We will be making an announcement tomorrow regarding the Department of Commerce, but I can't comment specifically about the announcement in advance of it. |
We will review the bill and make a determination once it has finished going through the legislative process. |
We would ask that anyone in the House who is serious about reforming the workers' compensation system to work toward strengthening this bill when it gets on the House floor. |
We would certainly be concerned about yet another expansion in the state's higher education system at a time when parents and students are experiencing double-digit tuition increases. |
We would like to see a more aggressive bill put in place to attract a major feature to South Carolina. |
We're absolutely in favor of tolls on I-73 if that's what it takes to get the road built as quickly as possible. I-73 is incredibly important to the future of the Grand Strand. |
We're always open at looking at ways to make health insurance more affordable for small business owners. But the governor has long been on the record as being against any kind of tax increase unless there is a corresponding tax decrease. |
We're certainly glad to see Senate Republicans are following through on that. |
We're going to have to go to some kind of Plan B. The funding we have for this is totally dependent on the federal government. |
We're very pleased the House and Senate are moving forward on this. This bill is incredibly important to our state's ability to preserve and protect large tracts of land. |
We've been very clear where we are on this. |
When Dan Cooper puts together a budget that shatters state spending records, I can understand why he's sensitive about someone looking over his shoulder. But Gov. Sanford's job is to look out for the hard-working taxpayers of this state, and that's always going to be his top priority. |
Whether you have one bill that grows government at 10.9 percent or try to spread the spending over three different bills, this is still not consistent with the House's previous statement on the need for a true spending cap. We don't understand why some in the House now appear to not be willing to live within the cap they've already passed on themselves. |
With less than 30 charter schools, we don't believe that they are having the kind of impact on the overall picture that they could be having. |
You can have one budget that grows government at 10 percent or break the budget into three different bills, but the bottom line is this does not seem to be in keeping with the notion of a true spending limit. |