Press Releases
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
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 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
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
Senator Tim Scott Statement on Obamacare Exemption
Wednesday | April 24, 2013Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today released the following statement expressing his opposition to Congress exempting itself from Obamacare. … Continue Reading
U.S. Senator Tim Scott Delivers Weekly Republican Address
Sunday | April 21, 2013In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) highlighted that the quick work to find those responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings shows the strong resolve of our nation when confronted with violent acts of terrorism. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott’s Statement on the President’s Budget
Wednesday | April 10, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today issued the following statement regarding the release of President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott Introduces Amendment to Empower Employees
Friday | March 22, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) tonight introduced an amendment to empower federal employees to decide whether or not they want union dues taken out of their paychecks. The amendment, introduced as part of debate regarding the Senate's budget proposal, prohibits the automatic deduction of union dues from federal employees' paychecks. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott Announces Grand Openings of State Offices Next Week
Wednesday | March 20, 2013U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today announced grand opening events for his state offices next week. The Senator is looking forward to meeting constituents in Greenville on Monday, Columbia on Tuesday, and North Charleston on Thursday. … Continue Reading
Senator Scott’s State Offices to Open Tomorrow
Tuesday | March 5, 2013Senator Scott Votes For Flexibility in Sequester Cuts
Thursday | February 28, 2013Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today voted in favor of controlling government spending while providing the military and federal departments and agencies with needed flexibility to make responsible spending reductions. The measure failed due to lack of support from Senate Democrats. … Continue Reading
