Tim Scott actually said...

"The chemical industry and Department of Homeland Security have a common goal: to improve the security profile of the chemical sector and reduce the risk of attack against industry or the use of chemic..."

"I agree. The inefficiency in the process caused a lot of unnecessary work, a lot of information that they have never used, and we don't know where the information went."

"Progress has been made in all areas of chemical security, but there is still, obviously, work to be done."

"All of the information was submitted. I absolutely think it should be more transparent with the people that we were supposed to be working as partners."