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Timmons Votes to Preserve President's Power as Commander-in-Chief

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Today, House Democrats forced a vote on two pieces of legislation that would severely limit the President’s constitutional authority to defend the United States. I voted no on both bills. The first bill attempts to repeal the legal authority that the Trump and Obama Administrations relied on for military operations against ISIS and other threats in Iraq. Repealing existing …

Timmons Votes No on Democrats' War Powers Resolution

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“Today, Speaker Pelosi forced a vote on a resolution that would severely limit the President’s ability to protect our nation. I voted no for many reasons. The U.S. took defensive action on January 2nd in an airstrike which killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the IRGC-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization. Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of…

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…

Timmons Statement on Death of Qassem Soleimani

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Congressman William Timmons (SC-04) released the following statement regarding the recent US airstrike killing Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force.  "The Iranian Quds Force Commander, Qassem Soleimani, was killed in an airstrike at the Baghdad Airport yesterday at the direction of President Trump. Soleimani is responsible for the…

Timmons Writes to Constituents Reflecting on First Year in Congress

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Greenville, SC -- Congress is, for the most part, gridlocked by partisanship, but I remain optimistic about our nation’s future. My team and I worked hard this year to deliver results for the people of the Upstate, but Washington remains dysfunctional. Congress needs members from both sides of the aisle to work together to address our fiscal…

Timmons Leads House Members in Advocating for Foster Care Religious Liberty Rule Change

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Yesterday, 50 Members of the House of Representatives joined Congressman William Timmons (SC-04) in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar. The letter commends HHS’ recent notice of proposed rulemaking which would roll-back harmful Obama Administration regulations which infringed upon the religious liberty of faith-based foster care…

Usmca Passes House

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Congressman William Timmons (SC-04) released the following statement after House passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): “The passage of USMCA is a huge win for the country and for the Upstate. It is difficult to appreciate the magnitude of today’s vote given all the noise surrounding impeachment, but I believe that when we look back on President…

Timmons Votes No on Impeachment

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 Congressman William Timmons (R-SC) released the following statement after his votes against the articles of impeachment brought against President Donald J. Trump.  “Since the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives and gave Nancy Pelosi the Speaker’s gavel, it has not been a question of if, but when, they would impeach President Trump. The charges…

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…

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