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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
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
