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Nancy Mace on Homeland Security

 

 


Provide resources for military's no-fail mission

Good US foreign policy must begin with a strong national defense. As the daughter of a U.S. Army General, I understand the sacrifices our service members and their families make in order to protect our freedom and advance liberty. I have tremendous respect for those serving us at home & abroad. Our military understands they have a no fail mission. As a leader & public servant there is no more important job than providing the tools and resources our military needs to be successful in their mission. We should have the strongest national defense in the world. Period.

However, we cannot do so and continue to break the bank here at home. Because of the selfless men and women in our armed forces, national defense is one of the few things our federal government does well, and we must make smart investments in personnel, training and technology to support our men and women in uniform.

Source: 2013 Senate campaign website, www.nancymace.org, "Issues" , Jul 2, 2013

I came to The Citadel to fulfill traditions,not destroy them

If you visit the Citadel museum today, you will find a picture of me. It is mounted in a glass case near the end of the exhibits, adjacent to a photo of the first African American to graduate from the corps. The text notes that I am the first female to graduate from the Citadel.

In a city that values tradition over all, I represent change, and change never comes easy to Charlestown, South Carolina. What the keepers of the Citadel flame fail to realize is that I did not come to the college to destroy its tradition. I came to fulfill it.

I am deeply proud of the values my college reveres: courage, honor, and reverence for the past. Those are the values of the "Citadel Man", the values I have always seen in my father, The Citadel's most decorated living graduate. I followed in my father's footsteps because I wanted to embrace my family's past, and because I wanted to point the way to the future.

Source: In the Company of Men, by Nancy Mace, p. ix-x , Sep 1, 2002

13 items in "Knob Knowledge" code of conduct

We were required to recite memorized information twice a day, at lunch and dinner every single weekday from August to May during freshman year. We were expected to learn dozens of pages from the guidons we carried around our necks in our idiot bags every waking hour. The basic list of requirements was called "Knob Knowledge" and included 13 items:
  1. The Citadel Alma Mater
  2. All buildings on campus
  3. The Cadet Prayer
  4. All cadet ranks and insignias
  5. The Cadet TOE (Table of Organization and Equipment)
  6. Presidents, dates, and services
  7. All guard orders
  8. The definition of hazing
  9. The honor code
  10. Cadet language and definitions
  11. Mess facts
  12. The definition of sexual harassment
  13. The significance of the Citadel Ring.
Source: In the Company of Men, by Nancy Mace, p. 48-49 , Sep 1, 2002

Pro-defense spending, according to PVS survey.

Mace supports the PVS survey question on defense spending

Project Vote Smart inferred whether candidates agree or disagree with the statement, 'Defense: Do you support increasing defense spending?' PVS self-description: "The Political Courage Test provides voters with positions on key issues. Historically, candidates have failed to complete our test due to the advice they receive from their advisors and out of fear of negative attack ads."

Source: PVS Survey 20PVS-15 on Sep 9, 2020

Voted against combating Islamophobia.

Mace voted NAY Combating International Islamophobia Act

H.R.5665: Combating International Islamophobia Act: This bill establishes within the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia and addresses related issues. The bill requires annual reports to Congress about human rights and religious freedom in foreign countries to include information about Islamophobia, such as:

  1. acts of physical violence or harassment of Muslim people,
  2. instances of propaganda in government and nongovernment media that attempt to justify or promote hatred or incite violence against Muslim people, and
  3. actions taken by a country's government to respond to such acts. The office shall coordinate and assist in preparing these portions of the reports.

Rationale to vote NO (Rep. Zeldin, R-NY, 12/14/21)::: Lee Zeldin, one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, announced that he will vote against H.R. 5665, a partisan resolution: "Rep. Ilhan Omar's bill that is supposed to combat Islamophobia does not even define 'Islamophobia'. In fact, the way the bill is worded intentionally plays into Omar's calculating game that any criticism about any topic relating to her, even if it has absolutely nothing at all to do with her religion, could be defined as 'Islamophobia'. That is absurd and I will vote 'no'!"

Rationale to vote YES (NY1.com, 12/15/21)::: "Our country's commitment to defending freedom of religion and belief goes back centuries, and the Administration strongly believes that people of all faiths and backgrounds should be treated with equal dignity and respect around the world," a statement of support issued by the White House read. The bill comes after Republicans in Congress have targeted the three Muslim members of Congress as members of a "jihad squad."

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 219-212-3 on 12/14/2021, Roll no. 448)' introduced in Senate on 12/15/21 and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations; no further Senate action during 2021.

Source: Congressional vote 21-HR5665 on Oct 21, 2021

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CA-48: Michelle Steel(R) defeated Harley Rouda(D)
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OK-5: Stephanie Bice(R) defeated Kendra Horn(D)
SC-1: Nancy Mace(R) defeated Joe Cunningham(D)
UT-4: Burgess Owens(R) defeated Ben McAdams(D)

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