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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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Sep 25, 2017

Thank you for your position and your perspective on that issue.

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Sep 25, 2017

Restricting access to professionals in the financial industry has a negative impact on the resources available to the average American for retirement.

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Sep 25, 2017

the fiduciary rule has had a negative impact on many Americans.

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Sep 25, 2017

The last thing we need to do at this point is to find ways to get financial advisory experts out of the household.

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Sep 25, 2017

The average South Carolinian has less than 1 year's salary in their retirement accounts.

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Sep 25, 2017

the last thing we need to do at this point is to find ways to get experts out of the household.

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Sep 24, 2017

For so many people today, the ACA is not an option.

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Sep 24, 2017

Thirty-one percent of South Carolinians who signed up at the beginning of the year simply cannot afford to continue their coverage.

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Sep 24, 2017

In South Carolina, that is a very important issue. In 2014, we had nine insurers in the individual market.

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Sep 24, 2017

Residents and citizens throughout the entire country say that their local and State politicians have their confidence more than their Federal politicians.

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Sep 24, 2017

The 'A' in the ACA stands for 'affordable.' That is not affordable at all.

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Sep 24, 2017

To give back to the States the flexibility to be able to make decisions, to adopt new tools...

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Sep 24, 2017

These rate increases are coming right out of the paychecks of the average person in South Carolina.

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Sep 24, 2017

We call that hogwash in South Carolina.

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Sep 13, 2017

That's who he is. It's who he has been, and I didn't go in there to change who he was. I wanted to inform and educate a different perspective.

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Sep 13, 2017

There is no question that South Carolina benefits from FDI.

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Sep 13, 2017

That's who he is. It's who he has been. And I didn't go there to change who he was. I wanted to inform and educate a different perspective.

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Sep 13, 2017

It is clear to me that bad actors are taking advantage of our system of trade.

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Sep 13, 2017

These gaps have allowed the Chinese to strategically invest in key sectors of our economy while stealing our intellectual property.

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Sep 13, 2017

Politicians have a habit of inflating the numbers a little bit, it seems like.

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Sep 13, 2017

I was talking to some of the insured in South Carolina recently, a husband and wife, three kids, premiums over $33,000.

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Sep 13, 2017

Not only is the individual mandate in direct opposition to free market principles, it is pretty clear that from all the data we can see it has not worked.

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Sep 6, 2017

we really need to be going the other direction, working closer with South Korea

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Sep 6, 2017

For almost 9 million children across the country, including 80,000 in South Carolina, the CHIP plays a vital role in ensuring that our young folks are healthy enough to learn and thrive in school and in life.

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Sep 6, 2017

Stepping back from our leadership with South Korea is going to create a vacuum, and no country likes vacuums.

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