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Tim Scott

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Tim Eugene Scott is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the junior United States senator from South Carolina, a position he has held since January 2, 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was previously a United States Representative from May 5, 2011, to January 2, 2013. Scott is known for his focus on issues such as economic opportunity, education reform, and community development. He has been a vocal advocate for updating infrastructure and addressing the needs of senior citizens in his state.

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Sep 11, 2023

If you have over 1,000 questions, I fail to see how you can say with a straight face that you have issued a proposed rule and not a request for information.

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Sep 11, 2023

America's global competitive edge is innovation and the American spirit to create.

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Aug 5, 2023

The DOJ continues to weaponize their power against political opponents. It seems like they spent a lot of time protecting Hunter Biden and Democrats.

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Jul 29, 2023

There are only five Black Republicans in Congress, and you're attacking two of them. My brother in Christ … if you find yourself in a deep hole, put the shovel down.

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Jul 29, 2023

Slavery was, was really about separating families, about mutilating humans, and even raping their wives. It was devastating.

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Jul 11, 2023

I cannot imagine doing what you are doing, trying to negotiate a deal, when you have cameras in front of you.

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Jul 11, 2023

I cannot imagine doing what you are doing, trying to negotiate a deal, when you have cameras in front of you.

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Jul 11, 2023

I would hope that Mr. Gensler would not implement the Scope 3 situation before we can carefully look at the impact it will have in our agriculture community.

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Jul 10, 2023

I cannot imagine doing what you are doing, trying to negotiate a deal, when you have cameras in front of you.

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Jul 8, 2023

I can’t think of anything more unAmerican than what we’re seeing in Biden’s economy.

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Jul 6, 2023

The radical left have chosen a culture of grievance over greatness.

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Jun 22, 2023

My question is how much is too much, and when is enough enough?

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Jun 22, 2023

If your revenue goes up, and that is what happened after the TCJA in 2018 and 2019, we had an increase in revenue, not a decrease in revenue.

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Jun 22, 2023

To me, I have the holistic view of our economy where if, in fact, we have fewer dollars coming in, which requires us to raise taxes, that in the end it has a real impact on American taxpayers.

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Jun 22, 2023

The average person in our Nation today struggles to make their ends meet because of the inflationary impact on their bottom line

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Jun 22, 2023

The more money we have to use for servicing our debt, the less money we have for meeting the needs of the American people

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Jun 22, 2023

The actions that we take here impacts, frankly, significantly what you have had to do in order to slow down Biden's absolutely explosive inflation

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Jun 22, 2023

Printing and spending $4 trillion after COVID was over has led to the inflation that we are seeing

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Jun 22, 2023

My question is how much is too much, and when is enough enough?

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Jun 22, 2023

I do not believe that increasing significantly the capital standards is in the best interest of small businesses or people looking for loans.

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Jun 22, 2023

It is important to examine the macro factors, such as rising interest rates, that contributed to the bank failures.

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Jun 21, 2023

Over 70,000 Americans died just last year, an all-time high, fueled by Mexican cartels trafficking these drugs across the wide-open southern border that this Administration refuses to close.

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Jun 21, 2023

The goal of the legislation, is to make sure we (A) have a more responsible response from bank execs, (B) that the 70,000 Americans who lost their lives to fentanyl, that their families understand that we're serious about stopping the flow…

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Jun 21, 2023

It is past time we sanction the manufacturers, the exporters, and the cartels that traffic and sell this poison by hitting them where it hurts the most--their bank accounts.

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Jun 21, 2023

This return to regular order is long overdue, sorely needed, and certainly celebrated.

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