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Letter: Sen. Scott comes through
Wednesday | November 18, 2015"I want to commend Sen. Scott and his staff for their speedy action in helping me out. He really is one of the good guys."… Continue Reading
Three top prosecutors: Don't send us Guantanamo detainees - AP
Wednesday | November 18, 2015Top prosecutors in three states reportedly being assessed as potential future homes for Guantanamo Bay detainees are imploring the Obama administration not to send the prisoners to their states.… Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott spends Veterans Day in Hardeeville
Wednesday | November 11, 2015Scott visited Hardeeville on Wednesday for the city's Veterans Day ceremony. The senator, along with city and county leaders, used the ceremony to honor veterans on this special day and to highlight Hardeeville's own heroes. … Continue Reading
Sen. Scott interviews WW II veteran Cliff Harpst
Wednesday | November 11, 2015Sen. Tim Scott interviewed Cliff Harpst and posted the video today, Veterans Day, to honor all veterans and people serving in the United States Armed Forces.… Continue Reading
Vietnam focus has impact beyond words
Wednesday | November 11, 2015As South Carolina U.S. Sen. Tim Scott said of all veterans: "While we pause to remember their work, we must also recommit ourselves to fulfilling the promises our country has made to our veterans -- because they deserve nothing less."… Continue Reading
Senate bill would ban Guantanamo Bay detainees from US
Tuesday | November 10, 2015“Why in the world you would bring these enemy combatants to domestic soil is mind-boggling. This is absolutely nothing short of gambling national security to keep a campaign promise?” Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Monday.… Continue Reading
Senate Bans Transfer of Detainees Held at Guantanamo Bay
Tuesday | November 10, 2015“Why in the world you would bring these enemy combatants to domestic soil is mind boggling,” said Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.). “This is nothing short of gambling national security to keep a campaign promise.”… Continue Reading
GOP Sens Warn: Gitmo Transfers May Be Placed in Prison “2 to 3 Minutes” from Elementary School
Monday | November 9, 2015In South Carolina, Scott said the enemy combatants are expected to be transferred to a prison that is just "2 to 3 minutes" from an elementary school and a middle school, as well as more than a dozen churches. The plan is essentially to "bring the world's worst terrorists to a prison near you," he said.… Continue Reading
Sen Scott: Obama "overcooking my grits" on Gitmo decision
Friday | November 6, 2015Senator Tim Scott believes the president is approaching lawlessness.… Continue Reading
South Carolina's first National Apprenticeship Week now underway
Thursday | November 5, 2015South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott recently announced that the first National Apprenticeship Week is underway and scheduled to run through Nov. 7. … Continue Reading
Sen. Scott: Obama's latest 'Gitmo announcement 'is overcooking my grits'
Thursday | November 5, 2015“I just returned from Guantanamo Bay about two weeks ago, and we have created the world’s best location for these enemy combatants – an isolated location surround by water, mountains, and deserts,” Scott said in his remarks. - See more at: http://greertoday.com/greer-sc/sen-scott-obamas-latest-gitmo-announcement-is-overcooking-my-grits/2015/11/05/#sthash.nzXhO3PV.dpuf… Continue Reading
Tim Scott opposes plan to close Guantanamo Bay prison
Thursday | November 5, 2015Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., called the military prison in Cuba “the world’s best location for these enemy combatants” and said the Navy's Consolidated Brig military prison outside outside Charleston is not an acceptable alternative.… Continue Reading
OP-ED: Keep Guantanamo Open — the Arguments for Closing It Don’t Add Up
Wednesday | November 4, 2015Senator Scott wrote an op-ed about his recent trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.… Continue Reading
Senator to introduce bill to exempt IRS employees from union
Tuesday | November 3, 2015South Carolina Senator Tim Scott (R) says he will introduce a bill that would exempt Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees from collective bargaining and labor organizing… Continue Reading
OP-ED: Stopping sanctuary cities
Monday | November 2, 2015Senator Scott wrote an op-ed about the need to fix our country's immigration laws and stop sanctuary city policies. … Continue Reading
OP-ED: Guantanamo, not Hanahan brig, for captured terrorists
Saturday | October 31, 2015Senator Scott wrote an op-ed in the Post & Courier on keeping terrorists in Guantanamo Bay, not South Carolina. … Continue Reading
Sen. Scott calls trip to Gitmo "fascinating experience"
Tuesday | October 27, 2015Senator Tim Scott (R - South Carolina) reiterated his stance on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba prisoners at a news conference in Washington D.C. Tuesday.… Continue Reading
GOP Senators Concerned by ‘Gimmicks’ in Budget Deal
Tuesday | October 27, 2015One of the chamber’s most conservative members, GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina signaled he is opposed to the plan, saying parts of it appear “salacious” to him.… Continue Reading
Lawmakers grill Koskinen over IRS targeting scandal, after DOJ ends probe
Tuesday | October 27, 2015“We’re here today because there was a culture of discrimination in the agency that has the power of intimidation that no other agency in the federal government has, and it used that power of intimidation against conservative organizations and then there was a cover-up of that intimidation,” Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said.… Continue Reading
GOP senator: Guantanamo a 'top-rate' facility
Tuesday | October 27, 2015Scott, who was vocal when the Pentagon did a similar inspection at the Naval Consolidated Brig in his home state, said the Colorado sites under consideration also put Americans at risk.… Continue Reading
