December 2014 Newsletter

I hope this finds you well and that you had a great Thanksgiving! We all have so much to be thankful for and I want to take this time to thank each and everyone who voted to allow me to represent you for another two years in the SC House of Representatives. My pledge to […]

End of Summer

Summer has passed, the children are back in school and the weather continues to be hot. I hope each of you have enjoyed your summer and are ready for football and cooler days. I have been very busy over the summer, both on legislative matters and my consulting business. I attended the House Republican Legislative […]

The Final Stretch for True Ethics Reform

The string of headlines on ethics issues over the past six years means the time has come to strengthen our laws. I have written about this issue a number of times over the past two years as the House has studied and debated the Ethics Act. This week, the House put the finishing touches on […]

A Strong Record of Achievement

With four weeks left in the legislative session, the race is on to get important legislation finished and to Governor Haley’s desk. Looking back on the two-year session, the House Republicans have a long list of notable achievements. Since voters gave us control of the House in 1994, most of our state’s major reforms originated […]

Crossover Week and “Worry” at Pacolet

Last week was “Crossover Week” in the House, and while I’ve written about that several times in the past few weeks, I realized many of you may not know exactly what that means. So before I get to what happened this week, a little explanation: Crossover Deadline is established in each Legislative Body by their […]

Statehouse Report 12: Fighting Common Core

L-R: Rep. Eddie Tallon, Sheriff Faile, SC Supreme Court Justice John Kittridge Presenting the CALEA Accreditation Certificate to Sheriff Faile of The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office. Dear Friends, We spent a number of very long days on the floor this week as we cleared as much legislation off the House calendar before the May 1 “Crossover […]