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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving South Carolina Newsletter for Saturday September 16, 2023 ( 4 items )  

CONGRESSMAN CLYBURN AND BICAMERAL COALITION INTRODUCE DISARM HATE ACT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: This week, Representatives James E. Clyburn (SC-06), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Brian Higgins (NY-26), John Garamendi (CA-08), Katie Porter (CA-47) Nikema Williams (GA-06), and Summer Lee (PA-12) introduced the Disarm Hate Act to prevent individuals convicted of violent misdemeanor hate crimes from purc  more

Graham Backs Senate Companion To House-Passed Secure The Border Act
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cosponsored the Secure the Border Act of 2023. This legislation would resume construction on the wall, tighten asylum standards, criminalize visa overstays, increase the number of Border Patrol Agents, defund NGOs receiving tax dollars to help traffic illegal aliens throughout the heartland, prohibit D  more

Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Graham Backs Senate Companion to House-Passed Secure The Border Act
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cosponsored the Secure the Border Act of 2023. This legislation would resume construction on the wall, tighten asylum standards, criminalize visa overstays, increase the number of Border Patrol Agents, defund NGOs receiving tax dollars to help traffic i  more

Wilson and Connolly Introduce Legislation to Sanction North Korea for Material Support of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Following the September 13th meeting between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin in Russia, Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Korea, introduced legislation to expand sanctions on any activity related to an agreement between North Korea and Russia to provide material support for Russia's illegal and unprovoked war in Ukraine. "North Korean   more