I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket.

Certainly I feel like I'm the tip of the arrow at times because certainly the national media wants to talk about the fact that I'm a black Republican and some people think of that as zany that a black person would be a conservative but to me what is zany is any person black, white, red, brown or yellow not being a conservative.

I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.

After watching the video, the senseless shooting and taking of Walter Scott's life was absolutely unnecessary and avoidable. My heart aches for the family and our North Charleston community. I will be watching this case closely.

We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't.

South Carolina is a great place to be from.

I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position.