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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 26, 2021

Qualified immunity is off the table. They see that as a poison bill on our side.

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Apr 22, 2021

I think we are on the verge of wrapping this up in the next week or two.

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Apr 21, 2021

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.

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Apr 20, 2021

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.

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Apr 19, 2021

Allowing CDFIs to take in equity capital from Opportunity Zone investors would put money in minority hands.

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Apr 19, 2021

A failure to pass the IMPACT Act will absolutely inhibit Congress's ability to fine tune the provision.

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Apr 19, 2021

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…

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Apr 19, 2021

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.

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Apr 19, 2021

The IMPACT Act codifies certain reporting requirements for Opportunity Funds.

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Apr 19, 2021

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.

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Apr 19, 2021

Senator Tim Scott along with Senators Sinema, and Grassley introduced a bipartisan bill to this end last Congress.

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Apr 19, 2021

By allowing non-capital gains to be invested in Opportunity Zones, we can democratize the community development tool.

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Apr 19, 2021

Senator Tim Scott, along with Senators Sinema and Grassley, introduced a bipartisan bill to this end last Congress.

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Apr 19, 2021

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…

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Apr 14, 2021

I introduced the Telehealth Modernization Act, legislation aimed at increasing access to high-quality health-care services.

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Apr 7, 2021

The wokes are at it again, folks.

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Apr 7, 2021

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.

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Mar 24, 2021

Without any question, the pandemic has brought real challenges and really illuminated a lot of disparities that we see in health care.

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Mar 24, 2021

It seems clear to me that telehealth is a vital part of the new apparatus that's necessary.

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Mar 24, 2021

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.

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Mar 24, 2021

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.

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Mar 24, 2021

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.

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Mar 17, 2021

I think Ms. Harris has made a very good point on the importance of coupling or fusing together our conversation around telemedicine, broadband access.

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Mar 17, 2021

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.

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Mar 17, 2021

We are a great Nation, and a great Nation must take care of its people.

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