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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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Aug 20, 2018

I have to say this. It cannot wait, sir. I will say that had it been a Clemson television commercial about the dress, it would have had more credibility. Crimson Tide has won too many national championships already.

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Aug 20, 2018

The average person coming out of college today will have between seven and nine different jobs.

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Aug 20, 2018

The average person in their 401(k) has about 1 year of income that is in the 401(k).

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Aug 20, 2018

I and Joe Donnelly have worked on--although he is not here--financial literacy as it relates to college education.

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Aug 20, 2018

I wish someone had written a book called, 'The Magic of Compounding Interest.'

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Aug 20, 2018

Thank you and the Ranking Member for holding this very important hearing or roundtable discussion on a very important topic.

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Aug 20, 2018

U.S./EU unity is critical if sanctions on Russia are to be effective.

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Aug 20, 2018

Russia's election interference... poses a problem that goes far beyond foreign policy, and strikes at the core of our democracy.

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Aug 20, 2018

Congress crafted tough, comprehensive Russia sanctions, enacted last August by overwhelming majorities in both chambers.

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Aug 20, 2018

We should be strengthening, not weakening, sanctions.

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Aug 20, 2018

I think it was a bad idea to use the recent defense bill to relax waiver authorities on Russian defense and intelligence sector sanctions.

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Aug 20, 2018

But I will just say that perhaps you would invest all of our time more wisely if we talked about the interconnectedness of the global economy...

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Aug 20, 2018

We have sanctioned hundreds of Russian entities in response to the annexation of Crimea, their human rights abuses, their cyberattacks, their support of the Assad regime, weapons proliferation.

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Aug 20, 2018

It seems like to many of us that our efforts have just not been effective enough.

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Jul 30, 2018

Medicare for all under conservative estimates would increase Federal budget commitments by approximately $32.6 trillion dollars in the first 10 years.

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Jul 30, 2018

The taxpayers are the ones that are losing the elasticity in their paychecks...

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Jul 25, 2018

This is great news! Securing this provision in the tax bill was a huge legislative win for the millions of Americans living in struggling communities in need of a renaissance.

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Jul 25, 2018

The necessity of understanding and appreciating ways to recalibrate the workforce for the future is an important ingredient to sustaining the long term success that we have had recently.

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Jul 25, 2018

One of the challenges that we have with one of the largest economic expansions since 1854, I think we are in the third longest expansion, which is good news.

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Jul 18, 2018

I think that is a noble thing to do.

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Jul 17, 2018

The ABLE Act has shown promising results in states since it became law four years ago.

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Jul 17, 2018

I want to applaud both Senator Casey and Senator Burr for their extraordinary leadership.

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Jul 16, 2018

I strongly urge you to shape a final product that protects the U.S. system of insurance regulation.

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Jul 16, 2018

South Carolina, my home State's economy is built on trade. You name it, we make it. We grow it and we ship it.

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Jul 16, 2018

With all that economic heat coming our way in a positive way, the prices seem to be going up.

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