Press Releases
Scott, Senate Republicans Call on President to Permanently Delay Obamacare
Wednesday | July 10, 2013Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) was joined today by the entire Senate Republican Conference in sending a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to permanently delay the implementation of Obamacare for all Americans. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Statement on Immigration Reform
Thursday | June 27, 2013Washington - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) issued the following statement after voting 'no' on S.744, the Senate's immigration proposal. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott Statement on Supreme Court Decision
Monday | June 24, 2013Veterans Honor Ceremonies to Be Held in Upstate, Lowcountry
Monday | June 24, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today announced that Korean War era veterans will be honored at two events in South Carolina on July 27th. The honor ceremonies will be held at USC-Upstate in Spartanburg and the Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Applauds Supreme Court for Hearing NLRB Case
Sunday | June 23, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) responded today to the Supreme Court's decision to hear a case challenging President Obama's so-called "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. The President's appointments to the NLRB have already been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Last month, Senator Scott joined other Senate Republicans in filing an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to consider the legality of the President's NLRB appointments. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Calls for an End to the Death Tax
Tuesday | June 18, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) announced today that he has joined colleagues in introducing legislation that will permanently repeal the death tax. According to a study by the former director of the Congressional Budget Office, repealing the death tax, or federal estate tax, would create 1.5 million additional small business jobs and would lower the nation's unemployment rate by almost a full percentage point. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Statement on Latest NLRB Court Decision
Sunday | June 16, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) issued the following statement in response to a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overstepped its authority when it issued the so-called "Poster Rule," requiring employers to post notices informing workers of their right to unionize. … Continue Reading
South Carolina Congressional Delegation Asks Feds to Ensure Access to Health Care Supplies for SC Seniors
Friday | June 14, 2013Senator Tim Scott and members of the South Carolina congressional delegation today asked the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to ensure South Carolina seniors continue to have access to critical health care supplies. … Continue Reading
Scott Amendment Provides States with More Choices in Education
Tuesday | June 11, 2013Washington - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) offered an amendment today to empower individual states and local school districts, not Washington bureaucrats, to make educational decisions for their students. Scott introduced his amendment during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the Strengthening America's Schools Act (S. 1094). … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott, Health Committee Republicans Call on HHS to Investigate Report that California May Be Concealing Details of Health Exchange Contracts Awarded Using Federal Dollars
Monday | June 10, 2013Senator Tim Scott joined fellow Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee members to send a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius, calling for the agency to investigate the recent news report that California may be concealing details of contracts awarded using federal dollars to establish and run its Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange, as well as "whether any other states are concealing the details of exchange contracts awarded using federal dollars." … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Remarks on the Passing of Senator Lautenberg
Monday | June 3, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott issued the following statement on the passing of Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on President Obama’s Unconstitutional NLRB Appointments
Tuesday | May 28, 2013Senator Tim Scott Honors Troops and Veterans on Memorial Day
Saturday | May 25, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott made the following statement in honor of Memorial Day. Tomorrow, Senator Scott will attend a Memorial Day ceremony at American Legion Post 147 in Charleston. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott, Colleagues Call for No-Strings-Attached Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline
Wednesday | May 22, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and 23 of his colleagues sent a letter today to President Barack Obama calling for his approval of the Keystone XL pipeline without any additional strings attached. Recently, opponents of the project have proposed stipulations such as a burdensome carbon emissions tax and expanded regulations if the pipeline is ultimately approved. Construction of the pipeline is projected to be a significant job creator in the country's energy sector. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott Statement on Resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner
Tuesday | May 14, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement regarding the President's announcement of the resignation of Acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner Steven Miller. … Continue Reading
Obama Administration ‘Jeopardizing’ Partnership between Savannah River Site and South Carolina, Georgia over Plutonium Disposition
Tuesday | May 14, 2013The United States senators representing the states of South Carolina and Georgia - Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) and Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) today warned that the Obama administration is jeopardizing the 60-year partnership between the Savannah River Site and both states over its interest in changing the agreed-upon plan to dispose of surplus weapons-grade plutonium. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott Takes Action on IRS Scandal
Tuesday | May 14, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today took action regarding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny. Scott joined his colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama calling on the Administration to comply with all congressional inquiries on the matter, and also co-sponsored new legislation to protect taxpayers against ideology-based targeting. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott, Colleagues Call for Hearing on NLRB Budget Request
Monday | May 13, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and 13 of his colleagues sent a letter to Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee requesting a committee hearing on the fiscal year 2014 budget request of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The board, which currently has two members whose appointments were deemed unconstitutional, asked Congress for more funding despite a drop in their caseload of "almost 9 percent." … Continue Reading
Senator Scott Statement on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups
Thursday | May 9, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement regarding the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) announcement that the agency applied special scrutiny to conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott Joins Colleagues in Urging President to Solve VA Backlog
Sunday | April 28, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today joined 66 of his Senate colleagues in urging President Obama to establish a plan to end the disability claims backlog at the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA). Currently, more than 600,000 veterans, including 15,844 in South Carolina, are stuck in the VA's disability claims backlog. … Continue Reading
