Press Releases
Senator Tim Scott Applauds Court Ruling Instructing Obama Administration to Follow Law
Wednesday | August 14, 2013Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) applauded a ruling today by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that the Obama administration must follow existing law by resuming a previously abandoned review of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage project. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Statement on Reid Remarks
Friday | August 9, 2013Senator Scott to Visit Eight Counties Next Monday and Tuesday
Wednesday | August 7, 2013Charleston, SC - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) will visit Berkeley, Georgetown, Williamsburg, Lee, Florence, Marlboro, Chesterfield, and Clarendon counties next Monday and Tuesday. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Asks Supreme Court to Protect Expressions of Faith in Public Settings
Tuesday | August 6, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) joined his Senate colleagues today to call on the Supreme Court to protect religious liberty by filing an amicus brief regarding the landmark case Town of Greece v. Galloway. … Continue Reading
Scott Statement on President's Address
Monday | July 29, 2013Washington - U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement regarding the President's address in Chattanooga, TN today. … Continue Reading
Scott: Economic Agenda Must Allow Americans to Prosper
Wednesday | July 24, 2013Washington -Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) made the following statement today in response to President Obama's economic address at Knox College. The White House billed the address as a major pivot in the president's agenda to refocus attention on the economy, but admitted that the speech failed to offer any new ideas. … Continue Reading
Korean War Era Veterans to be Honored This Weekend
Tuesday | July 23, 2013South Carolina's Korean War era veterans will be honored at ceremonies this weekend in Spartanburg and North Charleston. U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is hosting the events, which will be held at USC-Upstate and the Charleston Area Convention Center. More than 200 veterans in the Upstate have already RSVP'd for the ceremony, with more than 250 currently scheduled to attend in the Lowcountry. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott Questions NLRB Nominees
Tuesday | July 23, 2013Senator Scott Statement on Perez Nomination
Thursday | July 18, 2013Statement for the Record: Nomination of Thomas Perez as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor
Thursday | July 18, 2013Distinguished Veterans to Keynote Korean War Era Honor Ceremonies
Wednesday | July 17, 2013Scott, 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
