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The Republican Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee have inserted 10-20-30 into 12 funding accounts – 9 Agricultural accounts, 1 Commerce, Justice, 1 Interior, Environment, and 1 Financial Services and General Government – of the 2017 Appropriations Bill. 10-20-30 is helpful to predominately Hispanic communities in states like Arizona and New Mexico; Native American communities in states like South Dakota and Alaska;","source_url":"https://clyburnforcongress.com/record","source_date":"2026-07-16"},{"topic":"National Security","stance":"that would block the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military. House Democrats support comprehensive immigration reform that includes smart border security, common-s","detail":"that would block the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military. 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Gullah Geechee Jim Clyburn’s bill creating the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor became law in 1996. Four years later, he proposed the Gullah-Geechee Heritage Corridor and was told that South Carolina was too small to have two Heritage Corridors, but he did not let that attitude deter him. It took six years, but his Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor bill became law in 2006. In 2016, the Gullah Geechee","source_url":"https://clyburnforcongress.com/record","source_date":"2026-07-16"},{"topic":"Agriculture","stance":"Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) became the law of the land in 2014. RESP allows the nation’s Rural Electric Cooperatives to make loans to their members to increase the energy efficiency of their h","detail":"Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) became the law of the land in 2014. RESP allows the nation’s Rural Electric Cooperatives to make loans to their members to increase the energy efficiency of their homes. Although new to the country, this program is not new to South Carolina. Several years earlier South Carolina’s rural electric co-ops determined that many of their members could realize tremendous savings on their utility bills by retrofitting their homes. A pilot program proved such to be the case. It occurred to Congressman Clyburn that this South Carolina innovation should be codified","source_url":"https://clyburnforcongress.com/record","source_date":"2026-07-16"},{"topic":"Housing","stance":"Equality Act to prohibit discrimination of the LGBTQ+ community in public accommodations, public housing, education, and employment. Gender identity is specifically defined as among the prohibited cat","detail":"Equality Act to prohibit discrimination of the LGBTQ+ community in public accommodations, public housing, education, and employment. Gender identity is specifically defined as among the prohibited categories of discrimination. 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