Honorable Jim DeMint
United States Senator, South Carolina, Republican
Senator DeMint was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004. He sits on the following committees: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Foreign Relations; and the Joint Economic Committee. Senator DeMint made the following statement on March 14, 2012, after voting against S. 1813, the Moving Ahead for the 21st Century Act. This bill proves that the bipartisan addiction to big spending in Washington hasn’t ended. This bill requires a $13 billion dollar bailout because senators in both parties insisted on reckless spending increases…
