26 Facts About Tom Rice

Tom Rice was reelected in 2014, defeating Democratic nominee Gloria Bromell Tinubu in a rematch of the 2012 election.

Tom Rice was one of ten Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump in the second impeachment of Donald Trump.

Tom Rice was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on August 4,1957.

Tom Rice was four years old when his parents divorced, and his mother, a teacher, took him and his brother Clay to Myrtle Beach.

Tom Rice's first job was a busboy when he was 12, and he was variously a night shift fry cook, a grocery store bag boy, and miniature golf course manager while still in high school.

Tom Rice was elected chair of the Horry County Council in 2010, serving until he resigned from the position on December 31,2012, in order to take his seat in Congress.

Tom Rice was elected to the US House in 2012 as the first representative for the newly created 7th district.

On June 14,2022, Tom Rice lost the Republican nomination to Russell Fry.

On January 22,2013, Tom Rice was appointed to the following subcommittees: Highways and Transit, Water Resources and Environment, and Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Tom Rice said the appointments would allow him to work for the funding and construction of Interstate 73 as well as the dredging of the Georgetown Port.

On November 11,2013, Tom Rice was appointed to the water resources conference committee, which helped resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013.

Tom Rice has co-sponsored several pieces of legislation including Safe Schools Act of 2013, a bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and others.

Tom Rice has pushed changes to port funding and offered victims help to replace Social Security cards and other federal documents after massive fire destroys 26 condo buildings.

In December 2020, Rice was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump.

Tom Rice later said he had been mistaken in questioning the election.

On January 13,2021, Tom Rice was one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump a second time.

Tom Rice criticized Trump for neither offering condolences to those who were injured nor expressing regret about the two police officers who died.

Ultimately, Tom Rice said, Trump's "utter failure" in the matter forced him to vote for impeachment.

Tom Rice did so later that day, alongside nine other Republicans.

On May 19,2021, Tom Rice was one of 35 Republicans who joined all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the US Capitol.

On June 5,2022, Tom Rice was interviewed on ABC and asserted that he had "no regrets" about his action.

Tom Rice was interviewed by NBC News on June 13,2022, and when asked about Trump's actions, he said, "He threw a temper tantrum that culminated with the sacking of the United States Capitol" and "It's a direct attack on the Constitution, and he should be held accountable".

In June 2021, Tom Rice was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

Tom Rice voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.

Tom Rice married his wife Wrenzie in 1982 and they have three sons.

In late May 2020, Tom Rice announced that he refused to wear a face mask in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States while in Congress; in mid-June, he announced that he, his wife, and his son, had all been infected with COVID-19.