Sen. Lindsey O. Graham's Profile

Lindsey Graham has been in the Senate since 2003.  From 1995-2003, he served the people of South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.  He also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives and was a U.S. Air Force lawyer for more than six years.  Official Biography
Birthday: July 9, 1955
Committees: Armed Services; Budget; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Judiciary; Veterans Affairs; Special Aging
The Issues: See where Sen. Graham stands on the issues.
Other: Baptist, Attorney, U.S. Air Force Reserve. 
Quote: "Our own nation is more secure with a peaceful, stable, democratic Iraq respecting the rights of women, enforcing the rule of law, living at peace with its neighbors, and aligned with us in the War on Terror.  History’s judgment and our national security will not be determined by when we leave Iraq but by what we leave behind." 

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Q: Can the fingerprinting measure be extended to include fingerprinting all people coming into the country on work or student visas?
A:   What I would like to see is a biometric identification system for people here on visas, people that are visiting the country like we do with...
Answered by Lindsey O. Graham on May 19, 2010
Asked by Ann Marie Dwyer from Kershaw, SC
Q: The proposed budget has education funded at a 1995 level. Do you think it is appropriate to lose 15 years of advancement in education? How will these cuts make SC competitive in the economy?
A:   Education spending on children with disabilities is grown dramatically; tie to one spending has grown, so at the end of the day it’s my...
Answered by Lindsey O. Graham on May 19, 2010
Asked by Ann Marie Dwyer from Kershaw, SC

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