WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Russell Fry, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2023: Congressman Russell Fry's (R-SC) No More Political Prosecution Act passed out of the House Judiciary Committee yesterday. This legislation would give presidents and vice presidents, both former and current, the option to move their own civil or criminal cases from a state court to a federal court. "In the past year, our country has witnessed unprecedented moves by state prosecutors  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2023: * * * Having joined the Freedom Caucus in a letter demanding answers from Speaker McCarthy on the path to appropriations should a stop-gap funding mechanism be passed by the House; Congressman Jeff Duncan released the following statement: "I'm proud to stand with my colleagues in the Freedom Caucus as we fight back against this fiscal insanity," said Congressman Jeff Duncan. "As we s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Sept. 12, 2023, entitled "Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission": * * * I've been calling for this hearing since February 14th, when this Committee held an oversight hearing on the FTX crypto crash. A lot has happened since your appearance last September. We experienced several bank failure  more