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Tom Rice

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Tom Rice is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 7th congressional district since 2013. Born on August 4, 1957, Rice has focused on issues such as economic development, job creation, and disaster recovery during his time in office. He has been involved in various legislative efforts to support the interests of his constituents in South Carolina, particularly in the areas of tourism and agriculture.

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Dec 2, 2013

I think this law is fundamentally flawed. Perhaps more so. I think it threatens our economy perhaps more than most...

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Dec 2, 2013

So that is another aspect of this law that attacks the middle class.

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Dec 2, 2013

What we are doing is we are actually, probably expanding income disparity, expanding access to capital.

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Dec 2, 2013

I am confused. I thought we were trying to protect the middle class here.

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Dec 2, 2013

When you put constraints on the ability of people to get capital, it has follow-on effects in the economy.

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Dec 2, 2013

I do believe that we need to take a very close look at this law.

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Nov 20, 2013

We want to be efficient and productive, and we want our people to be compensated well.

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Nov 20, 2013

Did your study in its analysis of these 19 lives that could be saved, did it take into account the fact that truckers are now going to be moved into rush hour traffic?

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Nov 20, 2013

The whole thing is American competitiveness.

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Nov 20, 2013

I do think it is arrogance. I absolutely think it is arrogance. I think we need to rethink. We need to reset.

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Nov 20, 2013

So is it more than 80 percent of motor carriers surveyed had experienced productivity loss since the new rules went into effect?

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Nov 20, 2013

And then they come back up in the last two or three years, but they are still down 30 percent.

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