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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
Jim Clyburn, Tim Scott lead congressional S.C. civil-rights pilgrimage
Friday | March 18, 2016U.S. Reps. Jim Clyburn, D-Columbia, and John Lewis, D-Ga., and Sen. Tim Scott, R-North Charleston, are leading the annual Faith and Politics Institute pilgrimage aimed at giving congressional leaders access to the role southern states played in the civil rights movement.… Continue Reading
SC Senator Tim Scott to take part in Civil Rights Pilgrimage
Monday | March 14, 2016According to Senator Scott, participants will learn about South Carolina civil rights pioneers such as Septima Clark and about the 400-year old Gullah Geechee cultural heritage. The delegation is scheduled to visit such historic sites as Zion and Brookland Baptist Churches and that of the Orangeburg massacre.… Continue Reading
Lawmakers To Visit Charleston To Promote Racial Reconciliation
Sunday | March 13, 2016Democrat Rep. Jim Clyburn and Republican Sen. Tim Scott, both of South Carolina, are among several lawmakers visiting Emanuel AME church to promote racial understanding.… Continue Reading
Editorial: New reason to keep Gitmo
Saturday | March 12, 2016Fourteen senators, including South Carolina’s Tim Scott, stressed that point Thursday in support of their co-sponsored resolution to keep Gitmo open and to keep those prisoners where they belong.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott, others oppose potential cuts to Medicare Advantage program
Friday | March 11, 2016U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and a dozen other Republican senators oppose changes to the Medicare Advantage program, they wrote in a letter to agency officials this week.… Continue Reading
GOP resolution calls for sending captured ISIS fighters to Gitmo
Thursday | March 10, 2016Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and 13 other Senators in introducing a resolution to detain ISIL fighters at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott will likely oppose nominee for Education Secretary based on school choice policy position
Wednesday | March 9, 2016“School choice provides that opportunity, and I sincerely hope that not just Dr. King, but the entire Obama administration, will reconsider their opposition to this critical issue.” Scott said. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott issues statement on passing of Nancy Reagan
Sunday | March 6, 2016U.S. Senator Tim Scott issued the following statement regarding the passing of First Lady Nancy Reagan.… Continue Reading
Gitmo Is Where Terrorists Should Stay
Thursday | March 3, 2016Senator Tim Scott continues to fight the closure of Gitmo and bringing terrorists to American soil. … Continue Reading
