This was good week for conservative reforms. Several pieces of legislation moved through the House this week that will change our state.

First, the House Judiciary Committee passed a sweeping lawsuit abuse reform (or Tort Reform) legislation.

Last fall, my fellow House Republicans met in locations across our state to discuss the issues that you told us are important.

In January, we unveiled an agenda focused on job creation, government reform, improving education, and protecting state’s rights – all items our conservative constituents said are important to them.

This week, we took action on three of those four items.

You can now follow the progress of the I 385 project through twitter updates. Go to http://www.i385rehab.com/
to sign up for the updates.

Want to watch our Town Hall meeting in March? Or, maybe you missed the January Town Hall meeting. No problem! You can go to the link below and sign up to see the rebroadcasts, or the live broadcasts of Town Hall events.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/town-ha...upstate-sc

The government should not create jobs. The government should get out of the way and do whatever it can to help the private sector create jobs. The House took action this week to get the government out of the way and let the private sector flourish and create jobs.

Earlier this week, I returned to the Statehouse for my seventh year as your State Representative in Greenville County’s House District 27. Also returning were my 123 fellow House members. Together, we are committed to helping steer the state through these tough times.

The upcoming Town Hall which Garry will be speaking at will be streamed live on the popular streaming site ustream.tv, on the new GarrySmith.org ustream show for Town Hall Meetings in the upstate of South Carolina.

Representative Eric Bedingfield Representative Garry Smith, Representative Mark Willis, Senator David Thomas & Senator Danny Verdin

cordially invites you
to attend our
first Town Hall Meeting
this legislative year
Sam’s Restaurant
Thursday, January 21, 2010
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Town Hall Event Sponsored by the Mauldin, Simpsonville & Fountain Inn Chambers of Commerce

The South Carolina House of Representatives in special session today passed a measure on second reading to allow for federal funds to be used for extended benefits for employment security. The measure will get third reading tomorrow, and pass back to the Senate for concurrance.

In another matter, Representative Greg Delaney introduced a Resolution of Impeachment. The resolution was ruled out of order under the Sine Die Resolution which the special session was called under by Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell.