Tim Scott

So it just ain't gonna work.

It is important that the administration is forward-thinking in America's energy development planning...

Given my personal experience, I respect the right of a State to establish entities such as the BOCES to provide shared educational services.

I think the graduation rate of those students attending a D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program is around 90 percent.

I know that there are some parents and students in the audience who have a very passionate position, as I do, on the importance of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship.

I certainly think that your success on charter schools is undeniable, and thank goodness that you've taken that try.

Both State and non-State actors who were well-financed, highly motivated are persistently attempting to breach both government and nongovernment systems.

Part of our updated guidance that's coming out... includes standardized contract language that we expect will be adopted in all the contracts that agencies use for IT.

Who makes these mosquitoes, by the way.

I certainly am pleased that your answer to Senator Roberts about the safety of his daughter hanging out at the beaches in South Carolina was an affirmative.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and no problems there.

I wish they would stop.

As you know, many folks with opioid abuse issues are struggling with mental illness, and in South Carolina, I think it is one out of three seeking treatment, either self-reporting mental illness or doctors determining that the individuals…

Sounds good. I always want to follow the chairman and the would-be NBA basketball star down there.

Exactly. Exactly. Someone as opposed to a department; with a specific person, they get a more immediate response.

Last question for you: I know you have already answered a couple questions about the challenges around the CO-OPs.

I happen to be the co-chair of the Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus. I know that there is a lot of funding throughout the budget for opioid abuse.

There was one account that was zeroed out. I assume the access to recovery account was zeroed out by the administration.

I think it is important to remember that a lot of the growth in defined contribution plans and popularity with employees of defined contribution plans is because they are portable.

How do we make the conversation more important, and, frankly, how do we make the information more readily available.

It does not appear that the leakage can be stopped by the penalty.

The average person around the age of 65 has less than $50,000 in liquid savings and less than $100,000 in their retirement account.

I continue to feel as if there's a serious risk in not providing notice that a product is a biosimilar.

We can do this, and that would enable people to develop new therapies at a much lower cost, but with better information about safety and efficacy.

We are in desperate need for cures for these two chronic conditions.