This week, I had a packed calendar of events, meetings, and town halls across the Lowcountry, speaking with people like you about the issues which impact all of us.
First, I held two town halls on Monday, both in-person and via phone. During these events, I spoke alongside experts with constituents about civil rights, police reformand hurricane preparedness, two issues which our region has had to grapple with a great deal in recent years.
When talking about police reform in the Lowcountry I heard from many of you who, like me, believe we need to have a serious conversation about how we help those in mental health crisis. In another meeting this week, I was deeply impressed with how the Summerville Police Department is approaching this challenge when I visited their headquarters to hear about their mental health program. I also took it upon myself to volunteer tohave their less-lethal "Bola Wrap" demonstrated on me.
In addition, I toured both the Crab Bank projectand the Low Battery Wall Restoration project with the SC Department of Natural Resources and Army Corps of Engineers. Both of these efforts are vital to the future of our environment and economy, and I've been working hard to ensure they get the funding and support they need to be completed.
The amount of visits and meetings I've had this week are far too numerous to get into more detail here, but I'm determined to always put the #LowcountryFirst, and I'm doing all I can to bring the issues and concerns you share with me back to Congress.
Congresswoman Nancy Mace joined Leyla Gulen with Fox 24 for an in-depth conversation covering her first 6 months in Congress, and the challenges ahead for the country over the next 6 months.
Congresswoman Nancy Mace joined Steve Hilton to discuss the importance of environmental conservation to our economy, as well as the political opportunity Republicans have in the new Conservative Climate Caucus.
During a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the Biden administration's 2022 budget, Mace asked NOAA Acting Assistant Administrator Nicole R. LaBoeuf what her office was doing to coordinate with authorities in the Lowcountry to mitigate the damage from frequent flooding. Mace spoke from the Charleston Battery Seawall, which is undergoing a massive restoration to better protect from storm surge and sea level rise.
