Sep 17 2014

WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement after speaking with the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf about combating the spread of Ebola. Graham is the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.

Sep 10 2014

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on the President's proposed request for training members of the Syrian opposition.



"There are risks associated with any decision, but today the biggest risk is to continue on the current path of doing nothing. ISIL now poses a direct threat to the American people and homeland and must be vanquished.

Sep 08 2014

WASHINGTON - U.S Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on the Russia-Ukraine cease-fire and President Obama's assertion that the cease-fire is a result of applied and future sanctions.

Sep 02 2014

WASHINGTON - U.S Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on the reported execution of another American journalist, Steven Sotloff.



"Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of Mr. Sotloff and all those who have suffered under ISIL's barbaric behavior.

Aug 18 2014

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) to help schools strengthen their engineering programs to meet the growing demands of 21st century manufacturing. The bill would designate 25 universities as ‘Manufacturing Universities' and provide incentives to better align educational offerings with the needs of modern manufacturers. The incentives would be used to revamp universities' engineering programs to focus on manufacturing engineering and curricula specifically related to targeted industries.

Aug 12 2014


WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) have introduced bipartisan legislation to help schools strengthen their engineering programs to meet the growing demands of 21st century manufacturing. The bill would designate 25 universities as ‘Manufacturing Universities' and provide incentives to better align educational offerings with the needs of modern manufacturers. The incentives would be used to revamp universities' engineering programs to focus on manufacturing engineering and curricula specifically related to targeted industries.


Aug 11 2014


WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement after President Obama's address on ISIS and Iraq.



"Yet another speech from President Obama without a strategy or vision to protect the homeland against an increasingly lethal ISIS threat. ISIS has repeatedly expressed its intent to kill Americans and they are gaining increased capability. President Obama should make it clear - ISIS is not just a threat to the Middle East, it is very much a threat to the American people and the homeland.  


Jul 30 2014

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on the announcement the Boeing 787-10 will be made exclusively in South Carolina.

Jul 30 2014

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Dianne Feinstein (D-California), and Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire) have written Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to support their legislation to reverse the Justice Department's December 2011 reinterpretation of the 1961 Interstate Wire Act and restore its ban on Internet gambling.