Wednesday | November 13, 2019
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the statement below following the introduction of two Democratic bills, introduced by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC), that would hurt low-income communities across the country by limiting the effectiveness of Opportunity Zones.
Senator Scott said, "This is the second misguided attempt by Congressional Democrats in the last two weeks to wreck the Opportunity Zone initiative under the guise of 'improvement.' Make no mistake, Cong… more...
Tuesday | November 12, 2019
Today, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), along with Senator Mike Rounds, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, and 27 Senators lead a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin, urging members of Team USA to seek a clear pathway to formal recognition of the U.S. insurance regulatory system as "comparable" or "outcome equivalent" to the ICS. Additionally, they call on members of Team USA to oppose adoption of the reference International Capital Standard (ICS), if the International Association of Insuran… more...
Thursday | November 7, 2019
This morning, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) spoke at the Senate Banking Committee hearing "Examining Bipartisan Bills to Promote Affordable Housing Access and Safety". Sen. Scott questioned Ms. Ivory N. Mathews, Interim Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Columbia, after she gave witness testimony regarding the January 2019 Carbon Monoxide deaths of Calvin Witherspoon Jr. and Derrick Caldwell Roper in a Columbia, SC public housing complex.
"This tragedy only galvanized my … more...
Wednesday | October 4, 2017
A broad coalition of senators lined up Wednesday behind the bill, including Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott of South Carolina, Jeff Flake of Arizona, Roy Blunt of Missouri, and Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Cory Booker of New Jersey.… more...
Wednesday | October 4, 2017
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott doubted Wednesday that Equifax executives had no knowledge of a massive data breach that affected more than 145 million people when they chose 48 hours later to sell their shares in the company for nearly $2 million.… more...
Wednesday | October 4, 2017
Sen. Tim Scott (R., S.C.) said the executives must have been "the luckiest investors…to sell the stock at the best price," before it dropped significantly after Equifax disclosed the breach.… more...
Thursday | September 19, 2019
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Thursday | March 7, 2019
