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Dear
Friends,
Our
nation
still
faces
huge
challenges,
like
tackling
the
threat
of
ISIS,
getting
spending
under
control
and
protecting
our
constitutional
rights.
Looking
forward
to
2016,
I
am
working
hard
to
ensure
that
we
have
a
safer
and
brighter
future.
I
am
truly
blessed
to
serve
our
great
state,
and
it
is
not
an
opportunity
I
take
lightly.
WWII
Veteran,
Cpl.
William
B.
Smoak
Today
I
joined
the
students
at
Nexton
Elementary
in
Summerville
to
present
World
War
II
veteran
Cpl.
William
Smoak
with
his
Bronze
Star
and
other
service
medals.
Cpl.
Smoak's
daughter
reached
out
to
my
office
for
help,
as
her
dad
came
down
with
malaria
during
the
war
and
had
never
received
his
medals.
I’m
so
glad
we
were
able
to
play
a
part
in
ensuring
he
received
the
honors
he
earned
while
serving
our
nation
with
bravery
and
distinction.
Cpl.
William
Smoak
(middle)
with
Senator
Scott
(left)
IRS
Accountability
Act
of
2015
I
joined
Senator
Richard
Burr
to
introduce
the
IRS
Accountability
Act,
which
will
keep
IRS
bureaucrats
accountable
to
the
American
people
by
giving
the
IRS
Commissioner
increased
authority
to
fire
senior
executives
who
have
failed
in
their
performance
or
committed
misconduct.
For
too
long
the
American
people
have
been
told
there
was
nothing
the
IRS
Commissioner
could
do
to
hold
IRS
employees
who
targeted
conservative
and
religious
organizations
accountable
for
their
actions.
That’s
not
good
enough
for
the
American
people
and
that’s
not
good
enough
for
me.
I
am
committed
to
working
with
my
colleagues
to
get
all
the
answers
about
what
happened
at
the
IRS
and
preventing
it
from
happening
again,
because
Americans
on
all
ends
of
the
political
spectrum
need
to
be
able
to
live
without
fear
of
being
targeted
by
their
own
government
for
their
political
beliefs.
Another
Reason
to
Keep
Gitmo
Open
Last
week
we
learned
that
a
former
detainee
at
Guantanamo
Bay,
Ibrahim
al-Qosi,
has
become
a
senior
leader
of
al
Qaeda
in
the
Arabian
Peninsula
(AQAP).
Al-Qosi,
transferred
from
Guantanamo
to
his
native
Sudan
in
2012,
appears
in
a
video
released
this
week
by
AQAP
that
encourages
small
cell
terror
attacks
in
the
West.
As
the
President
rushes
to
transfer
detainees
out
of
Guantanamo
Bay,
we
have
been
given
a
clear
picture
of
exactly
the
type
of
terrorist
he
is
talking
about
releasing.
These
terrorists
want
another
San
Bernardino,
another
Paris,
and
by
basing
his
national
security
policies
on
a
political
promise
to
close
Guantanamo,
I
fear
the
President
is
only
increasing
the
danger
to
our
nation
and
our
people.
Guantanamo
is
the
perfect
place
to
hold
some
of
the
world’s
most
dangerous
terrorists,
and
any
effort
to
close
the
facility
and
move
the
remaining
detainees
to
domestic
soil
will
be
met
with
fierce
opposition
in
Congress
and
among
the
American
people.
Thanks
for
subscribing
and
reading,
and
don’t
forget
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YouTube!
God
Bless,
Tim
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