On Tuesday, the newly Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives passed its first bill, the Laken Riley Act, named in honor of 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was tragically killed by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant.
The vote passed 264-159, 48 Democrats voted in favor of the bill.
The two Republicans who represent portions of the Midlands, Rep. Ralph Norman and Rep. Joe Wilson, both voted in favor of the bill. Democrat Rep. James Clyburn voted against the passage of the Laken Riley Act…