South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus 1105 Pendleton Street 207 Solomon Blatt Building Columbia, SC 29201-3732 Phone: 803.734.3041 Fax: 803.734.8711 www.sclbc.org OFFICERS HOUSE MEMBERS Rep. Carl Anderson Georgetown County For Immediate Release Rep. Robert L. Brown Chairman Charleston County Rep. John R. King Contact: Juanzena Johnson Rep. William Clyburn York County Aiken County Chairman-Elect Phone: 803-734-3041 Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter Rep. Harold Mitchell Orangeburg County Spartanburg County Rep. Chandra Dillard Immediate Past Chairman Greenville County Rep. Cezar McKnight Columbia SC, February 11, 2015 --Today the South Carolina Legislative Rep. Wendell Gilliard Williamsburg County Charleston County Secretary Black Caucus met to discuss the proviso that was passed in the House Ways Rep. Jerry N. Govan, Jr. Sen. Kevin Johnson. and Means, Higher Education and Technical Schools subcommittee. We Orangeburg County Clarendon County Treasurer reject a proposal to close a 119-year old institution of higher learning. Rep. Patricia Henegan Marlboro County Rep. Justin Bamberg Bamberg County It is imperative that a plan with true solutions be executed in order to save Rep. Christopher Hart Parliamentarian Richland County South Carolina State University. The Caucus is in full support of the Rep. Terry Alexander Rep. Kenneth Hodges Florence County school and feels that all efforts should be made to ensure South Carolina Colleton County Chaplain State University does not fail. While it is not certain as to who should Rep. Lonnie Hosey Allendale County lead these efforts, we have no confidence that President Thomas Elzey is Rep. Leon Howard SENATE MEMBERS that person. Richland County Sen. Karl B. Allen Rep. Joseph Jefferson Greenville County In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King; “The ultimate measure of a man is Berkeley County Sen. Darrell Jackson not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he Rep. David J. Mack, III Richland County Charleston County stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Sen. Marlon E. Kimpson Charleston County Rep. Joseph McEachern Richland County Sen. Gerald Malloy The South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus will continue to fight for the Darlington County Rep. Mia McLeod students, alumni, faculty and staff of South Carolina State University. Richland County Sen. John Matthews, Jr. Orangeburg County Rep. Joseph H. Neal Richland County Sen. Floyd Nicholson Greenwood County Rep. Carl Anderson Rep. J. Anne Parks Greenwood County Sen. Clementa C. Pinckney Chair, SC Legislative Black Caucus Jasper County Rep. Leola Robinson- Simpson Sen. Ronnie Sabb Greenville County Williamsburg County Rep. J. Todd Rutherford Sen. John L. Scott, Jr. Richland County Richland County Rep. J. David Weeks Sen. Kent Williams Sumter County Florence County Rep. J. Seth Whipper Charleston County Executive Director Rep. Robert Williams Darlington County Juanzena L. Johnson Policy/Constituent Srvc. L. Shennice Cleckley .