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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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Nov 20, 2022

If you care about your grandmother.

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Nov 20, 2022

Do you realize when we do the budget, we don't vote on 70 percent of the Federal spending.

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Nov 20, 2022

If we don't get inflation under control, your costs go up.

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Nov 20, 2022

Congress has got to get deadly serious about this.

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Nov 20, 2022

Hey, and do you want to talk about a little bit more about how this restriction of the workforce is actually causing inflation, and it is--how it is hurting seniors.

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Nov 20, 2022

If you want to be on the Federal programs and you are of working age, able bodied adults, so you shouldn't be on a program if you can work, so that is pretty basic, right, so but unfortunately the Democrats blocked that.

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Nov 20, 2022

The poorly named Inflation Reduction Act... have only made the crisis worse.

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Nov 20, 2022

That is a hidden tax on seniors across this country, and despite the Biden Administration's bragging, the automatic cost of living adjustments for Social Security are by no means a fix to this inflation.

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Nov 20, 2022

Like that, right? They admit, that is the way it works.

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Nov 20, 2022

It is not easy to get a field hearing approved. It is the first one I have gotten done.

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Nov 20, 2022

We have had an unbelievable increase in revenues, but expenses have just skyrocketed.

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Nov 20, 2022

We are here to solve problems and we are here to talk about solutions.

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Nov 20, 2022

We should implement universal work requirements for able bodied working age adults in these programs.

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Sep 21, 2022

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding such an important hearing on a topic that really is heart-wrenching.

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Sep 21, 2022

It is incredible that we find ourselves in a place where you have to really question everyone that calls our seniors.

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Sep 21, 2022

It is a different kind of evil for those folks who take advantage of our seniors in vulnerable positions.

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Sep 21, 2022

We must empower communities to fight back against fraud.

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Sep 13, 2022

It is critical for employees and officers of the FBI and DOJ to continue to have a mechanism for reporting concerns.

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Sep 13, 2022

We can train our officers better. We can find ways and mechanisms to de-escalate the situation.

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Aug 16, 2022

This is absurd. Think about it. This has been a witch hunt for six years.

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Jul 27, 2022

The Telehealth Modernization Act is an important step to ensure that the tens of millions of Medicare beneficiaries and others who have relied on telehealth during the COVID emergency can continue to receive these services.

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Jul 27, 2022

Certainly working in a bipartisan coalition or fashion is really important for our country to see and have here our witnesses watch that.

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