Political Quotes

“I am grateful to have held an essay competition for elementary school students throughout the Second Congressional District of South Carolina. The ``Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places'' essay competition received over 125 submissions where the students described their favorite moment in South Carolina history. Helen Miller, a third grade student at Brennen Elementary School in Columbia, wrote a winning essay on the Revolutionary Battle of Charleston that took place in 1780. Jack Hinchey, a third grade student at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, wrote his winning essay on the pirate Blackbeard. I appreciate all of the other schools that submitted essays to the ``Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places'' essay competition: Pontiac Elementary, Chapin Elementary, Gilbert Elementary, Forts Pond, Timmerman, Lake Carolina, Midway, and Round Top Elementary. I am inspired to represent so many remarkable young people and dedicated educators in the Second Congressional District, and I was humbled to receive so many submissions. In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his actions, never forgot September the 11th in the global war on terrorism. ____________________”