Jim Clyburn
Jim Clyburn
James Enos "Jim" Clyburnis the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district, serving since 1993, and the Assistant Democratic Leader since 2011. He was previously House Majority Whip, serving in that post from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes large portions of Columbia and Charleston, as well as several rural areas between them. Clyburn is the current dean of the South Carolina Congressional delegation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 July 1940
CountryUnited States of America
Democrats have laid out a program that, if adopted, would make us independent of Middle Eastern oil in ten years, and create a new economy especially for those in rural America. Our program invests in clean energy alternatives and provides energy assistance for those in need.
Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline, and making higher education more accessible for all Americans.
Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.
The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up.
I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother.
I admire and respect Bill Clinton. I think he was a great president.
Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough?... John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so that his children and my children would not have to do it.... We would have been failures if had to do the same things we did.
I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.
But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve personal health, enhance national security and encourage our nations economic viability.
great friend to me, the people of Clarendon County and all South Carolinians. Alex never met a stranger or a person he wasn't willing to help.
Georgetown has given to our nation a native son who will be the first person of color to have a portrait to hang in our capitol,
The car drives very well. It's very quiet. I was sitting in it trying to figure out when this thing would start.
And Dr. Tisdale pulls my coat a little bit and says, 'You know, there's the little matter of Tingley.' And he brought Gephardt and me over here, and showed us what was here,