In The News
Senator Scott Welcomes Gov. Haley's Testimony on Guantanamo
Thursday | April 28, 2016U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the statement below following South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency regarding the dangers of moving the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities to South Carolina.… Continue Reading
Legislation aims to boost investment in economically distressed areas
Wednesday | April 27, 2016“Our goal is to make sure we see the private sector engage with their resources in a way they have not in the past,” said Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.… Continue Reading
Department of labor overtime rule is a roadblock to a bright career path
Tuesday | April 26, 2016Senator Tim Scott recently introduced the Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act (PWAOA), which nullifies the Department of Labor’s proposed rule and requires the DOL to go back to the drawing board in regards to analyzing the impact to small business. … Continue Reading
Empowering opportunity through financial literacy
Tuesday | April 26, 2016COLUMN: April is National Financial Literacy Month, and I believe that one of the best things we can do for our youth is empower them to become financially literate.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott: IRS has 'gotten worse'
Monday | April 25, 2016For a member of the United States Senate, Tim Scott comes from an unusual background. Instead of the affluence or familial political legacy that characterizes members of the chamber, he recalls growing up in poverty. And he says that experience, coupled with his Christian faith, define who he is today.… Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Shows Support at National 4-H Congressional Breakfast
Monday | April 25, 2016Last Wednesday, Senator Tim Scott showed his support of 4-H at the third annual 4-H Congressional Breakfast on Capitol Hill. The event provided an opportunity for 4-H to share stories of 4-H youth impact with members of Congress and to thank them for their continued support of 4-H programming and learning.… Continue Reading
Honor Flight ‘uplifting’ for local Korean War veterans
Wednesday | April 20, 2016The veterans were greeted in Washington by U.S. Senator Tim Scott, and thanked by several strangers — including an eighth-grade group from Tulsa and a Northwestern University student.… Continue Reading
Sen. Scott: Faith and poverty shaped how I view role in Senate
Monday | April 18, 2016Faith has played a significant role in defining how South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott views his role in Congress, he told the Washington Examiner, and teaches the need both for "individual responsibility and the need for a compassionate approach.… Continue Reading
Scott nominates three local students to service academies
Friday | April 15, 2016U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) announced the nominations of 50 South Carolina students to the United States Military Service Academies for the class of 2020, including the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. In advance of this round of nominations, staff from Scott’s state offices hosted 12 information sessions across the state.… Continue Reading
Griffiin DesMarteau nominated to U.S. Merchant Marine Academ
Thursday | April 14, 2016Griffin DesMarteau, a student at Waccamaw High School, has been nominated by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott to attend the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. DesMarteau attends Waccamaw High School.… Continue Reading
South Carolina senators criticize Obama’s plan to scrap MOX facility
Friday | April 8, 2016Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham on Friday wrote to the U.S. Department of Energy noting “insurmountable” problems with the Obama Administration’s plan to scrap the MOX program.… Continue Reading
S.C. Sens. Graham, Scott call on Supreme Court to block Obama immigration orders
Monday | April 4, 2016Scott, Graham and their colleagues contend that Obama went beyond his authority to extend legal status to, and defer deportation of certain undocumented immigrants and their families. … Continue Reading
Commentary: Bill would protect workers, jobs
Friday | April 1, 2016Senator Scott wrote an op-ed in the Greenville News on protecting working families. … Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott nominates 50 SC students to military academies
Tuesday | March 29, 2016Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has nominated 50 young South Carolinians to the military academies class of 2020. Sen. Scott says he was impressed with the list of applicants from the Palmetto state.… Continue Reading
Greer area students nominated to military academies
Tuesday | March 29, 2016U.S. Senator Tim Scott announced the nominations of 50 South Carolina students, including five from Greer-area schools, to the U.S. Military Service Academies for the class of 2020. … Continue Reading
Branchville teen among students nominated to military academies
Tuesday | March 29, 2016U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., has announced the nominations of 50 South Carolina students to the United States Military Service Academies for the class of 2020, including Sean Bernstel of Branchville High School.… Continue Reading
Pentagon official: Release of Guantanamo detainees has led to American deaths
Wednesday | March 23, 2016Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said in statement Wednesday that Lewis’s comments “are a clear admission” by the Obama administration that attempts to close the detention center entirely are detrimental to natural security.… Continue Reading
Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office unveils memorial to honor law enforcement officers killed in duty
Tuesday | March 22, 2016Law enforcement officers from across the area were joined by elected officials including U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy and Sen. Tim Scott, and the families of fallen officers during the ceremony.… Continue Reading
‘Victory in the valley’: Members of Congress learn lessons in Charleston, but solutions prove elusive
Sunday | March 20, 2016“We’ve heard so much about the power of forgiveness, so much about an active form of love, that hopefully we as members of Congress can go back to Washington and take the seeds of connection, the ability to bring people together,” U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Sunday.… Continue Reading
Stories, tears: Civil rights tour stops here
Saturday | March 19, 2016South Carolina Congressmen Jim Clyburn and Joe Wilson, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, Georgia Congressman John Lewis and a number of other lawmakers visited Orangeburg during the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to South Carolina on Friday.… Continue Reading
