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Senator Tim Scott Sees Barriers Coming Down, After Charleston Church Attack
Tuesday | July 7, 2015Having Mr. Scott stand on the Senate floor, holding back tears as he spoke about the victims of the Charleston shootings, left a deep impression on many colleagues, who stood in silence and watched. “Tim Scott was a House member from where the first shots were fired in Fort Sumter,” Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, said in an interview.… Continue Reading
Clyburn, Scott to headline Emanuel AME Church benefit in D.C.
Tuesday | July 7, 2015Politics will be cast aside and House Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn, D-S.C., and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., will make remarks Wednesday at a Washington event to support the families of the nine victims murdered in Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church last month. … Continue Reading
Sen. Scott’s decision on trade was the right one for South Carolina
Sunday | July 5, 2015Recently, Sen. Tim Scott voted for legislation that enables Congress to play its important constitutional role in formulating and directing U.S. trade policy. This legislation will benefit South Carolina workers and communities by opening markets for U.S. goods and services worldwide. … Continue Reading
Aiken legislators, Rural Health Services CEO react to Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare
Friday | June 26, 2015Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, the two United States Senators from South Carolina, are both Republicans, and both issued statements that denounced the Supreme Court’s ruling and blasted the Affordable Care Act.… Continue Reading
Striking the Confederate battle flag an importantsymbol of S.C. progress
Thursday | June 25, 2015In the Senate chamber in Washington, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., led an emotional tribute. “What we saw from the nine families at last Friday’s bond hearing was simple, was powerful, and absolutely the best of who we are as Americans,” Scott told fellow senators who gathered around him. “We are Charleston. We are South Carolina. And, we are absolutely united.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott chokes up on Senate floor remembering shooting victims
Thursday | June 25, 2015Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, teared up while delivering an emotional speech on the events in his home state on Wednesday.… Continue Reading
Both SC senators discuss mass murder on Senate floor
Thursday | June 25, 2015Sen. Tim Scott was overcome with emotion Wednesday night discussing his conversation with one of the victim's sons.… Continue Reading
Senate halts for emotional salute to 9 Charleston victims
Wednesday | June 24, 2015South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott says the nation is committed to replacing "sadness with love" in the grief-stricken aftermath of the Charleston church murders. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott tears up talking about Charleston
Wednesday | June 24, 2015Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) teared up while speaking from the Senate floor Wednesday about the attack in Charleston. Scott said he spoke with the son of one of the victims who told him, "God cares for His people. God still lives."… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott, black SC Republican, wants Confederate flag down from Statehouse
Monday | June 22, 2015Sen. Tim Scott, black SC Republican, wants Confederate flag down from Statehouse.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott’s positive lesson
Thursday | June 18, 2015Young people learn by example. And in the grand realm of elevating examples, it’s hard to beat Tim Scott, who gave another inspiring lesson last week at the annual Palmetto Boys State meeting in Anderson.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott mourns, denounces fatal shootings at historic Charleston, S.C.
Thursday | June 18, 2015Sen. Tim Scott mourned and denounced Wednesday’s shooting in a historic Charleston, S.C., African-American church that left nine people dead. … Continue Reading
Gowdy, Scott: Trade Promotion Authority fears are unfounded
Wednesday | June 17, 2015International trade accounts for more than one in five jobs in South Carolina, and in the Upstate alone exports support more than 64,000 jobs. To put it simply, our state is a trading powerhouse.… Continue Reading
Scott tells of his struggles during stop at Goodwill
Tuesday | June 9, 2015Sen. Tim Scott stopped by Greenwood's Goodwill Industries on Monday afternoon during his Upstate visit to Greenwood, Anderson and Abbeville counties to talk to local residents.… Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott charges up the crowd at Palmetto Boys State
Monday | June 8, 2015The first time that U.S. Sen. Tim Scott was at Palmetto Boys State, he was a nervous high school student. It was 1982 and he was learning how to excel in class, rather than drift along and fai… Continue Reading
A.J. Lewis Greenview Elementary School student receives letter of recognition from U.S. Senator Tim Scott
Thursday | June 4, 2015Delores Gilliard, principal at A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary School salutes Breyonne Hankerson for receiving a letter of recognition from U.S. Senator Tim Scott for advocating for the assignment of a school crossing guard to her elementary school and succeeding. … Continue Reading
IRS investigating taxpayer data breach
Wednesday | May 27, 2015South Carolina Senator Tim Scott echoed that sentiment saying, "While we are still in the process of determining who perpetrated this data breach at the IRS and what exact information they have stolen, what we do know is that it is absolutely unacceptable that this vulnerability exists."… Continue Reading
Summerville honors the fallen
Tuesday | May 26, 2015U.S. Sen. Tim Scott asked those who had lost loved ones in conflict to raise their hands, and urged everyone in attendance to note those individuals and thank them after the ceremony.… Continue Reading
Sen. Scott on body cameras
Tuesday | May 26, 2015As South Carolina lawmakers get closer to passing body-camera legislation for police officers, the issue has also come up in Congress. South Carolina's junior U.S. senator, Sen. Tim Scott (R), recently addressed a panel on Capitol Hill to urge support for the devices.… Continue Reading
Possible Funding for Police Body Cameras Moves Forward in Congress, Thanks to Sen. Tim Scott
Thursday | May 21, 2015In the wake of Ferguson, Mo., and seemingly endless national stories about police brutality, an effort to fund and support police body cameras has a real chance of becoming law. And it's being moved by a Republican-controlled Congress with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) leading the charge. … Continue Reading
