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Rep. Timmons on Fox News: Hillary Clinton comes out swinging after GOP grilled her during marathon Epstein deposition

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Rep. William Timmons, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital it was "frustrating" to see Hillary Clinton "obstinate and sort of annoyed at the process." "She had an excuse for everything. But when you've got a pattern of involvement and a pattern of association, the American people deserve answers," Timmons said. "Honestly, I tend to find her to be fairly credible, but I mean, all of this is…

Rep. Timmons - For Too Long, Washington Forgot About Hard-Working Americans

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“They are the backbone of this country, and for too long the only people politicians in Washington seemed to care about were those inside the Beltway.   House Republicans are not treating this moment as a victory lap. We are treating it as a mandate to keep going. There is more to do, and I am confident that the winning is just beginning." For Too Long, Washington Forgot…

Rep. Timmons in The Hill: Congress is not immune to this crisis

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Our nation is currently facing a global health crisis unlike any we have seen before. Businesses are shuttered, the American people are hurting, and our economy is at a standstill. As members of Congress urge our constituents to stay home and practice social distancing to help flatten the curve, we should be leading by example. Unfortunately, House and Senate rules, as they stand today,…

House votes to modernize itself, adopts 29 bipartisan recommendations

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The House is ready to make long overdue, behind-the-scenes changes, and it set those in motion by adopting a resolution on implementing 29 recommendations of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. The House voted 395-13 on Tuesday to approve the recommendations, which were put together by the 12-member committee equally divided between Republicans and Democrats. The panel…

Timmons backs $8.3B coronavirus package

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U.S. Rep. William Timmons of Greenville said he supports an $8.3 billion coronavirus package agreed to by lawmakers Wednesday. “In a situation like this, you can’t be overprepared,” said Timmons, who represents South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District in Spartanburg and Greenville counties. Timmons said he has been closely monitoring the potential for a…

$27M secured for final cleanup of Camp Croft WWII site

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Fourth District Congressman William Timmons announced Thursday that $27 million has been secured toward the final cleanup at former World II training site Camp Croft. “I am excited to announce that the Army Corps of Engineers notified my office earlier this week that they will begin to work to complete their cleanup of Camp Croft later this year,” Timmons stated. Open to the…

SCs Republicans in Congress applaud Trump drone strike that killed Iranian general

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As news broke that an American drone strike killed a major Iranian general was reported Friday, South Carolina’s Republicans in Congress praised President Donald Trump. Meeting with reporters at his West Columbia office, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-Springdale, called the commander in chief’s order to bomb a Baghdad airport and kill Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani…

Who Is Fighting For Fiscal Responsibility?

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The federal government is ending 2019 with a national debt of over $17 trillion for the first time in U.S. history - and if one includes intragovernmental debt, such as that held by the Social Security trust funds, this figure rises to $23 trillion. Beginning in 2020, the government is projected to add more than $1 trillion to the debt every year in perpetuity. Amid this rising…

Rep. William Timmons shares goals of select committee he serves on in Washington

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Over 200 people attended the annual Bronze Elephant Banquet, a fundraiser for the Spartanburg County Republican Party. The event was held at the Piedmont Club on Monday and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham was scheduled to be the keynote speaker. Graham, however, never showed up. The lawmaker was summoned to Washington to assist President Donald Trump in matters related to the volatile…