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Keeping His Promises to the Citizens of South Carolina
Throughout my two-decade old service in Congress, I have strived to put service above self and principles above politics.
Rural Energy Savings Program
Jim is working to expand RESP and develop a similar program to make broadband more available in rural communities throughout the country.Rural Energy Savings Program
It took some time, but Jim Clyburn’s Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) became the law of the land in 2014. RESP allows the nation’s Rural Electric Cooperatives to make loans to their members to increase the energy efficiency of their homes. .
Gullah Geechee
Congressman Clyburn is working to make sure South Carolina gets its fair share of the tourism economy.South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
Jim Clyburn’s bill creating the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor became law in 1996. Four years later, he proposed the Gullah-Geechee Heritage Corridor and was told that South Carolina was too small to have two Heritage Corridors, but he did not let that attitude deter him.
10-20-30 Funding Formula
Jim is working hard to make 10-20-30 permanent law and more broadly applied.10-20-30 Funding Formula
Jim’s 10-20-30 plan directs at least 10 percent of appropriated funds to communities where 20 percent or more of their populations have lived below the poverty level for the last 30 years. He successfully got i10-20-30 inserted into four agricultural accounts of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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@SpeakerRyan: My constituents can’t buy any of these basics at the Food Lion in Columbia,#SC#WithABuckFiftyAWeek. Your#GOPTaxScam gives millions to shareholders, billions to corporations & sticks working people with the bill.
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As a father and a grandfather, my heart goes out to all the victims of yesterday’s gun violence and their families. In addition to thoughts and prayers, we need to take common sense action.
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Jim Clyburn’s World Famous Fish Fry
It’s time again for the event columnist Roger Simon described as “one of those all-too-rare, feel-good evenings in politics,” and this year it’s bigger than ever. “Jim Clyburn’s World Famous Fish Fry” will be
Sumter Item: Clyburn speaks at USC Sumter’s OSP Awards Night
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, a Sumter native, served as guest speaker at the sixth-annual awards night of the Opportunity Scholars Program at the University of South Carolina Sumter on Tuesday. More than 70
The Times and Democrat: Clyburn pushing for rural broadband; congressman wants internet in infrastructure bill
Congressman Jim Clyburn said he has become highly passionate about taking broadband to rural South Carolina. “I am going to be as strong of an advocate for broadband being a big part of the next