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• Thursday | March 16, 2017

  Senator Scott, Congressman Rice Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Energy Prices

  Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced legislation that could help lower energy prices for millions of Americans. His legislation corrects an inefficiency in the United States tax code to allow more effective use of the nuclear production tax credit (PTC) to lower energy prices for consumers and mitigate the risk public-private partnerships incur when involved in the construction of first-in-a-generation nuclear power facilities.Read More
• Thursday | March 2, 2017

  Senator Scott Votes to Confirm Rick Perry as Energy Secretary

  U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the statement below after voting for the confirmation of former Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve as Secretary of the Department of Energy.Read More
• Wednesday | June 8, 2016

  Scott Supports Legislation Simplifying Regulatory Framework for SC Manufacturing

  U.S. Senator Tim Scott this week supported the Frank J. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which gives the manufacturing industry needed regulatory predictability and marks the first major environmental reforms passed by Congress in two decades.Read More
• Friday | April 8, 2016

  South Carolina Senators Note ‘Insurmountable’ Problems with DOE Plan to Scrap MOX Program

  U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today wrote to the Department Energy (DOE) noting 'insurmountable' problems with the Obama Administration's plan to scrap the MOX program.Read More
• Tuesday | February 9, 2016

  Senator Scott Finds Obama Administration’s MOX Proposal Baffling

  U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement in response to the Obama administration's decision to terminate the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX) program at the Savannah River Site as part of his final budget proposalRead More
• Friday | November 6, 2015

  Scott: Obama Chooses Paris over American Jobs with Keystone Pipeline Rejection

  Following President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott issued the following statement.Read More
• Monday | August 3, 2015

  Obama Regulations Bad for South Carolina Families and Businesses

  U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), released a statement following the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of the final Clean Power Plan rule, which will significantly raise electricity prices across the countryRead More
• Thursday | April 23, 2015

  Graham, Scott, and Wilson Voice Concerns with Assessment Claiming Sharp Cost Increases for MOX Facility

  U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, along with Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Energy's (DOE) release of The Aerospace Corporation's recent study on the cost to construct and operate the Mixed Fuel Fabrication (MOX) Facility in South Carolina:Read More
• Monday | February 23, 2015

  Scott Reacts to President’s Short Sighted, Politically Motivated Veto of Keystone XL Pipeline

  Washington - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) issued the following statement following President Barack Obama's short sighted, politically motivated veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, a bipartisan energy and infrastructure bill:Read More
• Wednesday | January 28, 2015

  Senator Tim Scott Statement on Passage of Keystone XL Pipeline

  Washington- Following the Senate's passage of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, a bipartisan energy and infrastructure bill, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement:Read More
• Tuesday | January 27, 2015

  Senator Scott Statement on Obama Offshore Energy Plan

  Washington - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement after the Obama Administration today proposed a 2017-2022 draft Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing plan that includes offshore South Carolina and other Atlantic states:Read More
• Tuesday | January 20, 2015

  Senator Tim Scott's Statement on the State of the Union Address

  U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement after President Obama's sixth State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress:Read More
• Tuesday | November 25, 2014

  New Obama Ozone Regulation Proposal Bad Idea for Families and Businesses

  Charleston, SC- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a statement following the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement to enact new job killing regulations on ozone:Read More
• Tuesday | November 18, 2014

  Senator Tim Scott Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline

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• Thursday | October 16, 2014

  Senator Tim Scott Statement: Yucca Mountain

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• Thursday | September 18, 2014

  Sens. Scott, Murkowski Present New Indicators to Measure U.S. Energy Insecurity

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• Friday | September 12, 2014

  Sens. Scott, Murkowski to Unveil White Paper on Energy Insecurity in America at National Press Club Event

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• Tuesday | April 29, 2014

  Senator Tim Scott Statement on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Decision to Continue MOX Facility Construction in South Carolina

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• Tuesday | April 15, 2014

  What They Are Saying about Senator Tim Scott’s SEA Jobs Act

  Since Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) announced the third piece of his Opportunity Agenda - the Southern Energy Access Jobs Act (SEA Jobs Act) - earlier this month, key national and South Carolina organizations have come out in support of passage of the bill.Read More
• Wednesday | April 2, 2014

  Senator Tim Scott Introduces Southern Energy Access Jobs Act as Part of Opportunity Agenda

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• Sunday | March 30, 2014

  Senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham Continue Fight to Protect MOX Program in South Carolina

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• Friday | March 7, 2014

  Senator Scott, Colleagues, Pen Letter to Secretary Moniz on MOX

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• Thursday | November 21, 2013

  SC Delegation Asks Department of Energy to Work With Them Regarding Funding Levels at the Savannah River Site

  U.S. Senator Tim Scott led members of South Carolina's Congressional delegation in sending a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) asking the department to work with the delegation regarding funding levels for liquid radioactive tank waste remediation at the Savannah River Site.Read More
• Thursday | September 19, 2013

  Senator Tim Scott Leads Bi-Partisan South Carolina Congressional Delegation in Calling on Obama Administration to Support MOX Facility

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• Wednesday | August 14, 2013

  Senator Tim Scott Applauds Court Ruling Instructing Obama Administration to Follow Law

  Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) applauded a ruling today by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that the Obama administration must follow existing law by resuming a previously abandoned review of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage project.Read More
• Wednesday | May 22, 2013

  Senator Tim Scott, Colleagues Call for No-Strings-Attached Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline

  U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and 23 of his colleagues sent a letter today to President Barack Obama calling for his approval of the Keystone XL pipeline without any additional strings attached. Recently, opponents of the project have proposed stipulations such as a burdensome carbon emissions tax and expanded regulations if the pipeline is ultimately approved. Construction of the pipeline is projected to be a significant job creator in the country's energy sector.Read More
• Tuesday | May 14, 2013

  Obama Administration ‘Jeopardizing’ Partnership between Savannah River Site and South Carolina, Georgia over Plutonium Disposition

  The United States senators representing the states of South Carolina and Georgia - Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) and Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) today warned that the Obama administration is jeopardizing the 60-year partnership between the Savannah River Site and both states over its interest in changing the agreed-upon plan to dispose of surplus weapons-grade plutonium.Read More