Tim Scott

The core prime-age labor force participation rate has stabilized since 2013 and is starting to climb in the right direction.

Small businesses said they have not been this optimistic in 45 years.

African American unemployment for the first time in recorded history below 6 percent at 5.9 percent.

The truth of the matter is that we are in the third largest economic expansion since 1854.

I will just say to my Chairman and the Ranking Member, who I know both have a passion for finding ways to bring those folks who are today credit invisible out of the shadows and into a place where they can rely on a strong credit score to…

That will make a huge difference for creditworthy folks trying to climb the economic ladder, and my bill helps us get there.

A solution to bring credit invisibles out of the shadows is S. 3040, the Credit Access and Inclusion Act.

I have worked for the last 6 or 7 years on something called the opportunity agenda, trying to find a way to empower those folks living in distressed communities.

There is a growing consensus on Capitol Hill that recognizes the need to promote a Federal paid leave policy.

Helping families is an issue we can all agree on, and I hope that we can have a productive dialogue on how Congress can best help them.

I feel it is important to target a paid leave benefit to individuals who do not have access to these benefits, such as the two-thirds of low-income families that do not have paid leave.

As a conservative, I want to craft paid leave policy that can not only attract consensus, but is viable for families, employers, and the economy.

That is why I introduced the RESPECT Act to require the IRS to show probable cause before seizing assets and facilitate taxpayer presentation of proof that would clear them of wrongdoing.

This is basically an issue of liberty, and there is a bipartisan consensus that civil asset forfeiture is an abuse that needs to be stopped.

The IRS currently wields a tremendous amount of power over the folks in South Carolina and across the country, far more than the founders intended.

Having grown up in one of those distressed communities myself, I understand and appreciate the potential that is locked, trapped in the soil in those communities.

I will tell you that, as you think about the opportunity zones legislation, we are talking about legislation that could provide private-sector capital to more than 52 million Americans living throughout this Nation still in distressed…

That is a massive choke hold that would seem to deserve an increased level of oversight.

I question whether those scales are beginning to tip.

Management at publicly owned companies should be held accountable by their shareholders.

The more you tax it, the less of it you get. Economics 101.

I love the idea that the message here is reduce these burdens, reduce these costs, and let the private sector flourish.

The IIOA is truly a bipartisan effort where folks on both sides of the aisle see the wisdom of bringing private sector capital back into the distressed communities where more than 50 million Americans live.

The more expensive or burdensome the Government makes it for a company to go public, the less we will see folks take the risk.

I have introduced legislation with my colleague, Ben Cardin of Maryland, that would prohibit U.S. entities from responding to requests from the UN Human Rights Council or other international governmental organizations designed to blacklist…