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Clinton playing by different set of rules
Wednesday | July 6, 2016While U.S. Attorney Gen. Loretta Lynch announced that no charges will be brought against Hillary Clinton, the FBI’s findings made it painfully obvious that Secretary Clinton put our national security and classified information at risk, and even that her email was probably hacked by foreign operatives.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott wants to fix poverty, one human interaction at a time
Monday | July 4, 2016Scott already has an agenda, which he didn’t neglect to mention. It’s called the “Opportunity Agenda,” and it’s actually a series of Senate bills focused on doing just that. There’s a bill that would give tax credits to employers who create apprenticeships. Another would give parents more flexibility on where they send their children to school. His most recent proposal has “opportunity” in its title and deals specifically with poverty.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott places friendly wager on College World Series
Friday | July 1, 2016Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is getting behind the Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers baseball team as they get set to take on the Arizona Wildcats in the College World Series final on Thursday. … Continue Reading
Analysis: Scott proposes fix to federal housing programs
Friday | June 24, 2016U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development this week introduced the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA), which would streamline and reform federal housing programs to expand affordable housing opportunities for low-income families in high-opportunity neighborhoods with lower crime and better schools, improve the quality of life for public housing residents, strengthen work incentives, reduce homelessness and cut red tape.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott to host briefing on Sickle Cell disease on Thursday
Thursday | June 23, 2016U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Congressmen Danny Davis (D-IL), and Charles Rangel (D-NY), co-chairs of the Congressional Sickle Cell Caucus, will host a briefing highlighting the unique medical issues facing children with sickle cell disease on Thursday, June 23.… Continue Reading
7 percent of SC children have an incarcerated parent
Wednesday | June 22, 2016In South Carolina, 73,000 children – some 7 percent of the state’s childhood population – have experienced the incarceration of a parent. Having grown up without a father, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., says he can relate.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott remembers Emanuel victims on Senate floor
Friday | June 17, 2016U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R, SC) spoke about the victims of the Emanuel AME Church massacre and the Orlando attack when he addressed the U.S. Senate on Thursday, a day before the one-year anniversary of the Charleston, SC tragedy.… Continue Reading
Scott and Graham give emotional reflections on anniversary of Emanuel AME Church shooting
Friday | June 17, 2016Sen. Tim Scott spoke in a deep sorrowful baritone from prepared remarks about the night of June 17, 2015, when Dylann Roof admitted to ending a Bible study by opening fire and killing nine black parishioners.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott releases moving tribute to Emanuel 9 victims
Friday | June 17, 2016en. Tim Scott releases moving tribute to Emanuel 9 victims … Continue Reading
Hundreds gather to remember Charleston shooting victims
Friday | June 17, 2016Scott talked of the “unbelievable” grace shown by victims’ family members in telling Roof they forgave him and how the state’s unity resulted in the lowering of the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds.… Continue Reading
'Forever changed' Charleston stronger, more faithful on anniversary of Emanuel shooting
Friday | June 17, 2016Scott said he saw it happen and has watched it over and over again, but he still thinks it impossible for so many family members to offer forgiveness so soon after such a heartbreaking act of violence.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott on the one year anniversary of the Charleston shooting
Tuesday | June 14, 2016Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., reflects on the anniversary of the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. that left nine people dead on June 17, 2015. … Continue Reading
Remembering Charleston: ‘I asked him if he was OK. He never responded.’
Tuesday | June 14, 2016Sen. Tim Scott got the first call around 9 o’clock on a Wednesday night a year ago. A deputy sheriff told him there were reports of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. His first thought was to check in with his friend the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the church’s pastor.… Continue Reading
Officials, organizations from Carolinas react to Orlando shooting
Monday | June 13, 2016Senator Tim Scott tweeted the following: My prayers are with the victims and their families following this morning's horrific attack in Orlando.… Continue Reading
From Failing Civics and Talking in Class to the Senate
Tuesday | June 7, 2016Eventually, Scott said he learned “the notion of enlightened self-interest — that it’s in your best interest to first serve others before asking for something for yourself.” “I think that’s part of the journey of America, right? [President John F.] Kennedy said it in a different way but it’s always — it’s first do what you can before expecting someone to do what they can. If we all did that then we would be in, of course, better shape,” he said. … Continue Reading
‘THE OVERTIME RULE STOPS A KID LIKE ME’
Friday | June 3, 2016“The overtime rule stops a kid like me from experiencing the first level of being a supervisor,” Scott said. “It slows down the ability of kids trapped in poverty looking for a way out.”… Continue Reading
The Obama Administration’s Secret Slush Funds
Wednesday | May 25, 2016OP-ED: The American people have shown us over the past decade that they will no longer put up with Washington’s back room deals and slush fund spending. There are no more Bridges to Nowhere, and bailouts using taxpayer dollars, such as those initially required by Obamacare, are met with ferocious opposition. While Washington still spends and taxes too much, the American people have made their opinion on these matters unmistakable. … Continue Reading
South Carolina likely to be especially affected by new federal rules on overtime pay
Saturday | May 21, 2016Scott, who has proposed legislation to nix the regulations, wrote in a blog post Thursday that he feared unintended consequences from the move would hurt workers.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott says new overtime rule will negatively impact small businesses, workers
Thursday | May 19, 2016The Obama Administration recently published a final rule that changes eligibility requirements for receiving overtime pay. Under the new rule, the salary threshold for eligibility for overtime was more than doubled — and, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said, will lead to problems and dire consequences for American workers.… Continue Reading
Sen Tim Scott: Fight poverty by investing in opportunity
Wednesday | May 18, 2016Growing up in poverty was not fun. To be certain, there was a lot of love in my house, and I will never be able to repay my mother for the sacrifices she made to keep a roof over our head. But when you are using the oven to heat your house, or your grandmother is walking miles upon miles each day to work as a maid because she could not afford the bus, I can say that it is easy for hope to slip away. … Continue Reading
