Press Releases
Scott Statement on Vote to Reject President Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
Wednesday | December 8, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) released the following statement after voting for the Congressional Review Act resolution, to formally oppose President Biden’s vaccine mandate on private businesses.
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Wednesday | December 8, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined his Republican colleagues at a press conference to decry President Biden’s vaccine mandate. In his remarks, Senator Scott highlighted the mandate’s harmful effects on public safety.
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Scott, Colleagues Hold Roundtable on Dems' Harmful Child Care Proposals
Wednesday | December 1, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), along with Senators Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), held a roundtable with child care providers from around the country to hear their concerns about the negative impact the Democrats' reckless spending bill would have on child care workers and families.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Calls Out Harms of Dem Spending, Inflation, IRS Proposal at Banking Hearing
Tuesday | November 30, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) had spirited exchanges with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at a hearing for the Senate banking committee. Senator Scott highlighted the impact of persistent, surging inflation on the most vulnerable Americans resulting from out-of-control Democrat spending and called out the Biden administration for doubling down on their IRS bank reporting scheme.
… Continue ReadingSens. Scott, Ossoff Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost National Security Opportunities for HBCU Students
Monday | November 29, 2021WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) today introduced the bipartisan HBCU National Security Innovation Act, to help connect students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with national security and innovation programs in the defense industry and private sector.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Talks Financial Literacy in Axios Interview
Tuesday | November 23, 2021WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Axios’s Mike Allen for a discussion on financial literacy. Senator Scott described how growing up in poverty led him to champion financial literacy and credit access for all Americans.
… Continue ReadingICYMI: Senator Scott Discusses His Childhood, Vision for America, and More on PBS's ‘Firing Line’
Monday | November 22, 2021WASHINGTON – This weekend, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined PBS’s “Firing Line” with Margaret Hoover to discuss growing up in poverty and how his experiences shaped his positions on education, police reform, and more.
… Continue ReadingSenator Tim Scott Grills Saule Omarova at Banking Committee Hearing
Thursday | November 18, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) grilled President Biden’s nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, Saule Omarova, for her numerous inflammatory, ideologically radical, and disqualifying statements and writings.
… Continue ReadingSenate Adopts Sens. Scott and Coons’s Resolution Designating November as National College Application Month
Wednesday | November 17, 2021WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) designating November as National College Application Month. The bipartisan resolution encourages students to look toward their future and consider their college options.
… Continue ReadingICYMI: Scott Op-Ed on the Build Back Better Plan
Wednesday | November 17, 2021WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) penned an opinion piece published in the Post & Courier explaining the deeper costs and long term negative impacts of President Biden’s "Build Back Better" plan.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Praises Opportunity Zones’ Positive Impact at House Committee Hearing
Tuesday | November 16, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) gave the following remarks at a House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on Opportunity Zones, which Sen. Scott championed in 2017 as a way to incentivize private investment in the poorest communities across the nation.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott, Colleagues Denounce U.S. Postal Service’s ‘Misguided’ Banking Expansion
Monday | November 15, 2021WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and Republican colleagues in calling a new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) pilot program a threat to mail delivery and a misguided attempt to federalize financial services.
… Continue ReadingICYMI: Senator Scott Hosts Fox’s Brian Kilmeade in Charleston for ‘Day in the Life’ Episode
Friday | November 12, 2021WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) hosted Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade in Charleston, S.C., to film a special, two-part episode on what a “Day in the Life” is like in Sen. Scott’s hometown.
… Continue ReadingICYMI: Tim Scott's 'opportunity zones' drew $29B to low-income areas: 'Changing the game'
Wednesday | November 10, 2021WASHINGTON – This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the impact of Opportunity Zones (OZs) on America's most underserved communities. Providing tax incentives for investments in designated OZs was a part of Senator Tim Scott's (R-S.C.) signature work in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
… Continue ReadingScott Joins Effort to Overturn Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
Thursday | November 4, 2021WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and 40 of their Senate colleagues to formally disapprove of and nullify President Biden’s vaccine mandate on private companies and their employees under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), the official process for Congress to eliminate an executive branch rule.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Joins Effort to Block Taxpayer-Funded Payments to Illegal Immigrants
Thursday | November 4, 2021WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and 27 of their Senate Republican colleagues in introducing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022 to block the Justice Department’s reported plan to pay $450,000 per person to immigrants who crossed our border illegally, costing American taxpayers upwards of a billion dollars.
… Continue ReadingScott, Sec. Condoleezza Rice, School Choice Caucus Members Discuss Protection of Parental Involvement in Education
Wednesday | November 3, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, School Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Congressman John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), alongside other members of the caucus, met with former Secretary Condoleezza Rice to discuss important issues facing students and parents in our nation’s schools — including the need to protect parents' rights to be fully and actively involved in their children’s education.
… Continue ReadingSenator Tim Scott Supports Parents’ Voices in Education
Friday | October 29, 2021WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined a resolution led by Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-N.C.), and Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), supporting parents’ rights to be fully and actively involved in the education of their children. Recently, President Joe Biden and his administration have politicized and weaponized the Justice Department, threatening to use federal law enforcement resources to intimidate and silence parents who speak out to protect their children’s education from far-left influences. Biden’s dangerous tactics are a clear violation on parents’ rights of free speech.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Accepting Applications for Spring 2022 Internships
Wednesday | October 27, 2021WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is now accepting applications for internships in his Washington, D.C., North Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville offices for the spring of 2022. The internship program offers undergraduate and graduate students the chance to work with public service professionals and gain practical experience in constituent services, government policy, and more.
… Continue ReadingScott Slams Democrats’ Partisan Approach to Spending Package
Tuesday | October 26, 2021WASHINGTON – Today during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee executive session, Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) slammed Democrats for their unwillingness to work across the aisle on the largest spending package in the nation’s history.
