Governor Nikki Haley today issued the following statement on strengthening South Carolina's Freedom of Information Act:
"Strengthening FOIA is important and was a key component of the ethics reform package proposed by the McMaster-Medlock Commission. I appreciate that the House is debating this bill, and most of all I appreciate the work of State Rep. Rick Quinn and others -- including State Reps. Bowen, Cole, Funderburk, Horne, McCoy, McLeod, Munnerlyn, Newton, Weeks and Whipper -- who understand that the General Assembly must share in the same transparency it requires of others, and remove the legislative exemption."