Kevin Bryant

Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina

Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina

 

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DEMINT TO INTRODUCE BILL TO REPEAL OBAMACARE

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DEMINT TO INTRODUCE BILL TO REPEAL OBAMACARE
WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) announced that he will introduce legislation this week to repeal President Obama’s government takeover of health care. House Democrats voted this evening to pass the Senate version of the health care bill and it will likely be signed into law by President Obama later this week.

“This bill is unconstitutional and it cannot be fixed. It must be repealed,” said Senator DeMint. “The battle for health care freedom is not over and I will introduce legislation this week to repeal this health care takeover.

“Unless this trillion-dollar assault on our freedoms is repealed, it will force Americans to purchase Washington-approved health plans or face stiff penalties. It will fund abortions, raise taxes and insurance premiums, while reducing health care choices and quality.”

“This arrogant power grab proves that the President and his party care more about government control than the will of the American people. Americans told Washington to keep its hands off their health care in opinion polls, at public protests, and at the ballot box, but their pleas were ignored.

“If the President and Democrats were serious about true health care reform, there were many free-market solutions we could have easily passed. Americans support commonsense reforms such as purchasing coverage across state lines, stopping frivolous medical lawsuits, and giving the same tax breaks to Americans who don’t get their insurance at work. Unfortunately, Democrats refused to listen.”

The bill passed in the House today raids $52 billion from Social Security, cuts nearly $500 billion from Medicare, and doesn’t account for the hundreds of billions Congress must pass to pay doctors who treat elderly patients.

TEXT of Senator DeMint’s bill to Repeal ObamaCare:

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the amendments made by that Act, are repealed.
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Anderson County’s trx awards

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Two S.C. Web sites Lauded for Transparency

Kevin Dietrich The Nerve READ BIOGRAPHY
Monday, March 15, 2010
A pair of South Carolina county Web sites have been recognized as being among the best in the nation in terms of transparency.
Web sites for Anderson County and Aiken County were each awarded a “Sunny Award” from Sunshine Review Thursday.

Anderson County’s site received an A+ while Aiken County’s site earned an A. Of more than 5,000 government Web sites nationwide, only 39 earned an A or A+.

Grades are based on Sunshine Review’s “Transparency Checklist,” which analyzes Web sites for information about budgets, meetings, elected and administrative officials, permits and zoning, audits, contracts, lobbying, public records and taxes.
Anderson County had all 10 areas on its site, while Aiken County had everything but its contracts online.

The “Checklist” measures what content is available on government websites against what should be provided.
Sunny Award winners deserve recognition for making information available to citizens and for setting a transparency standard that all governments can, and should, meet,” said Mike Barnhart, president of Sunshine Review.

“Access to information empowers every citizen to hold government officials accountable for the conduct of the publics’ business and the spending of taxpayers’ money,” he added. “Official accountability is the cornerstone of self government and liberty.”
At the other end of the spectrum, Web sites for Allendale, Bamberg, Cherokee, Laurens, McCormick, Saluda, Union and Williamsburg counties all received failing grades. In addition, Calhoun County, Dillon County, Lee County and Marion County don’t have Web sites.

Since its inception in 2008, Sunshine Review has analyzed the websites of all 50 states, more than 3,140 counties, 805 cities, and 1,560 school districts.

Reach Dietrich at (803) 779-5022, ext. 110

Re: Anderson School District 5 Illegal Employees

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From: Senator Kevin Bryant
Re: Anderson School District 5 Illegal Employees

Several frustrated unemployed construction business people will be present at the Anderson School District 5 meeting on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 6:30 pm. The purpose of their appearance is to protest the alledged hiring of illegal employees on several construction sites by Anderson School District 5. Below is a letter that has been sent to the School Board by my office in support of these citizens of Anderson County. The letter will be presented by (really) Mr. Michael Deanhart:

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Dr. Mack Burris, Chairman
Anderson School District Five
400 Pearman Dairy Road
Anderson, South Carolina 29625

Dear Mr. Chairman,

I want to thank you for your service to the taxpayers, parents and children of Anderson County. I also want to commend your office for providing me with affidavits regarding the employment practices of the companies with construction contracts with School District 5. These affidavits have been passed on to the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation along with a request for audits of the same.

I have been in touch with numerous Anderson County citizens that are frustrated with the current economic climate and in particular, the continued presence of illegal aliens in Anderson County. It is unacceptable that the taxpayer may be funding construction projects that employ illegal aliens.

You are aware that Section 8-14-20 of the South Carolina Code requires that as of January 1, 2010 that all “services contract(s) with a contractor for the physical performance of services within this State” must be completed only with legal workers verified with the Federal verification program known as e-verify.

I join our constituents in asking the Anderson School District 5 Board to review current and future construction contracts and require e-verify for all employers as required by law.

Respectfully,

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Kevin L. Bryant
South Carolina Senate District 3

pfc: you’re teaching my child what?

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You’re Teaching My Child What?
A complimentary luncheon briefing for friends of Palmetto Family

We’ve all heard the horror stories of kids who hear values taught in school that are very are different from those their parents are teaching at home. This is often the case in the very sensitive area of reproductive education (I am wording this carefully so as not to alarm your email filters).

How widespread is the teaching of this “ideology of license” in school when it comes to intimate matters? What can we do about it?

That is where the free lunch comes in!

Palmetto Family Council is very proud to partner with Heritage Community Services of Charleston to bring the foremost authors in this curriculum area to Columbia.

Miriam Grossman, M.D. of Los Angeles, CA is the author of “You’re Teaching My Child What? Dr. Grossman will be coming to South Carolina fresh off of the stinging critique of United Nations policy on reproductive education she presented to the annual meeting of the UN’s annual Commission on the Status of Women.

Dr. Grossman will be speaking and signing complimentary copies of her book at the “You’re Teaching My Child What?” conference on Monday, March 22, 2010 at The Clarion Townhouse Hotel in Columbia at noon.

If you would like to attend this free luncheon and receive a free copy of her book, please send an email here. In your email, please include your name, address, phone number, email address and the name of any organization you may be representing if applicable (church, school, etc.). Be sure to mention Palmetto Family for the complimentary luncheon and book.

Also presenting at the luncheon will be Val Huber of Washington, DC, who is also a very accomplished expert in this area of school course content.

You won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear not one, but twonationally-recognized speakers right here in South Carolina. Make your reservation today. We have only a limited number of complimentary slots set aside for generous Palmetto Family supporters like you.

Yours,

Oran P. Smith, PhD
President
Palmetto Family

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