cAPITOL HILL COMMENT

President Trump is seizing an unprecedented moment of opportunity. In his State of the Union address, Americans’ charge was clear: choose greatness.

Every year, I have the unique opportunity to share across our district my legislative agenda and visit small businesses. I reinforce my commitment to creating jobs, advocating for economic growth, supporting tax cuts and a balanced budget, strengthening partnerships and opportunities overseas, and promoting our military and veterans.

2018 was the most productive year of my congressional service with defense achieving funding before the end of the fiscal year, where I led the delegation for opening our Embassy in Jerusalem and with the success of tax cuts creating record job growth.

We are experiencing the greatest economic turnaround in US history. We have the historic Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to thank.

Women’s unemployment reached a 65-year low, and almost 4 million jobs have been created since the president took office. And the Palmetto State’s workforce grew by about 7,100 people – showing a new record of over 2.2 million people employed in our state as of December 2018.

Rarely have we seen a President who provides greater support for our military and veterans. I support President Trump’s pledge to promote peace through strength. It is a top priority to protect TRICARE benefits for military families’ quality of life.

President Trump has exhibited strong leadership on the world stage. While successive presidents pledged to recognize reality and move our embassy in Israel to the Jewish state’s capital, it was President Trump who lived up to this promise.

The President sent a clear message to tyrants around the world that the US will always stand for its values and principles – whether in Venezuela, Russia, or Iran.

Anti-Semitism in any shape or form is never acceptable and must be forcefully condemned. The American people stand by Israel and the Jewish people for one reason only. It’s simply the right thing to do.

Protecting the lives of those who cannot protect themselves is critical. As President Trump stated, “Let us work together to build a culture that cherishes innocent life. And let us reaffirm a fundamental truth: All children — born and unborn — are made in the holy image of God.”

Calls of support for socialism will not stand in the United States of America. Democracy is a most precious gift and one that should not be taken for granted. Our president declared, “We were born free, and we will stay free.” I unequivocally support President Donald Trump, and will continue work diligently to support the Second Congressional District of South Carolina.

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so·cial·ism - noun - political and economic theory advocating that production, distribution, and exchange should be owned and regulated by the government, not individuals. It is a policy or practice based on the political and economic theory of socialism. In Karl Marx’s theory, socialism is a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the failed realization of communism, a la Cuba and Venezuela.