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Dear
fellow
South
Carolinians,
Thank
you
for
subscribing
to
my
weekly
e-newsletter,
and
please
remember
to
follow
me
on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Healthcare
As
a
member
of
the
Senate
Finance
Committee,
I
took
part
in
today’s
hearing
on
the
Graham-Cassidy
health
care
bill.
Our
great
nation
is
home
to
more
than
320
million
people
spread
across
almost
four
million
square
miles.
We
have
states
with
nearly
40
million
people,
and
states
with
less
than
600,000
people.
To
try
and
dictate
health
care
policy
from
Washington,
D.C.
simply
does
not
make
sense.
That’s
why
I
support
the
Graham-Cassidy
solution
to
empower
states
to
make
choices
for
their
people
based
on
their
specific
health
care
needs
and
trends.
South
Carolina
faces
different
challenges
than
Oregon,
so
why
would
we
try
and
force
a
one-size-fits-all
system
on
them
both?
The
fact
remains
that
Obamacare
is
failing
the
American
people.
Skyrocketing
premiums,
high
deductibles
and
overall
uncertainty
in
the
marketplace
means
we
need
a
new
solution.
By
block
granting
money
directly
to
states,
we
take
a
significant
step
forward
in
putting
our
health
care
system
back
in
the
hands
of
patients
and
their
doctors
while
still
protecting
people
with
pre-existing
conditions,
repealing
the
individual
mandate
and
stopping
some
burdensome
Obamacare
taxes.
Lead-Safe
Housing
for
Kids
Act
of
2017
Last
Thursday,
I
introduced
the
bipartisan
Lead-Safe
Housing
for
Kids
Act
of
2017
with
my
colleagues,
Senators
Durbin,
Menendez,
Young,
Donnelly
and
Duckworth.
This
bill
would
protect
children
in
federally-assisted
housing
from
lead
exposure.
South
Carolina
is
home
to
some
of
the
oldest
standing
public
housing
in
the
country,
with
buildings
dating
to
the
1920s.
We
owe
it
to
children
both
in
South
Carolina
and
across
the
country
to
ensure
that
proper
inspections
are
taking
place
in
regards
to
lead
paint,
which
was
not
banned
for
use
in
housing
until
1978.
My
mission
is
to
ensure
every
child
from
every
zip
code
in
the
country
has
the
opportunity
to
succeed,
and
this
bipartisan
bill
is
an
important
piece
of
helping
ensure
low-income
families
have
access
to
safe
housing
that
can
provide
a
stable
environment
for
their
children’s
dreams
to
grow.
You
can
read
more
about
our
bill
here.
Tax
Reform
Due
to
our
overly
complicated
and
antiquated
tax
code,
there
are
Americans
who
have
not
seen
a
raise
in
decades.
We
can
and
must
do
better.
We
need
to
tackle
tax
reform
head-on
to
create
a
tax
code
tailored
for
the
21st
century.
That
means
lowering
taxes
for
middle
and
lower
income
Americans
and
coming
up
with
innovative
ways
to
re-energize
struggling
communities.
You
can
read
more
of
my
thoughts
on
tax
reform here
and
listen
to
my
comments
on
tax
reform
during
last
week’s
Senate
Finance
Committee
meeting
here.
Sincerely,
Tim
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