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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

I question whether those scales are beginning to tip.

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

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.

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.

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…