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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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May 9, 2023

My thought is why and the second is, as I think about the South Carolinians in Khartoum who have been calling my office asking for assistance, there seems to be no actual plan that they have received from the State Department.

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May 9, 2023

I am greatly concerned about the risk that further instability in Sudan can cause to regions beyond it.

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May 9, 2023

All of this is the direct result of two selfish men and their desire to keep power, really, at all costs it seems to me, at the expense of their own people, propped up by in part the inadequacy of the U.S. policy.

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May 9, 2023

It has been nearly a month since the outbreak of the hostilities in Sudan. Since then, we have seen ceasefire after ceasefire fail.

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May 4, 2023

I don't see anyone--from the bank executives, to the regulators, to the Biden administration--taking meaningful accountability for their actions.

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May 4, 2023

We should, 100 percent, discuss certain authorities regulators have to claw back executives' compensation if that individual acted in malpractice.

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May 4, 2023

This was a failure in three parts, and we must discuss accountability across the board--for bank executives, bank regulators, and this Administration's inflationary spending policies.

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May 4, 2023

Two tools that work in your toolbox that you do not use does not mean you need a third one.

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May 4, 2023

If the Government is always there to intervene and bail out a failing bank, this could promote riskier decisions in the financial sector.

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May 4, 2023

I do not see anyone--from the bank executives to the regulators to the Biden administration--taking meaningful accountability for their actions that played a role in the recent bank failures.

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May 4, 2023

This was a failure in three parts, and we must discuss accountability across the board--for bank executives, bank regulators, and this Administration's inflationary spending policies.

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May 4, 2023

We should, 100 percent, discuss certain authorities regulators have to claw back executives' compensation if that individual acted in malpractice.

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May 4, 2023

This was a failure in three parts, and we must discuss accountability across the board--for bank executives, bank regulators, and this Administration's inflationary spending policies.

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May 4, 2023

We should, 100 percent, discuss certain authorities regulators have to claw back executives' compensation if that individual acted in malpractice.

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May 4, 2023

I don't see anyone--from the bank executives, to the regulators, to the Biden administration--taking meaningful accountability for their actions.

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May 4, 2023

Two tools that work in your toolbox that you do not use does not mean you need a third one.

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May 4, 2023

If the Government is always there to intervene and bail out a failing bank, this could promote riskier decisions in the financial sector.

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May 4, 2023

Principles of risk management are based around the possibilities of loss, and if we eliminate the reality of failure there ends up being no cause for prudent management.

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May 4, 2023

Senator Scott, as a small business person, regional banks are a very key player for Main Street businesses.

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May 4, 2023

An Administration prints and spends trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars, that would be embarrassing to any drunken person with somebody else's credit card, is remarkable.

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May 4, 2023

There is no doubt that the failure that we are looking at for the bank execs is inexcusable, without any question.

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May 4, 2023

This was a failure in three parts, and we must discuss accountability across the board--for bank executives, bank regulators, and this Administration's inflationary spending policies.

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May 4, 2023

I do not see anyone--from the bank executives to the regulators to the Biden administration--taking meaningful accountability for their actions that played a role in the recent bank failures.

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May 4, 2023

We should, 100 percent, discuss certain authorities regulators have to claw back executives' compensation if that individual acted in malpractice.

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May 3, 2023

My state had not balanced its budget in 20 years before I became Governor, and I walked into a 4 million dollar budget deficit.

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