Issue Position: Support Our Veterans and Service Members

Issue Position

Decisions related to sending our troops overseas, military and veterans' healthcare, the applicability of military training in the private sector -- you name it -- all these issues have affected both me and my family personally. I am enormously supportive of our military.

HELP FOR OUR VETERANS AT HOME

Last year, I was a proud sponsor of South Carolina's House Bill 3438. Signed by our Governor in April 2019, this legislation established a Department of Veterans' Affairs in-state. The legislation requires that the Secretary of the Department be a veteran and ensure all veterans "regardless of the wars in which their service may have been rendered," be treated fairly and receive assistance.

I'm the daughter of U.S. Army retired Brigadier General James E. Mace, who saw two tours of combat in Vietnam and another in the 1964 Dominican Republic coup d'etat. I'm proud to be the daughter of the most decorated living graduate of The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. He also commanded the first-ever Ranger Training Brigade and has been recognized in the Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, GA. Like many South Carolinians, most of my family are military veterans (active or retired).

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