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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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Apr 25, 2022

You basically borrowed against future revenues.

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Apr 25, 2022

Your expectation when you bid for the contract is to 2 to 2-plus percent a year. That did not happen.

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Apr 25, 2022

BAH has been highly unpredictable.

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Apr 4, 2022

My Democratic colleagues disagree and want to approve trillions in additional spending.

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Apr 4, 2022

I questioned OMB Director Young last week about the nation's financial stability and President Biden's $6 trillion proposed budget.

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Mar 30, 2022

Making sure that affordable, safe housing is a part of the primary responsibility as we think about the golden years of our seniors would be an incredibly important part of the engagement.

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Mar 30, 2022

I believe we must support older adults aging safely in their homes through passage of bills like the Preventive Home Visit Act that I mentioned earlier, Senator King's legislation.

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Mar 30, 2022

It seems like the American dream is synonymous with home ownership and the fact of the matter is as we watch down payments, the value of home goes up.

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Mar 30, 2022

Let me just thank each and every person who provided testimony in today's hearing, so valuable was the testimonies that we have heard, the answers to the questions provided more light into solutions.

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Mar 30, 2022

I think you said something that caught my attention, that one out of five Americans in the years coming will be seniors.

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Mar 30, 2022

Some records should lie, they should stay set forever.

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Mar 30, 2022

I also want to note the fact that the use of virtual health or telemedicine is becoming an important part of senior living and one that we should all be excited about.

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Mar 30, 2022

The backlog for repairs is over $70 billion, so we have a lot of work that needs to be done to make sure that even accessible and safe public housing is up to code for our seniors.

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Mar 30, 2022

What an interesting hearing, by the way, and I think our panelists are doing a really good job of distilling some of the important issues, from health care to housing, that we all see our seniors facing and looking for ways to overcome…

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Mar 30, 2022

Housing is critical and Opportunity Zones allows this to happen through developers who are allowed to invest and create new housing in these communities.

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Mar 30, 2022

I am always a fan of public-private partnerships to meet the problems and the challenges of this country, especially in the housing area.

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Mar 30, 2022

We are on the verge of having more people becoming seniors than we have births in our Nation.

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Mar 30, 2022

39 percent of seniors say that unaffordable housing is a major problem and a reality, and you cannot have a safe home if you cannot afford a home at all.

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Mar 22, 2022

To do this, seniors often turn to the support of their family members.

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Mar 22, 2022

This is such an important topic and I am so thankful that Chairman Casey has decided to make this one of our priorities for this day.

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Mar 22, 2022

A better path forward would invest significant funding in a push for a self-directed care approach.

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Mar 22, 2022

That is astounding growth that we should anticipate.

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Mar 22, 2022

Family caregivers provide over 75 percent of caregiving here in the United States.

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Mar 22, 2022

The Build Back Better proposal relies almost exclusively on funding long-term care through Medicaid.

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Mar 22, 2022

Last month we held a hearing on how to improve care experience for people enrolled both in Medicare and Medicaid.

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