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Senator Tim Scott: Putting a Face on Poverty
Monday | October 24, 2016Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina recruited his fellow senators to join his Senate Opportunity Coalition when he realized that a number of them were focused on similar anti-poverty efforts in their home states. “They all have passion for people in vulnerable situations,” Scott says to National Review. “Some, if not all, of them were already working on issues to deal with the most vulnerable.” … Continue Reading
Tim Scott visits Upstate counties on Wed., Thurs..
Wednesday | October 12, 2016U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) will visit several Upstate counties on Wednesday and Thursday, as part of the senator’s annual visit to every county in South Carolina. … Continue Reading
SEN. SCOTT STOPS IN SENECA WITH MESSAGE OF HOPE
Wednesday | October 12, 2016U.S. Senator Tim Scott made a stop in Seneca Wednesday afternoon with a message of hope.… Continue Reading
‘If you are the problem, you are also the promise’
Thursday | October 6, 2016SCOTT OP-ED: God, faith and the power of prayer are truly remarkable. My unwavering relationship with our Heavenly Father has kept me going during my lowest of lows, and has emboldened my hope of brighter days ahead.… Continue Reading
Guest Column: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott -- Find the ‘Solution' on Sundays
Saturday | October 1, 2016The beauty of America is that we are a melting pot. People come from all over the world seeking the opportunities and freedoms that we, as Americans, take for granted. Of course, there are times where we fall short of living up to the principles and ideals that led to the founding of our country, but it is in those times that we must be strong and stand together.… Continue Reading
Brian Kilmeade tours the Capitol with Sen. Tim Scott
Friday | September 30, 2016'Fox & Friends' co-host and South Carolina senator visit a low-income school… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott lays flowers at Townville Elementary
Thursday | September 29, 2016Scott prayed, met with first responders, dispatchers and firefighters. He then went to Greenville to take flowers to the family of Jacob Hall. Jacob is a 6-year-old who was shot and remains at Greenville Memorial Hospital. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott awarded ACU’s Conservative Excellence Award
Thursday | September 22, 2016For the third consecutive year, Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, will be awarded the Conservative Excellence Award from the American Conservative Union in recognition of his consistent track record in promoting conservative principles and values while serving as a member of Congress.… Continue Reading
Scott expands his ‘Opportunity Agenda’ with ‘Opportunity Coalition’
Wednesday | September 21, 2016U.S. Sen. Tim Scott speaks often about the need for Republicans to address the nation’s poverty epidemic in terms Americans can understand. It seems some of his fellow GOP lawmakers are catching on.… Continue Reading
Sen. Scott, coalition take new approach in fight against poverty
Wednesday | September 21, 2016A group of conservative senators, including Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., announced a new anti-poverty initiative Wednesday they’ve dubbed the Senate Opportunity Coalition.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott: It’s time to stop talking about poverty – and listen
Wednesday | September 21, 2016Scott launched a new initiative Wednesday that seeks to apply “conservative solutions” to combat poverty, joined by Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and James Lankford, R-Okla. … Continue Reading
Tim Scott rounds up GOP senators to focus on poverty
Tuesday | September 20, 2016On Wednesday, he’ll help announce a new group of five senators who will call themselves the Senate Opportunity Coalition: Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. They are all Republicans, and that’s intentional.… Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott awarded ACU’s Conservative Excellence Award
Thursday | September 15, 2016For the third consecutive year, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has been awarded the Conservative Excellence Award from the American Conservative Union in recognition of his consistent track record in promoting conservative principles and values while serving as a member of Congress. … Continue Reading
Harbor-deepening bill boosts Lake Marion water agency
Thursday | September 15, 2016U.S. Sen. Tim Scott said the legislation, which passed by a vote of 95-3 on Thursday, contains language he inserted making improvements to the Lake Marion Regional Water Authority. The authority serves areas in The T&D Region along the I-95 and I-26 corridors.… Continue Reading
Senate passes ‘significant milestone’ for Charleston Harbor deepening
Thursday | September 15, 2016“The Port of Charleston is vital to our state’s economic future, and I was happy to work with Senator Graham to ensure our port will continue to grow and create jobs,” Scott said in a statement Thursday. … Continue Reading
Most powerful, and coolest, artifacts at new black history museum
Wednesday | September 14, 2016Sen. Tim Scott teamed up with Instagram on Wednesday to preview the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, which opens to the public Sept. 24. … Continue Reading
Inside Smithsonian’s African American History Museum with Tim Scott
Wednesday | September 14, 2016As the Smithsonian puts the final touches on interior of the building, Scott captured a particularly moving image of one exhibit: a slave cabin from Edisto Island, S.C., that was taken apart and reassembled inside the museum.… Continue Reading
Make Fort Sumter a national park
Wednesday | September 14, 2016Scott announced last week he would introduce a bill that would create the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park as the nation’s 60th national park. Congaree National Park near Columbia currently is the only park in the state with that designation.… Continue Reading
Sens. Scott and Booker talk connection beyond politics
Monday | September 12, 2016(VIDEO) Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey are the only African-Americans currently serving in the United States Senate. They came together to visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture for the very first time, speaking to Charlie Rose about growing up as African-Americans and their hopes for the future of this country.… Continue Reading
SC Senators remember 9-11 anniversary
Sunday | September 11, 2016Sunday both South Carolina Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott released comments about the 15th anniversary of the September 11th attacks.… Continue Reading
