Women & Victim's Rights
In our ongoing efforts to champion women and victims' rights, our office has introduced numerous pieces of legislation this year alone. From combatting cybercrimes and human trafficking, to addressing violence perpetrated against women by illegal aliens, we're dedicated to enhancing accountability and imposing stricter penalties on perpetrators of violence against women.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (Jan. 16, 2026) – Congresswoman Nancy Mace issued the following statement after Attorney General Alan Wilson released data showing three counties in South Carolina's First Congressional District ranked among the highest in the state for human trafficking in 2025:
These moms are mountain movers.
It took five years of mothers organizing across South Carolina to criminalize luring a child to a vehicle, because it wasn't considered illegal until the door closed behind them. THIS is the power of mothers who refuse to quit.
We stand shoulder to shoulder with them in demanding better for our children in South Carolina.
Law enforcement did their job. They investigated. They arrested. They built the case. But Travis Gaye, facing seven felony charges and 70 years, walked free because a weak Attorney General pled it down to one charge. Then ten days later, he violated probation and was released hours afterward.
We stand shoulder to shoulder with these Lowcountry moms in demanding better for our children. This isn't political. Protecting our children is personal, and it's past time for accountability.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Jan. 15, 2026) — Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) condemned the arrest and same-day release of Travis Reed Gaye, who previously pleaded guilty to child sex offenses, calling the incident a "complete failure" of South Carolina's criminal justice system under Attorney General Alan Wilson and his abject failure to prosecute child sexual exploitation.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Jan. 14, 2026) – Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace demanded answers from South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson after he not only refused to comply with her Congressional office’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request regarding the lack of prosecution of pedophiles and child predators in South Carolina, but threatened to take her to court instead of providing the documents.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Jan. 14, 2026) – Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) released the following statement regarding the federal government's sentencing recommendation for former South Carolina State Representative RJ May, who pleaded guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material:
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Jan. 13, 2026) - Congresswoman Nancy Mace released explosive findings from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request exposing serious failures inside the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, including widespread case dismissals, an overwhelming reliance on plea deals, and a ballooning backlog of unresolved child sex crime cases. Furthermore, the data suggests there have been multiple years where the Attorney General’s office hasn’t had a single jury trial for child sexual predators.
We're DONE wasting taxpayer dollars on do-nothing prosecutors. If you don’t prosecute predators, you don’t get paid.
End of story.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 9, 2026) — Representative Nancy Mace concluded the first session of the 119th Congress with major legislative achievements, ranking among the top members of the U.S. House for legislation introduced while securing major victories for South Carolina.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 8, 2026) – Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace introduced the Preventing Prosecutors from Protecting Predators Act of 2026 to expose and penalize prosecutors who accept federal funding to protect women and children, yet refuse to prosecute violent predators.