Congresswoman Nancy Mace grew up in the Lowcountry. She is the daughter of a retired Army General and retired school teacher.
Before being sworn into Congress, Nancy earned accolades as one of the most fiscally conservative members of the South Carolina General Assembly; she’s also one of the most pro-conservation lawmakers in the state of South Carolina.
Nancy grew up in Goose Creek, S.C. And when she dropped out of high school at the age of 17, her parents said, “If you’re going to stop going to school, you got to start going to work.” She immediately became a waitress at the Waffle House on College Park Road in Ladson (exit 203).
Our justice system is supposed to protect the rights of each and every American, both from criminals seeking to do them harm as well as the government. There are millions of incredible law enforcement professionals determined to fulfill their oath to protect and serve the American people.
But over the last several decades, our justice system has failed us.
We put more of our nation’s population in prison than China, Russia, and North Korea. Just as my life has been a series of second chances, I am a firm believer that all persons can be redeemed. Instead of spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to keep people who aren’t dangerous behind bars, we can and must do better. At the same time, millions of Americans’ rights have been violated for years through schemes like “civil asset forfeiture”, which has robbed innocent citizens of billions of their hard-earned dollars.
I’ve spent much of my career getting vital criminal justice reforms put into law and I’m willing to work with anyone and everyone willing to work with me to get this done in Congress.