickly, and according to officials, most of the material was contained on site. Though some of the potassium hydroxide did reach a stormwater retention pond, we know that Silfab Solar contained most of this spill,…