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Throughout my public service career in Congress, I have always 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).
Latest News
Congressman Clyburn Announces More Than $1 Million in African American Civil Rights Historic Preservation Fund Grants for South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Today, U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn announced that South Carolina has received $1,043,897 in National Park Service (NPS) funding from African American Civil Rights Historic Preservation Fund grants dedicated to
Congressman Clyburn Announce Over $500,000 in Coronavirus Supplemental Funding for Sixth District Community Health Centers
Today, U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn announced more than half a million dollars in coronavirus supplemental funding for Community Health Centers (CHCs) in the sixth congressional district. These funds are part of the
House Passes Congressman Clyburn’s Priorities in Appropriations Packages
COLUMBIA, SC – Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06) hailed passage of two appropriations packages today that will fund the government through Fiscal Year 2020. “Congress is empowered with the power of the purse, and I
