Harvey Peeler

Today Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler received a perfect score from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce in their 2011 Legislative Scorecard. The Chamber tracks key bills in this report to determine what votes would support or hinder businesses in the state. On the eight key votes the Chamber followed this session, Peeler voted in a way that will help businesses thrive.

“As a businessman himself, it is no surprise to us that Senator Harvey Peeler has not only stood with South Carolina’s business community, he has led the fight. Senator Peeler was the Senate’s loudest voice against union intimidation in our state and he was the primary sponsor on the tort reform bill. Senator Peeler is willing to tackle the critical issues in order to transform South Carolina’s economy and create jobs in this state,” said Otis Rawl, President and CEO of the SC Chamber of Commerce.

South Carolina’s Chamber of Commerce has been leading the fight for the businesses of the state for over 30 years. In the state legislature, they have consistently pushed for measures that help boost South Carolina’s economy, particularly in the midst of this current recession. Some of the issues covered on this year’s scorecard included tort reform, anti-card check legislation, tax breaks and government spending.

Senator Peeler said, “There is nothing more important than putting South Carolina families back to work. While the federal government does everything it can to kill economic growth in our nation, conservatives are fighting back at the state level with commonsense legislation like tort reform. We will also continue working hard to strengthen our right-to-work laws so that unions don’t run companies like Boeing out of South Carolina as they have in other states.”