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Jul 09 2015
Graham Applauds South Carolina State Legislature's Vote to Take Down Confederate Battle Flag
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made the following statement on the South Carolina Legislature’s vote in favor of removing the Confederate Battle Flag from Statehouse grounds.
Jul 07 2015
Graham Questions Obama Administration's Strategy to Counter ISIL
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today questioned Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey about the Obama Administration’s counter-ISIL strategy during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Jul 06 2015
Graham Statement on South Carolina Senate Vote to Remove Confederate Battle Flag
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made the following statement on the South Carolina Senate’s 37-3 vote to remove the Confederate Battle Flag from State House grounds.
Jul 01 2015
Charleston Port Receives Pre-Construction Funding for 2015
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today applauded news that the Charleston Port Harbor Post-45 Deepening Project will receive $1.303 million in Pre-construction Engineering and Design (PED) funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ work plan allocations for Fiscal Year 2015. This allocation of funds will allow the pre-construction phase of the project to begin immediately.
Jun 30 2015
Statement by Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain on Nuclear Negotiations with Iran
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and John McCain (R-Arizona) released the following statement today on nuclear negotiations with Iran:
Jun 25 2015
Obama Administration Should Suspend Nuclear Negotiations Until Iran Repudiates Provocative Actions on Nuclear Inspections and Sanctions Relief
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today said the Obama Administration should suspend nuclear negotiations unless Iran repudiates provocative statements and actions taken this week regarding their nuclear program.
Jun 25 2015
5-0: Charleston Harbor One Major Step Closer to Construction
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today applauded news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Review Board (CWRB) unanimously approved the Charleston Harbor Post-45 Deepening Project by a vote of 5-0.
Jun 24 2015
Senators Introduce Restoration of America’s Wire Act
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Dianne Feinstein (D-California), Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Dan Coats (R-Indiana), and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) today introduced their bipartisan legislation, Restoration of America's Wire Act, which restores the long-standing interpretation of the Wire Act.
Jun 22 2015
Graham Calls for Removal of Confederate Battle Flag
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today urged that the Confederate Battle Flag be removed from the South Carolina State House grounds.
Jun 18 2015
Graham Statement on Charleston Shooting
Contact: Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made the following statement on the horrific shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston.