Joel Sawyer Bill Quotations

Whether you have one bill that grows government at 10.9 percent or try to spread the spending over three different bills, this is still not consistent with the House's previous statement on the need for a true spending cap. We don't understand why some in the House now appear to not be willing to live within the cap they've already passed on themselves.

It doesn't appear that the bill does enough to address cost drivers associated with recent increases in workers' compensation.

Most homeowners would say it's important to treat everyone equally. This bill singles out a particular industry group for preferential treatment.

We will review the bill and make a determination once it has finished going through the legislative process.

Virtual schools are something that this charter school bill has certainly laid the groundwork for. It's something that we're certainly open to in terms of a way to expand choices for students and parents.

We would like to see a more aggressive bill put in place to attract a major feature to South Carolina.

We would ask that anyone in the House who is serious about reforming the workers' compensation system to work toward strengthening this bill when it gets on the House floor.

We're very pleased the House and Senate are moving forward on this. This bill is incredibly important to our state's ability to preserve and protect large tracts of land.

The way the bill was gutted in committee today means achieving significant savings is far less likely. With the changes in this bill, it does a lot more to protect the interests of personal injury lawyers and a lot less to protect the interest of small businesses and injured workers.

This bill continues to change in the legislative process and he will make a determination once it reaches the governor.

The bill in its current form does a lot less to address what businesses from across the state have told us. The workers' compensation system is broken and this doesn't do nearly enough.