WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Russell Fry, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Congressman Russell Fry (SC-07) Reintroduces the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Russell Fry reintroduced the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, along with Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), and Robert Garcia (D-CA). This legislation would provide federal criminal record relief to survivors of human trafficking who committed a non-vi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Backs Effort to Permanently Repeal the Death Tax Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) and 44 additional Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation that would permanently repeal the federal estate tax, commonly known as the death tax. The Death Tax Repeal Act would end this purely punitive   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham, Whitehouse Lead Congressional Delegation To Munich Security Conference WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) will lead a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation to this weekend's Munich Security Conference (MSC). In addition to hundreds of leaders and decision makers throughout the world, the 2025 MSC will includ  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 12 -- The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority issued the following news: * * * JEDA Issues $115.8 Million in Bond Financing for Prisma Health Greenville, Oconee, and Richland Counties Prisma Health will use a $115,833,000 revenue refunding bond issue through the South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) to refund prior JEDA bond issues. As the state's largest private, non-profit healthcare system, Prisma Health's South Carolina o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Legislation to Address Antisemitism on College Campuses Reintroduced in Congress Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senators Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) in reintroducing the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of Education to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism when inv  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: * * * Mexican National Extradited to Face Drug and Money Laundering Criminal Charges FLORENCE, S.C. -- A federal grand jury in Florence has returned a two-count indictment charging Rafael Contreras, 38, of Mexico, with distributing cocaine and heroin and money laundering. Contreras was extradited from Mexico and arraigned in federal court in Florence this   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (TNSFR) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration has announced that Patheon API Inc. has applied for registration to manufacture certain pharmaceutical compounds at its facility in Florence, South Carolina. The company intends to import and produce specific substances as reference standards for research and development within its active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing operations. This application follows federal guidelines governing the handling of such material  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Ralph Norman, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Rep. Norman Reintroduces Budget Transparency & Reform Package Washington, D.C. - On Friday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) reintroduced the Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act and the Cost Openness and Spending Transparency (COST) Act. The Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act is co-sponsored by Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX), and Rep. Keith Self (R-TX). The bi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Paul, Colleagues, Reintroduce National Right to Work Act WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in reintroducing the National Right to Work Act to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations or to refrain from   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Scott Introduces Trump Dept. of Education Nominee Linda McMahon at Confirmation Hearing WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) and Co-Chair of the Congressional School Choice Caucus, introduced Linda McMahon at her confirmation hearing before the HELP Committee. McMahon is President Donald J. Trump's nomin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Holds Hearing on AI in Manufacturing Yesterday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing titled AI in Manufacturing: Securing American Leadership in Manufacturing and the Next Generation of Technologies. "The manuf  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Wilson and Norcross Introduce United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act Washington, D.C. - Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Donald Norcross (D-NJ) introduced the bipartisan United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025. Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Gary Peters (D-MI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and Jacky   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Wilson Reintroduces 'National Right to Work Act' Washington, DC - Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) reintroduced the National Right to Work Act in the 119th Congress, alongside 74 original co-sponsors. This bill erases forced-dues clauses in federal statute without adding a single letter to federal law. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. "Every American  more