Columbia, SC – January 19, 2010 – South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Karen Floyd today issued the following statement on Senate Republicans’ successful passage of a bill to stop “Obamacare” in its tracks in South Carolina, by re-affirming our citizens’ rights to make their own health care decisions:

“We are incredibly proud of our Republican Senators for standing strong for our state’s right to set its own policies, and our citizens’ rights to make their own health care decisions,” Floyd said. “Opposing government-run healthcare goes to the core of who we are as a Party – one of responsible spending and protecting individual liberty. We are pleased our Republican majority in the state Senate stood tall for those principles today.”