On the recordJanuary 13, 2010
In South Carolina last week, I met with people making a difference promoting jobs by visiting the OneStop employment centers across the district. I visited the directors and staff, desk to desk, in Columbia, Lexington, Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg, Hampton, Ridgeland, and Beaufort. I want to thank the energetic, optimistic, and talented employees and commissioners of the Employment Security Commission for their dedication to helping put people back to work. Another economic development is being announced for South Carolina today. The Estill Correctional Facility is adding 50 more jobs with a biomass contract with Ameresco. We welcome the recent economic commitments to our State from Four Star Industries, Boeing, DHL, Scotsman Ice, Dixie Narco, Ameresco at SRS, and now Estill Correctional Facility. The combination of low taxes, worker training, right-to-work protections, and less regulatory redtape is a sound recipe to attract business. This commonsense approach should be applied at the national level. In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism. ____________________
