Kevin Bryant

1125 Committee Amendment sponsors: Scott and Bryant
The Committee amendment strikes each instance of the word “cause” and inserts the word “misconduct”. The US DOL does not recognize the word “cause” but does recognize the word “misconduct”.
The amendment mandates that termination for misconduct results in a full disqualification, i.e. twenty weeks.
The amendment defines “misconduct” as does the US Department of Labor.
The amendment maintains the discretion of DEW to award benefits in the event of “extreme hardship, emergency, sickness, or other extraordinary circumstance”. It also directs that, “mere inefficiency, unsatisfactory conduct, failure in good performance as the result of inability or incapacity, inadvertencies, or ordinary negligence in isolated instances, or good-faith errors in judgment or discretion are not misconduct for the purposes of this item.”
Section 2 ensures that in the event that an employee is disqualified and then separated from future employment and eligible for benefits, those benefits will not be charged to the employer who fired the person.
Section 3 provides that if benefits are found to be fraudulent, then the employer will not be charged. Those charges previously were removed only if the money was recovered from the employee that committed fraud.

H. 4639 – I cannot in good conscience support a measure that surrenders SC’s home owners to any kind of international codes regardless of how good or bad they may be.

This bill improves standards for increased energy efficiency in home constructions. What’s wrong with that? It is not governments role to tell you how much shredded newspaper or fiberglass you put in your attic! It’s yours remember?

Here is a perfect example of how the legislature takes a very good idea (I’m all for saving money on your gas and electric bill) and forces this decision on the citizenry.

It slaps the owner of property in her/his face in the name of “green”. I’m getting sick of all these “green” initiatives.

It is not, nor never should be the role of government to tell you how to live your own life in your own house.

I apologize for my rant, but I voted against this bill on 2nd reading and asked for a role call vote on 3rd reading (not required) so I could vote NAY twice on this bill.

Ayes: Alexander, Campsen, Courson, Hutto, Land, Lourie, Matthews, Peeler, Reese, Setzler, Anderson, Cleary, Elliott, Jackson, Leatherman, Malloy, McGill, Pinckney, Ryberg, Sheheen, Campbell, Coleman, Hayes, Knotts, Leventis, Martin (Larry), Nicholson, Rankin, Scott, Williams

Nays: Bright, Davis, Grooms, Rose, Bryant, Fair, Martin (Shane), Shoopman, Cromer, Gregory, Massey, Verdin

Thursday, March 22 the BEA met to report on the FY 2011-12 collections and estimate for FY 2012-13. For the year, revenues are $207.1 (3.4%) million over last year’s collections. The BEA took no action on the November estimate for FY 2012-1.

If I remember correctly, this “new money” is discovered while the budget travels from the House to the Senate every year.

I can see the trough dwellers’ dreams of new spending like visions of sugar-plums dancing in their heads. Or, can we try to repair the damage to future generations by paying on the $ 32 billion debt they will inherit?

Do you think the Senate will take this money for tax cuts or debt payment? One can only hope.

I’ll be the blue guy…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sen. Kevin Bryant 864-202-8394, Rep. Joshua Putnam 864-238-9431
Sen. Bryant, Rep. Putnam, and U.S. and S.C. Law Enforcement Agencies
Atlantic Bullion and Coin meeting
Monday, March 26, 2012 7pm
Powdersville Campus, Tri-County Technical College
1774 Powdersville Road, Easley South Carolina

Columbia SC – Sen. Kevin Bryant (R-Anderson) and Rep. Joshua Putnam (R-Anderson) will host an information gathering session with constituents affected by the recent investigation of Atlantic Bullion and Coin. The U. S. Secret Service is the agency of authority in this investigation. The Secret Service will be represented at this meeting. Also in attendance will be representation from the S. C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED), the Office of S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson, and the Office of Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper.

Also, Sen. Bryant and Rep. Putnam will make brief remarks about recently submitted legislation require public notices of cease and desist orders for investment brokers.

The meeting will be at the Powdersville Campus of Tri-County Technical College,

Please remember that investigative agencies will not be able to provide critical details, however, input from affected parties will help expedite this process.

All media outlets are invited, however, we ask that constituents identities not be disclosed without their consent.

S.1356 was a Senate Resolution to encourage Congress to extend Ex-Im. Ex-Im, as it is known, is a federal program that gives politically appointed executives power to lend mainly to foreign companies that buy American products and services. Started decades ago with a lending cap of $5 million, like all federal programs its grown over time and now has a taxpayer subsidized $100 billion cap. Senate Democrats want to further expand it by 40% to $140 billion. Ex-Im also has specific mandates to subsidize politically-popular causes like green energy.

As I posted earlier, I applaud Sen. Jim Demint’s efforts in killing the Ex-Im extention.

During Session on Wednesday, I was in a conversation with Attorney General Staff concerning the ABC investigation. There was a roll call vote for S.1356 I misunderstood that the vote was for something else and voted “aye”.

Senate Resolutions are only suggestions to Congress, so I hope y’all will give me a mulligan.