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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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Dec 9, 2013

I'll make them brief because of the time that we have.

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Nov 19, 2013

Somebody should have said, 'Mr. President, stop saying that. You are going to get hit over the head with this.'

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Nov 19, 2013

If you liked your health care plan, you can keep it

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Nov 13, 2013

More flexibility is needed in crafting remedies for rebuilding overfished stocks.

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Nov 5, 2013

Thank you to the panelists for being here today and providing us with a lot of thoughts to think about.

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Nov 4, 2013

Well, you know, next time, stand up and give it a try yourself. You don't have to be just a recipient.

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Nov 4, 2013

After nearly $400 million, Healthcare.gov is synonymous now with failure. The public's trust has been broken.

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Nov 4, 2013

My only response--and my time is up. Thank you very much for your answers.

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Sep 17, 2013

Protecting consumers in rapidly evolving sectors such as health care is one of the top challenges facing the FTC

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Jul 31, 2013

If you look at the West, Texas incident this was a local issues that had a National impact.

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Jul 31, 2013

There really is no difference except in size.

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Jul 31, 2013

Well, I--one thing we wanted, we would like to get is, get authorization, a multi-year authorization, for DHS.

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Jul 31, 2013

Well, we have been behind chemical security regulations and focused on DHS, getting them as the authorized agency so we get some clarity around the whole security process.

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Jul 31, 2013

It is an information-sharing process that the community and the companies that are there, the chemical companies that are there, have to share information.

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Jul 31, 2013

When DHS was first launched, we worked very closely to sit down and really work on a common issue of securing the chemical industry.

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Jul 31, 2013

The State and Federal regulatory agencies with oversight responsibilities for the West, Texas facility must understand they could have done better.

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Jul 31, 2013

Outlier sites can pose a threat not only to the local communities in which they operate, but also to the chemical industry as a whole.

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Jul 31, 2013

There were clear missed opportunities to avoid this tragedy or minimize the impact.

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Jul 31, 2013

It is our shared responsibility to fully examine this catastrophe and apply what we learn to prevent future incidents and loss of life.

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Jul 31, 2013

The disaster in West, Texas, was both a National tragedy and a deeply personal tragedy for the families of the brave first responders that lost fathers, husbands, and even a grandmother.

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Jul 31, 2013

More regulations are not the answer, but rather communication, understanding compliance, and enforcement of the established regulations already in place.

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Jul 29, 2013

The taxpayers are on the hook to the State of South Carolina for at least a million dollars a day, up to $100 million for the delay of the completion of this project.

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Jul 29, 2013

For us to have a strategic retreat would still cost the taxpayers another billion dollars.

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Jul 23, 2013

The pressure on small businesses will only increase.

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Jul 23, 2013

We now know that Obamacare violated the very first principle--the very first doctrine of the delivery of health care services--and that is do no harm.

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