September 13, 2024

Friends,

I hope you and your family are well! I wanted to provide you with a few updates regarding what’s going on –

Securing our Elections

Why do Republicans want to safeguard U.S. elections by simply requiring voter ID?

The Biden/Harris administration has illegally imported an entire state worth of people into the U.S. since the last presidential election.

Biden/Harris allowed more than 12 million illegal immigrants (54% single adults) to enter the U.S. During that time, Democrats promised them food, medical care, education, housing, jobs, and citizenship. All paid for by American taxpayers. Total illegal border-crossers is now equivalent to 2 times the population of South Carolina and more than the population of 36 other states.

Non-citizens, legal and illegal, end up on voter rolls for a number of reasons. The main culprit is the poorly designed National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993 which does not require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. In fact, 13,000 non-citizens were removed from voter rolls in Virginia and Texas.

Adding voter ID creates a mechanism for enforcement and protects U.S. elections against voter fraud.

Protecting our elections from voter fraud shouldn't be a big ask or hard sell.

The real question is... Why do Democrats NOT want to safeguard our elections by simply requiring voter ID?

Why was the Senate Border Bill a Bad Idea?

The Senate Border Act of 2024 would not secure the border because:

1. The Senate Border Act failed to address the broken asylum system that has been plagued with massive amounts of fraud. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants were allowed into the country using an app, virtually unchecked. Thousands of identical applications from the same IP address have been found.
   
   
2. The Senate Border Act prevented border authorities from closing the border unless a 7-day average of cumulative encounters with inadmissible migrants surpassed 5,000 per day. 5,000 x 365 days = 1,825,000 illegal immigrants. The Democrats wanted to permanently keep the border open and codify the allowance of 1.8 million illegal immigrants a year.

This week, we paid tribute to nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11, 2001, that horrible day of terror, but also honored the brave men and women who gave their lives to save their fellow Americans. We will never forget.

Also, on September 11-12, 2012, four Americans lost their lives and Libya fell, an abysmal failure on part of the Obama Administration and U.S. State Department (Secretary Hillary Clinton).

The names of those lost are Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods.

Legislative Action

I co-sponsored, H.J.Res 167, Rep. Harriett Hageman's bill to stop the USDA rule mandating electronic ID tags for cattle and bison.

I co-sponsored, H.R. 9526, Rep. Nancy Mace's bill to eliminate asylum claims, refugee status, and TPS for Palestinians; and make being Palestinian (and not here legally) grounds for deportation.

I co-sponsored, H.R. 9533, Rep. Bruce Westerman's bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to optimize conservation through resource prioritization, incentivize wildlife conservation on private lands, provide for greater incentives to recover listed species, create greater transparency and accountability in recovering listed species, and limit reasonable and prudent measures.

I co-sponsored, H.R. 9456, Rep. Dan Newhouse's bill to require CFIUS to determine whether a national security review is necessary for reportable agricultural land transactions by foreign entities that are referred by the USDA.

In the District

Prisma Health, South Carolina’s largest private, non-profit healthcare system, recently committed to donating $1 million to Piedmont Technical College to allow an expansion of nursing education and health sciences training on the PTC campus. This new three-year program is expected to support workforce development in the healthcare sector for South Carolina. 

Anderson University’s newly founded football team, the Trojans, had a historic debut last weekend against the St. Andrews Knights. The Trojans won 51-14. Their next game will take place in Younts Stadium at 6:00 PM on September 14th against LaGrange.

On Saturday, September 14th, the Alzheimer’s Association is traveling to Anderson to host this year's Walk to End Alzheimer’s. This event will be held at AnMed Health North Campus with a 9:00 AM check-in time to participate. The goal of this event is to acquire donations from participating parties that will contribute to research. All funds raised will be used to develop treatments and methods to fight Alzheimer's.

It is an honor to serve the Third District of South Carolina. Should you or your family need assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact my office directly.