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.
Somebody should have said, 'Mr. President, stop saying that. You are going to get hit over the head with this.'
More flexibility is needed in crafting remedies for rebuilding overfished stocks.
Thank you to the panelists for being here today and providing us with a lot of thoughts to think about.
Well, you know, next time, stand up and give it a try yourself. You don't have to be just a recipient.
After nearly $400 million, Healthcare.gov is synonymous now with failure. The public's trust has been broken.
Protecting consumers in rapidly evolving sectors such as health care is one of the top challenges facing the FTC
If you look at the West, Texas incident this was a local issues that had a National impact.
Well, I--one thing we wanted, we would like to get is, get authorization, a multi-year authorization, for DHS.
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.
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.
When DHS was first launched, we worked very closely to sit down and really work on a common issue of securing the chemical industry.
The State and Federal regulatory agencies with oversight responsibilities for the West, Texas facility must understand they could have done better.
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.
There were clear missed opportunities to avoid this tragedy or minimize the impact.
It is our shared responsibility to fully examine this catastrophe and apply what we learn to prevent future incidents and loss of life.
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.
More regulations are not the answer, but rather communication, understanding compliance, and enforcement of the established regulations already in place.
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.
For us to have a strategic retreat would still cost the taxpayers another billion dollars.
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.





