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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).
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Brady Campaign Endorses Majority Whip Jim Clyburn for Re-Election
LIAM SULLIVAN | Press Secretary, Public Relations Manager Washington, D.C., June 16, 2020 - In recognition of his thoughtful leadership in the effort to prevent gun violence in all of its forms, today, the Brady Campaign
James Clyburn on the Floyd Killing and the Role of Race in the Coming Election
BY CHRIS SMITH | Vanity Fair Clyburn, who helped hand Biden his presumptive nomination, talks about Biden’s “you ain’t black” and V.P. possibilities, and why this moment is defined by “raw politics and meanness.” James
Human Rights Campaign Endorses House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 30, 2020 Lucas Acosta | Lucas.Acosta@hrc.org | (347) 834-5063 WASHINGTON -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization announced
