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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
Tim Scott: Building a better health-care system
Friday | January 20, 2017COLUMN: Eight years ago, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stated that we would have to pass the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, in order to figure out what was in it. Thanks to that irresponsible logic, the American people were forced into a health-care system that is unable to keep the promises on which it was sold.… Continue Reading
Scott comments on first votes of Obamacare repeal process
Wednesday | January 18, 2017Early Thursday morning, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) voted to pass the 2017 budget resolution, the first step to repealing and replacing Obamacare. Scott released the following statement immediately following the vote… Continue Reading
Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott to introduce Nikki Haley at Senate hearing
Tuesday | January 17, 2017Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham will introduce Haley before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday as the two-term South Carolina governor looks for confirmation to be the next United States ambassador to the United Nations.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott joins Vice President-elect Mike Pence at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington
Monday | January 16, 2017U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., honored Martin Luther King Jr. with Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Monday, the federal holiday to commemorate the civil rights leader's life and work.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott explains why he corrected a troll who called him a ‘house n—-“
Wednesday | January 11, 2017“I have three or four pages of that kind of crap because of the Sessions nomination,” he said. “There were so many n-words and racially insensitive words coming at me over the Budget Control Act in 2011 that my employees were crying. Unfortunately, people feel like they have a license to say stupid stuff, and too often it comes from liberals. So I thought it was a good time to tell people what I thought.”… Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Graham & Scott congratulate Tigers on Senate floor
Wednesday | January 11, 2017U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott took to the Senate floor Wednesday in Washington to congratulate Clemson on their first national title since 1981. Both Scott and Graham were in Clemson ties, with Senator Scott draping a Clemson flag over the podium prior to speaking.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott on how race affects education and jobs
Wednesday | January 11, 2017The South Carolina senator describes racial inequality when it comes to education and jobs… Continue Reading
Someone called Sen. Tim Scott the N-word on Twitter. The South Carolina senator shut it down with one word.
Wednesday | January 11, 2017U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, the only black Republican senator, shut down a racist tweet Wednesday with a pithy one-word response. The tweet, which has since been deleted from a Twitter account that has also disappeared from the Internet, called Scott a “house n----a.” “Senate,” Scott, the Republican senator from South Carolina, tweeted back.… Continue Reading
SC’s Scott, Graham endorse Trump’s nominee for attorney general
Tuesday | January 10, 2017Scott, the lone African-American Republican senator, is known as a strong voice on racial issues. “After his nomination I invited Sen. Sessions to Charleston, South Carolina, in December of 2016 to meet with African-American pastors, law enforcement and leaders of color,” Scott said. “We had what both the attendees and I believe to be a very productive conversation, which gave us all a clearer picture of not only Jeff’s policy positions, but what is in his heart.” … Continue Reading
Sen. Scott's statement on sentencing in Charleston trial
Tuesday | January 10, 2017U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement on today's sentencing in the Charleston trial: “Nineteen months ago, a heartless murderer attempted to start a race war. He believed the damage his racist hands wrought would undo Charleston, South Carolina, and maybe even the nation. … Continue Reading
Vice President Biden performs ceremony for Senator Tim Scott
Thursday | January 5, 2017U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) was sworn in to his first full term in the United States Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 3, in a ceremony performed by Vice President Joe Biden on the Senator’s floor. Scott will roll out his Opportunity Agenda in the coming weeks, introducing legislation to ensure every American family has the opportunity to succeed. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott Sworn-In to New Term
Tuesday | January 3, 2017U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) was sworn-in to his first full term in the United States Senate this afternoon in a ceremony on the Senator floor. Scott will roll out his Opportunity Agenda in the coming weeks, introducing legislation to ensure every American family has the opportunity to succeed.… Continue Reading
Sen. Scott sworn in to new term, keeps key committee assignments
Tuesday | January 3, 2017U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) was sworn-in to his first full term in the United States Senate this afternoon in a ceremony on the Senator floor. Scott will roll out his Opportunity Agenda in the coming weeks, introducing legislation to ensure every American family has the opportunity to succeed. f… Continue Reading
Senator Scott Sworn In to First Full Term
Tuesday | January 3, 2017U.S. Senator Tim Scott is sworn in to his first full term at the beginning of the 115th Congress. He was joined by Senator Lindsey Graham and former Senator Jim DeMint.… Continue Reading
Scott: We cannot stand on the sidelines in Israeli matters
Monday | December 26, 2016Sen. Tim Scott issued the following statement Monday, reacting to the United States’ abstention during a vote condemning Israeli settlements by the United Nations Security Council.… Continue Reading
Newsmakers: Tim Scott and Trey Gowdy
Sunday | December 25, 2016One of Capitol Hill's most well-established friendships is between two of the Republican Party's more tandem lawmakers: Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Trey Gowdy.… Continue Reading
Hicks column: Sen. Tim Scott, AG nominee Jeff Sessions meet in Charleston
Friday | December 16, 2016Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney General, isn't making house calls on all his colleagues. Just Tim Scott.… Continue Reading
Column: Scott: Museum should honor Justice Thomas
Wednesday | December 14, 2016Editor’s note: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) sent a letter last week to top officials of the Smithsonian Institution and the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. … Continue Reading
SC’s Scott: Justice Thomas’ story should be told at African American museum
Tuesday | December 6, 2016South Carolina’s first African American U.S. senator has asked the Smithsonian Institution to reconsider its omission of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas from the exhibits in the new National Museum of African American History and Culture.… Continue Reading
