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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Representative Mark Sanford congratulated the First District’s 2017 Congressional Art Competition Winner, My’Asia McCollum, in his Washington, DC office. My’Asia, who graduated this spring from Cane Bay High School in Summerville, was recognized for her piece entitled “Centenary 1947.”
CHARLESTON, SC - Today, Representative Mark Sanford released his public schedule for Friday, June 30th through Tuesday, July 4th.
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Yesterday, the House passed H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act, by a vote of 218 to 210. This bill provided legal reforms that were scored by the Congressional Budget Office to save $50 billion in federal healthcare cost over the next ten years.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Mark Sanford issued the following statement after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill yesterday, which would separate our nation’s air-traffic control system from the FAA:
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Mark Sanford and Senator Tim Scott introduced the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park Act of 2017 in the House and Senate, respectively. By establishing these sites as national parks, this bill would preserve and protect these historically significant places.
I have always loved symbolism found in the statue of Lady Justice.
The blindfold represents objectivity. Justice should be dealt from our courts objectively, without fear or favour, regardless of money, wealth, power, or identity. In her left hand, Lady Justice holds balance scales, which represent the weighing of evidence.
Too often in Washington, solving a problem involves either expanding the federal government at the expense of local control or adding to our national debt. Neither are good choices for the taxpayer living in South Carolina.