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Conventional political wisdom suggests President Barack Obama and Rep. Tom Rice, R-SC, don’t agree on much; however, the new South Carolina Republican Congressman said he’s been interested in some of what the president has said on jobs and the economy in the past.
By Rep. Tom Rice
Washington is broken.
Recently, we deferred the debt ceiling crisis until May 15. Whew!
The swearing-in ceremony for new Congressman Tom Rice, R-S.C., and other members of the 113th U.S. House began about noon Thursday, Rice said late Thursday afternoon, with the formal oath-taking happening about 3 p.m.
Congressman Tom Rice didn’t have too much time to revel in his success.
The freshman congressman representing South Carolina’s 7th Congressional District was sworn in with the rest of the incoming U.S. House members at a ceremony in the Capitol building in Washington on Thursday under a cloud of continued national turmoil.