“Equipping Famlies for the Future”

Friday, November 1st

We’re pairing up with Carolina Pregnancy Center to host “Equipping Famlies for the Future” with special guests Rep. Trey Gowdy and Concerned Women for America CEO Penny Young Nance. It’s time to reopen the discussion about the important steps we need to take to equip and strengthen families in this 21st Century cultural battle we face. Lunch at the Piedmont Club in Spartanburg starts at 11:30. Tickets are just $15 and can be purchased online at JoshKimbrell.com.

Our Congressional leadership is among the top conservative voices in Washington, DC, and we’re excited that we have two of them joining us next week for two great events.

Saturday, October 26th

Sen. Tim Scott is joining me this Saturday for “Common Cents Goes to College” – a town hall event just prior to North Greenville University’s Homecoming football game. The event is FREE, and tickets for a BBQ lunch plate will be $5 at the door. Meet us at the “big tent” just outside Younts Stadium starting at noon for a great afternoon with South Carolina’s Junior Senator.

Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) will chair a special Senate Committee to gather public input on h.3101, Freedom of Health Care Protection Act in response to the Patient Unaffordable Care Act. Below is the meeting schedule memo:
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: H. 3101 Select Committee Members: Senator John Matthews, Senator Greg Hembree, Senator Ray Cleary, Senator Kevin Johnson, Senator Kevin Bryant, Senator Thomas McElveen

FROM: Senator Tom Davis, Chairman, H.3101 Select Committee
SUBJECT: H. 3101 Select Committee Public Hearing Schedule

The H. 3101 Select Committee public hearing schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, November 5, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Greenville County Public Library, 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, SC

Wednesday, November 6, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
SC Senate Gressette Building, Columbia, SC Room 209 G – meeting room

Wednesday, November 6, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
North Charleston City Hall, Third Floor, Council Chambers, 2500 City Hall Lane, North Charleston, SC

South Carolina’s Department of Health & Environment Control issued a new mandate today requiring pharmacies to submit their narcotic prescription records on a daily basis. The current requirement is to upload this information into the government run database once a month. A narcotic is a scheduled drug with hydrocodone, codeine, Ambien, or Lyrica in it. Even a simple prescription from your dentist for 12 Tylenol #3 tablets goes into the government database (along with your personal information)

The intention is to help law enforcement catch what we call “doctor shoppers”. A “doctor shopper” is a patient that goes to more than one doctor for narcotic prescriptions, then goes to more than one pharmacy. These extra pills are either sold on the street or abused at home. Often times these prescriptions are payed for by insurance supplemented by the taxpayer.

So you ask me “what’s your problem?” Well, I have a serious problem with those that abuse narcotics, especially when joe taxpayer is footing the bill. However, there’s a problematic trend I’ve seen. Government has a bad habit of punishing the whole public while catching the few out there abusing the system. This monitoring is invading the privacy of 100% of the population in the name of “assisting law enforcement”.

Nanny Government has a database of every cold sufferer that has to buy pseudo-ephedrine just to make sure that you’re not cooking meth.

A few years ago this mandate was tucked in legislation dealing with nursing. Then Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed the bill and I supported the veto. His veto message underscored the privacy intrusion on all South Carolinians for the purposes of catching the few abusers. I regret not catching this provision and mounting a stronger opposition to it.

As you know, South Carolina has a bad history with its citizens’ databases. Here’s one more database for hackers and a good victory for nanny state!

Below is the letter sent by Sen. Ronnie Cromer (R-Newberry) and myself objecting the agency’s move without legislation or regulation.