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Tim Scott reacts to Trump's pick for FBI director
Tuesday | August 1, 2017Sen. Tim Scott issued a statement on Tuesday after Pres. Trump tapped Christopher Wray for FBI director.… Continue Reading
Scott co-sponsors measure to overturn CFPB anti-arbitration rule
Sunday | July 30, 2017Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), a co-sponsor of the U.S. Senate measure to scrap the rule, said the CFPB has time and time again overreached and hurt consumers.… Continue Reading
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott speaks out about Friday's healthcare vote
Saturday | July 29, 2017South Carolina Senator Tim Scott took to Facebook Saturday morning to speak on the 51-49 Senate vote not to overhaul Obamacare.… Continue Reading
U.S. House passes measure to overturn CFPB 'anti-arbitration' rule; Scott co-sponsor of Senate version
Wednesday | July 26, 2017Every Republican member of the South Carolina Congressional delegation yesterday voted to pass a measure to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule to prohibit class-action waivers in virtually all financial consumer-service agreements.… Continue Reading
Sen. Scott reacts to Senate's vote to move forward on health care debate
Tuesday | July 25, 2017Sen. Tim Scott issued the following statement after the vote: I committed to the voters of South Carolina seven years ago, three years ago and again last year that I would work to repeal and replace Obamacare with a health care system that focuses on patients and doctors, not bureaucrats in Washington. Today we took a step towards that goal, and I look forward throughout the week to discussing with my colleagues the importance of repealing and replacing Obamacare.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott: Our plan replaces failing Obamacare
Tuesday | July 25, 2017Senator Scott wrote an op-ed on health care and repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott Receives John Lewis-Amo Houghton Leadership Award for Faith & Leadership
Tuesday | July 25, 2017This morning, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) received the 2017 John Lewis-Amo Houghton Leadership Award from the Faith and Politics Institute (FPI) in recognition of his exhibited qualities of conscience, courage, and compassion as a leader and public servant. Representative John Lewis (D-GA), one of the award’s namesakes, presented the award to Senator Scott.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott’s ‘Walter Scott Act’ would monitor police shootings nationwide
Monday | July 24, 2017A bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott would honor a South Carolina man killed by a police officer by creating a national database of officer-involved shootings.… Continue Reading
UCI 2017 BMX World Championships kicks off with food, fun in Rock Hill
Saturday | July 22, 2017Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., thanked Echols for his “visionary leadership” and called the championships the “greatest international sporting event in our state’s history.”… Continue Reading
Why 3,000 pounds of South Carolina peaches went to Washington this week
Friday | July 21, 2017The son of Titan Farms President and CEO Chalmers Carr unloads boxes of peaches bound for U.S. Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Titan Farms on Wednesday delivered 3,000 pounds of South Carolina peaches to the South Carolina delegation.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott reintroducing data collection bill named after Walter Scott
Friday | July 21, 2017Sen. Tim Scott is reintroducing a bill named after the man shot and killed by a North Charleston police officer back in 2015. … Continue Reading
S.C.'s Graham and Scott offer ideas as Senate Republicans scramble to produce new health care bill
Tuesday | July 11, 2017Senate Republicans have a new deadline for voting to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.… Continue Reading
Congress will try to shore up indebted flood insurance program
Monday | July 10, 2017Congress this summer plans to take on the nation's flood insurance program with the goal of lowering costs and risks for both homeowners and taxpayers.… Continue Reading
Sen. Scott Backs Effort to Stop Obama-Era ‘Fiduciary Rule’
Sunday | July 2, 2017The same week the Fiduciary Rule is set to go into effect, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) joined several of his colleagues in reintroducing legislation designed to fight implementation of a misguided, big-government Obama-era rule that will harm retirement planning access for hardworking Americans.… Continue Reading
How Senators Spend Their Fourth of July
Thursday | June 29, 2017HOH reached out to several senators to see how they celebrate Independence Day. After the anticipated vote on the Senate Republicans’ health care bill was postponed, senators may be eager to have a celebratory weekend. From the minority leader to a few Republicans, patriotism reigns on the Fourth.… Continue Reading
Senators push to strengthen protection for repeatedly flooded communities
Wednesday | June 28, 2017If approved, a new bill in Congress could lead to some changes for flood-prone properties here in the Lowcountry. South Carolina’s Tim Scott is a co-sponsor of the “Repeatedly flooded communities preparation act.” The senator says the bill would ease the strain on the national flood insurance program and help communities prepare for disasters before they strike. … Continue Reading
Scott, Sanford propose making Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie a national park
Wednesday | June 28, 2017Two South Carolina lawmakers have proposed that the site where the Civil War began be raised in status to a national park.… Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Testimony - Criminal Justice Reform
Wednesday | June 28, 2017This morning, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) testified in front of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s hearing on “Criminal Justice Reform and Efforts to Reduce Recidivism.” The purpose of the hearing was to examine programs and legislation aimed at rehabilitating offenders, facilitating a successful transition from prison to community, and reducing recidivism. Scott testified on the first panel with Democratic Senator Cory Booker.… Continue Reading
Senators offer bipartisan bill on retirement savings for grad students
Monday | June 19, 2017A bipartisan group of senators on Monday offered legislation aimed at helping graduate students save for retirement. … Continue Reading
Tim Scott honors victims on anniversary of Charleston church shooting
Saturday | June 17, 2017South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott (R) memorialized the victims of the 2015 Charleston church shooting on Saturday, the two-year anniversary of the attack on a historic African-American church in Charleston, S.C., that left nine dead and three wounded.… Continue Reading
