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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 18, 2022

I cannot tell you the number of parents that I have talked to who have lost their child because of the first try with something that was laced with fentanyl.

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May 18, 2022

While different, the similarities of being in conflict, being in theater also adds to the ability to have someone who understands and appreciate the significant impact that life and/or serving your country has had.

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May 18, 2022

The importance of finding a path to having co-responders, mental health experts also responding to the challenges that law enforcement officers are responding to seems to me to be a very important part of a new apparatus that could perhaps…

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May 18, 2022

Substance abuse, of course, and overdose deaths are skyrocketing as a result of the mental health crisis that we have seen.

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May 18, 2022

All that we accomplish in the U.S. Senate requires a bipartisan coalition

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May 18, 2022

It is my honor to introduce to all Dr. Ken Rogers.

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May 18, 2022

The suicide rate amongst our youngest Americans is way too high

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May 18, 2022

The truth is I am always happy to see folks in a room from my home State

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May 18, 2022

Thank you, Chairman Casey, for holding another truly important hearing.

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May 18, 2022

We need to ensure that mental health resources are available to all.

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May 18, 2022

These are some of the topics that we will discuss and some of the important issues that we will have to face as a bipartisan coalition of people who believe in the future of America, and we are going to get it done.

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May 18, 2022

There are many Americans who think nothing in Congress ever happens with the two sides coming together. Simply false.

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May 17, 2022

Yellen's cold and robotic reference to the issue of life is just the latest example of that.

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May 10, 2022

I think framing it in the context of labor force participation is -- this feels callous to me.

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May 4, 2022

The Biden administration's radical border policies have sent a clear message to the world--come across our Southern Border; it is wide open.

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May 3, 2022

Fentanyl is the primary drug responsible for more than 100,000 American deaths in 2021.

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May 3, 2022

Due to the massive influx of migrants illegally crossing, doing so because of President Biden's words and policies, it shows it is just an open invitation to illegally enter our country.

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May 3, 2022

I do not believe you are doing anything to make the border secure.

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May 3, 2022

Securing the border would have an impact.

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May 3, 2022

The toll that the Biden administration's failure to secure borders has had on American families is pretty devastating.

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May 3, 2022

You talk to families who lost their kids with these drugs, and it has skyrocketed since you have been in office.

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May 3, 2022

I could not get the Biden administration to say anything.

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May 3, 2022

Let us go through your numbers. Tell me how it is secure when you have two million illegal border crossings last year.

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May 3, 2022

I think you have utterly failed in your duty to the American public.

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May 2, 2022

I introduced the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act with Senator Klobuchar that would give the freedom to use 529 savings accounts to cover the cost of high quality workforce training, or maybe a certificate.

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