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- ↑ "House Standing Committees". South Carolina Legislature. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ↑ "South Carolina House of Representatives: members". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ↑ "Biography page: South Carolina House of Representatives". Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-11-21.