Tim Scott

The only real comment that was glossed over that I thought was really important was when you answered Senator Casey from Pennsylvania.

I do want to associate myself with Senator Isakson's comments about the importance of 45J, the Nuclear Production Tax Credits.

One of the demands we have heard is that Republicans abandon the use of budget reconciliation for tax reform. This, in my view, is an odd demand.

I repeatedly implored President Obama to engage with Congress on tax reform, but to no avail.

I have not been alone. There has been a bipartisan recognition--one that I think is growing more by the day--that our current tax system does not work.

I want to thank Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Brown who have both committed to solving this issue as well.

I think examining the transparency, the due process, and likelihood of distress associated with these designations is good public policy.

I have spent a lot of time on what I call my 'opportunity agenda,' looking for ways to help folks leave those distressed communities.

The primary, predominant way that someone buys a home is their credit score.

South Carolina is a State where about 1.4 million people live in distressed communities.

I think that it is a bit absurd that the two most sophisticated insurance markets in the world have to undergo some equivalence process.

I think it is the best model we have seen, and it has been successful for a very long time.

I do not think we have found it today, as I listen to the hearing.

Whether it be unwarranted aggression in Eastern Europe or propping up the Assad regime in Syria or meddling in our elections here at home, Russia's actions have shocked the entire free world.

I have reintroduced my bipartisan legislation, the Investing in Opportunity Act, which tries to address this growing concern.

The country is trending towards greater geographic divides when it comes to job creation, particularly in new, start-up businesses.

I believe the legislation Congressman Roskam introduced on the House side and I have introduced with Senator Brown on this side, which would limit the IRS's ability to seize people's money without first charging them with a crime, is…

Before Senator Rubio walks off the floor, having had the opportunity to listen to him over a number of years, he is eloquent. He is inspiring. Sometimes he is just dead wrong. Coach Martin will be staying at the University of South…

Having been there when you were in South Florida, I would say we made a big contribution to you too.

I come back to the Cures Act because I think that there is a lot of opportunity for that to be a template for policymaking in this regard.

Anything we can do to try to make that process more predictable, to create bright lines, to use better tools to evaluate safety and effectiveness that could bring down the cost.

I would appreciate you expounding on that because there has been much conversation around the pricing.

I know that in many ways, the African American community does not necessarily participate at high rates in drug testing.

I applaud the commitment to patient-focused drug development in PDUFA V.

I certainly hope that you have already invested a lot of time contemplating what you would do as the next Secretary.