Press Releases
Scott, Cardin Praise Senate Passage of Resolution Marking National Minority Health Month
Friday | May 22, 2020WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) applaud the passage of the resolution recognizing April as Minority Health Month. As in previous years, the Senators introduce this resolution to raise awareness of the disparities in health care and health outcomes faced by minority populations including American Indians, Alaska Natives, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Hawaiians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This year, the COVID-19 pandemic places an urgency on this issue, as preliminary data suggests that minority groups have been disproportionately impacted by the disease. Targeted solutions to help communities of color are critical to closing gaps in health outcomes and improving efforts to combat the COVID-19 crisis.
… Continue ReadingSCOTT/CARTER INTRODUCE PROPOSAL TO ENCOURAGE AMERICA'S PHARMACEUTICAL INDEPENDENCE
Thursday | May 21, 2020WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and U.S. Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-01) introduced a proposal today to make the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain less dependent on foreign countries such as China.
… Continue ReadingScott: Ratcliffe Great Choice As Intelligence Director
Thursday | May 21, 2020WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the statement below following the Senate’s confirmation of Congressman John Ratcliffe (TX-04) as Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
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Thursday | May 21, 2020WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), , and Congresswoman Caroline Miller (R-WV) will introduce the Helping Gig Economy Workers Act, which will allow businesses to provide contractors with employee assistance without being penalized by miscategorizing them as full-time employees.
… Continue ReadingScott, Booker, Sasse, Klobuchar Introduce Legislation to Help Unemployed American Workers Access Skills Training Programs During Coronavirus Pandemic
Wednesday | May 20, 2020WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-SC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Sasse (R-NE), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation to help American workers attain the skills they need to compete as we confront the coronavirus pandemic. The Skills Renewal Act will create a flexible skills training credit in the amount of $4,000 per person that may be applied to cover the cost of a wide range of training programs that build skills expected to be in high demand by employers in the coming months. The credit will be made available to any worker who has lost their job as a result of the pandemic in 2020 and the credit may be applied to cover training expenses incurred through the end of 2021.
… Continue ReadingAhead of Mother’s Day, Scott & Duckworth Announce Bill to Speed Up New Parents Receiving CARES Act Stimulus Checks
Friday | May 8, 2020North Charleston, SC – U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-SC), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Braun (R-IN) announced a bipartisan proposal to ensure more new parents quickly receive the additional $500 per child in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act stimulus payments without having to wait until 2021.
… Continue ReadingScott Commends DHEC’s Plan to Increase Testing Around SC, in Nursing Homes
Wednesday | May 6, 2020Following news from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) that COVID-19 testing will be dramatically increased across the state, including for all residents and staff at nursing homes, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement.
… Continue ReadingScott Joins Chef José Andrés to Introduce the Bipartisan, BiCameral FEED Act
Tuesday | May 5, 2020WASHINGTON – Today Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05), Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-02), and Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13) joined Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen in introducing the FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries (FEED) Act. This bill allows the Federal government to pay 100 percent of the cost to states and localities so that they can partner with restaurants and nonprofits to prepare nutritious meals for vulnerable populations, such as seniors and underprivileged children. These partnerships will support businesses and small farmers as the Coronavirus pandemic continues.
… Continue ReadingSenate Chicken Caucus leads letter urging USDA to support chicken farmers and processors
Monday | May 4, 2020WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Tim Scott, a member of the Senate Chicken Caucus, joined a letter to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), led by Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), highlighting the severe impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S. chicken industry and requesting direct assistance for chicken growers and continued support for processing facilities.
… Continue ReadingTim Scott Leads Colleagues in Asking Treasury to Provide Relief for Opportunity Zones in the Wake of COVID-19
Monday | May 4, 2020WASHINGTON – The 2008 financial crisis showed the entire country that low-income communities are often the first hit and last to recover during times of economic instability. Fortunately, as the United States begins to reopen this year following the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a new tool to help the most economically distressed communities: Opportunity Zones.
… Continue ReadingSenators Scott and Jones Call for Increased Guidance and Transparency on Loan Forgiveness for Small Businesses Relief Funds
Friday | May 1, 2020WASHINGTON– U.S. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Senators Doug Jones (D-Ala.) are calling for increased guidance on loan forgiveness for small businesses who have applied for grants under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
… Continue ReadingScott Presses HHS To Ramp Up Testing in Long-Term Care Facilities
Wednesday | April 29, 2020North Charleston, SC – As reports from around the nation and world continue to show the danger of COVID-19 spread in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today wrote letters to both U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster regarding testing plans for these providers and their patients.
… Continue ReadingScott, Cortez Masto Applaud FHFA Decision to Allow Federal Home Loan Banks to Accept PPP Loans as Collateral
Monday | April 27, 2020WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) applauded the decision by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to allow the nation’s eleven Federal Home Loan Banks to accept Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans as collateral on advances to their qualifying member banks. This move will allow small community banks to pledge PPP loans as collateral in order to obtain additional financing from the FHLBanks to make new loans to small business owners in their communities.
… Continue ReadingScott, Cortez Masto Applaud FHFA Decision to Allow Federal Home Loan Banks to Accept PPP Loans as Collateral
Monday | April 27, 2020WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) applauded the decision by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to allow the nation’s eleven Federal Home Loan Banks to accept Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans as collateral on advances to their qualifying member banks. This move will allow small community banks to pledge PPP loans as collateral in order to obtain additional financing from the FHLBanks to make new loans to small business owners in their communities.
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Asks South Carolina to Share Good News
Thursday | April 23, 2020U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is looking to partner with folks across South Carolina to highlight good news amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic.
… Continue ReadingScott Statement on Today’s Coronavirus Relief Package
Tuesday | April 21, 2020After the United States Senate unanimously passed a new coronavirus relief package this afternoon, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the statement below. Details on the legislation follow the Senator’s quote.
… Continue ReadingScott, Carper, Menendez, Tillis Urge Chinese Officials to Adjust Export Restrictions Blocking Much-Needed COVID-19 Resources from Reaching the U.S.
Monday | April 20, 2020WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-SC), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) led a group of bipartisan senators in sending a letter to Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai expressing concerns about new requirements placed on coronavirus (COVID-19) testing kits and other medical supplies manufactured in China for export. The senators note that the broad restrictions have had the unintended consequence of blocking critical, high-quality medical products from reaching the United States in a timely manner.
Scott Joins Bipartisan Letter to HHS to Advocate for Relief for Senior Adult Communities and Health Care Workers
Thursday | April 16, 2020WASHINGTON – Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) joined a bipartisan letter with 26 Senators to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to ensure that as HHS sets guidelines for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF), they do not overlook the providers within nursing homes, skilled nursing centers, senior living communities, independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities who are devotedly caring for our nation’s seniors, as well as those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Senator Scott To Serve on Presidential Task Force on Reopening the Economy
Thursday | April 16, 2020CHARLESTON, SC – After talking with President Donald Trump this morning, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) announced he will serve as a member of the President’s Task Force on reopening the economy. Scott released the following statement:
… Continue ReadingSenator Scott Joins Leader McCarthy for Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: Democrats Want to Gum Up Payroll Protection
Wednesday | April 15, 2020WASHINGTON – United States Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal. The two members discussed the need for Congress to quickly replenish funds for the Paycheck Protection Program. The op-ed continued to explain that while Republicans stand ready to extend funding, Congressional Democrats continue to press for revisions that would make the program more costly, complicated and confusing for small businesses to receive their loans in a timely fashion.
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