Press Releases
Senator 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.
Scott, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Block Democrats’ IRS Snooping Proposal
Thursday | October 21, 2021WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and his Republican colleagues introduced the “Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act,” a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing Democrats’ plan to give the agency access to transaction information of virtually every American.
… Continue ReadingScott Joins Colleagues to Defend Freedoms of Speech and Religion
Thursday | October 21, 2021WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined an amicus brief led by Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) along with 11 senators and 14 members of Congress in support of Coach Joe Kennedy in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The brief asks the Supreme Court to review and subsequently reverse the Ninth Circuit’s decision that allowed Coach Kennedy to be fired for silently kneeling and praying after school football games. Representative Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) is co-leading the brief for the House.
… Continue ReadingICYMI: Scott Talks Dems’ Spending and IRS Plans, Police Reform on America’s Newsroom
Wednesday | October 20, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on Fox News to discuss how the Democrats’ reckless spending spree, and their plan to pay for it by enlarging the IRS, will harm American families. He also pushed back on efforts to nationalize and defund law enforcement.
… Continue ReadingScott: Democrats' IRS Snooping Plan Hurts Americans Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck
Tuesday | October 19, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) spoke out against the Democrats' plans to give the IRS access to the bank information of virtually every American during a Senate Banking Committee hearing and a Senate GOP press conference.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Calls Out Biden CBP Nominee for Refusing to Acknowledge the Border Crisis
Tuesday | October 19, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) questioned Chris Magnus, President Biden’s nominee to head U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Senator Scott challenged Magnus’ refusal to call the situation at the southern border a crisis, despite record high illegal border crossings in the last year.
… Continue ReadingScott Statement on the Passing of General Powell
Monday | October 18, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) released the following statement on the passing of General Colin Powell.
… Continue ReadingScott, Sinema Lead Effort to Protect Medicare Advantage
Friday | October 15, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) led 11 of their colleagues in a letter urging Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to protect the Medicare Advantage (MA) program from payment cuts being floated in the Senate.
… Continue ReadingScott Joins Colleagues on Comprehensive Afghanistan Legislation
Thursday | October 7, 2021WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and 28 of his colleagues in supporting the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act, legislation to address the outstanding issues related to the administration’s rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
… Continue ReadingScott, Colleagues Oppose Democrat Plan to Make the SBA a Direct Lender
Wednesday | October 6, 2021WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and his Republican colleagues sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Small Business Committee Chair Ben Cardin, and House Small Business Committee Chair Nydia Velázquez warning against their plan to make the Small Business Administration (SBA) a direct lender through their $3.5 trillion reconciliation plan.
… Continue ReadingSenators Scott and Kelly Celebrate Passage of National Healthy Aging Month Resolution
Friday | October 1, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) released the following statements applauding the Senate’s unanimous passage of their resolution marking September as National Healthy Aging Month.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott, Colleagues Spotlight Democrats’ Self-Inflicted Crises
Wednesday | September 29, 2021WASHINGTON – Today in a press conference with Senate Republicans, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) highlighted crises caused by Democrat leadership and warned of the dangerous policies in their $3.5 trillion spending plan.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Slams Democrats’ Tax-and-Spend Policies in Floor Speech, Senate Banking Hearing
Tuesday | September 28, 2021WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) questioned Chairman Powell and Secretary Yellen on the Biden administration's harmful economic plans, and he took to the Senate floor to discuss how the Democrats' $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill would harm the American Dream and stifle economic opportunity. Click to watch Sen. Scott's floor speech On defending the American Dream … "What we're talking about today is not about simply a $3.5 trillion spending bill. We're talking … Continue Reading
ICYMI: Senator Scott Talks Police Reform on Trey Gowdy’s Sunday Night in America
Monday | September 27, 2021WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Trey Gowdy’s Sunday Night in America on Fox News to discuss police reform and why the Democrats walked away from negotiations.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Pushes Back on Biden Mandates, Encourages Vaccination in New Video
Friday | September 24, 2021WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) released a new installment of his “Two with Tim” video series, in which he pushed back on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates and promoted a community-based approach to vaccination.
… Continue ReadingScott Statement on Police Reform Negotiations
Wednesday | September 22, 2021WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) released the following statement on Democrats walking away from the negotiating table on police reform.
… Continue ReadingScott, Cornyn, Bennet, Warner Introduce Bill to Support Teachers and School Leaders
Tuesday | September 21, 2021WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Michael Bennet (D-Col.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) today introduced the Teacher and School LEADERS Act, which would reform Teacher Quality Partnership Grants to better support school leaders and allow for greater innovation in educator preparation.
… Continue ReadingICYMI: The Path to Reform
Friday | September 17, 2021WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) wrote an essay for the latest edition of National Review Magazine on the rise in crime in America and the path he’s pursuing toward police reform. Read excerpts from the piece below.
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