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Facebook to host free workshop for small businesses
Monday | February 13, 2017The seminar will kick off with welcoming remarks from U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and will be followed by a presentation from a Facebook small business expert on the latest Facebook best practices and strategies for success.… Continue Reading
Sen. Scott Joins Senate Colleagues to Encourage President to Strengthen GITMO mission
Monday | February 13, 2017This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) joined a team of Republican colleagues to send a letter to the President encouraging him to assess the future operations and detention of detainees held at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO) in a letter spearheaded by U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) and also signed by Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).… Continue Reading
Why I supported DeVos for secretary of education
Friday | February 10, 2017SCOTT: When a neighborhood school is failing its students, for many the first response is to suggest that more funding is needed. While it might be the case that increased funding helps in certain situations, the fact remains that too many students are not getting access to the education they deserve. We saw this all too well earlier this month, when it was reported that the Obama administration’s $7 billion investment in our nation’s lowest-performing schools, “failed to produce meaningful results.”… Continue Reading
Pence celebrates Black History Month with West Point cadets
Thursday | February 9, 2017Accompanied by South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, Second Lady Karen Pence and several White House aides, the vice president toured the historic grounds of the esteemed military institution and held a sit-down meeting with black student leaders.… Continue Reading
SC’s Scott takes aim at intolerant liberals in Senate speech
Thursday | February 9, 2017In a speech Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate’s only African-American Republican, defended President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney general, Jeff Sessions. Scott said he would vote for Sessions – later confirmed – but also hold him accountable.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott joins Vice President Pence on trip to West Point
Thursday | February 9, 2017On Thursday evening, while his colleagues were preparing to debate a controversial Cabinet nominee into the early hours of Friday morning, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott was miles away from the action, engaging in a very different sort of exercise.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott #Persisted
Thursday | February 9, 2017On Wednesday evening, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., took to the floor of the Senate to read a sampling of the racist hate mail he's received since announcing support for the confirmation of Attorney General-designate Jeff Sessions.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott Confronts Critics Over His Support for Jeff Sessions
Wednesday | February 8, 2017Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate’s only black Republican, described in unusually candid language on the Senate floor Wednesday the difficulties of being a black conservative and in particular the anger he has faced for supporting Sen. Jeff Sessions’s nomination to be U.S. attorney general.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott, the lone black GOP senator, rises to Sessions' defense
Wednesday | February 8, 2017Tim Scott, the lone black Republican senator, gave a passionate defense of Sen. Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, reading a series of tweets from critics that accused him of being a “House Negro” and a “disgrace to the black race” for supporting President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general.… Continue Reading
Senate confirms Betsy DeVos as education secretary
Tuesday | February 7, 2017Both of South Carolina's senators — Republicans Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott — backed DeVos, who they have openly supported for weeks against a rising tide of criticism coming from Democrats, educators, and President Donald Trump opponents both inside and outside the state.… Continue Reading
Sens. Scott and Rubio Ready to Work with Trump to Revive Manufacturing
Friday | February 3, 2017If President Trump is serious about fulfilling his campaign promise to revive manufacturing and skills-based jobs, he should look no further than Sens. Tim Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio. Both men have been working hard to revive occupational education.… Continue Reading
Bipartisan Group Eyes Tax Overhaul for Anti-Poverty Push
Thursday | February 2, 2017A bipartisan group of lawmakers is hoping its anti-poverty legislation will become law this year as part of a broader push for a tax overhaul. “We are teed up for success in this Congress,” Sen. Tim Scott said. “The realistic opportunity for tax reform was not last Congress. It’s this Congress.” … Continue Reading
Scott introduces C.H.O.I.C.E. act for military families, parents of students with disabilities and low income families
Wednesday | February 1, 2017In conjunction with National School Choice Week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today introduced the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act (S. 235), or CHOICE Act. The CHOICE Act would give military families, families of students with disabilities, and low-income students in Washington, D.C. – together totaling more than 6.2 million students nationwide - access to greater educational opportunity.… Continue Reading
COMMENTARY: Why I support Betsy DeVos
Tuesday | January 31, 2017Being pro-school choice does not mean you want to tear down public schools, in fact the goal is the opposite. We believe that by introducing competition, we can make every school perform better. That goes for public, charter, and private schools. The notion that Betsy DeVos or anyone else wants to destroy our public school systems is flat wrong.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott: Give DeVos 'yes' vote for Cabinet
Tuesday | January 31, 2017I grew up poor, went to four schools by the fifth grade and almost failed out of high school. I know the challenges facing low-income and minority students. Still, every neighborhood is unique, every student learns in a different manner and every teacher teaches in his own fashion. We need to ensure that students and their families have a variety of educational options. My belief in school choice stems directly from that notion and is a primary driver of my support for Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott: Why I support Betsy DeVos
Tuesday | January 31, 2017Over the past week, my office has received quite a few calls from across South Carolina and the nation in regards to Mrs. DeVos’ nomination. I want to take this opportunity to explain my support for her, and why I believe we need a strong, consistent reformer to head the United States Department of Education. … Continue Reading
Scott, Rubio have 'concerns' about Trump's travel ban
Monday | January 30, 2017South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott says he and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio are working to find clarification and changes to the Visa Waiver Program amid President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration.… Continue Reading
Lawmakers weigh in on President Trump's executive order
Monday | January 30, 2017Two lawmakers are speaking out amidst a mix of both support and confusion from the American people, following an executive order from President Donald Trump concerning extreme vetting measures.U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Scott (R-SC) issued the following joint statement regarding the President's executive order… Continue Reading
New bill offers glimpse of how Washington could use federal funding to expand school vouchers
Thursday | January 26, 2017Sen. Tim Scott, the South Carolina Republican who is one of the most ardent supporters of vouchers and charter schools on Capitol Hill, this week introduced a bill that offers some insight into where and how the new Congress and Trump administration could make good on their promises to push for the expansion of alternatives to traditional public schools.… Continue Reading
Scott kicks off National School Choice week at Charleston School
Monday | January 23, 2017Monday Morning Sen. Tim Scott kicked off National School Choice Week in South Carolina at the Charleston Charter School For Math and Science. Scott started the morning by visiting a 7th-grade classroom to first-hand see project-based learning at a public charter school.… Continue Reading
