Qualified immunity is off the table. They see that as a poison bill on our side.
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.
I think we are on the verge of wrapping this up in the next week or two, depending on how quickly they respond to our suggestions.
I think we are on the verge of wrapping this up in the next week or two, depending on how quickly they respond to our suggestions.
Allowing CDFIs to take in equity capital from Opportunity Zone investors would put money in minority hands.
A failure to pass the IMPACT Act will absolutely inhibit Congress's ability to fine tune the provision.
doubling the Child Tax Credit, working on lowering the small business burden by 20 percent, lowering the corporate tax from 35 to 21 percent, all those features have had a tremendous impact on lowering unemployment, closing the income gap…
if the definition of creating better communities is to run people like me out, as a person who grew up in poverty in a single-parent household, if the definition of improving a neighborhood is to push me out, that does not work for me.
The IMPACT Act codifies certain reporting requirements for Opportunity Funds.
my goal is to help the community first and, by default, let investors benefit from doing good and making a decent--not a great, but a decent ROI.
Senator Tim Scott along with Senators Sinema, and Grassley introduced a bipartisan bill to this end last Congress.
By allowing non-capital gains to be invested in Opportunity Zones, we can democratize the community development tool.
Senator Tim Scott, along with Senators Sinema and Grassley, introduced a bipartisan bill to this end last Congress.
I will say without any question, if you look at the commitments, the dollar amount commitments from the private sector to some of the most distressed communities in our country through the Opportunity Zones legislation, it is over $70…
I introduced the Telehealth Modernization Act, legislation aimed at increasing access to high-quality health-care services.
Georgia voter I.D., 17 days of early voting. Colorado voter I.D., 15 days early voting. Atlanta is 51 percent black. Denver is 9.2 percent black.
Without any question, the pandemic has brought real challenges and really illuminated a lot of disparities that we see in health care.
It seems clear to me that telehealth is a vital part of the new apparatus that's necessary.
Clinical trial diversity is incredibly important for us to be able to measure the effectiveness of the drugs, whether it's the COVID-19 vaccine or any other drug.
the importance of us prioritizing, as part of an infrastructure conversation and a health care conversation, the broadband piece of the puzzle, I can't think of that as being less important than telehealth.
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is commended for the introduction of S. 368 'The Telehealth Modernization Act' which would empower the HHS Secretary to leverage telehealth beyond the public health emergency, as clinically appropriate.
I think Ms. Harris has made a very good point on the importance of coupling or fusing together our conversation around telemedicine, broadband access.
There is a real concern. I think we should all be very interested and concerned about the number of hospitals that have closed in rural parts of the country, and specifically in the South.





